Chapter 214
Midnight Singing was Xiao Biqing's first period drama in three years. The director was also an old acquaintance of Xiao Biqing, Huaxia's top literary film master Du Yonghua.
Most of the movie was focused on the heroid. Ming Yu could barely be counter as the male protagonist and his scenes only added up to 20 minutes.
In any case, Ming YU had no way to free up too much of his schedule to shoot this movie. Therefore, in the first half of June, the entire crew specifically filmed Ming Yu's scenes before waiting to film the other actors.
A year ago, Ming Xiaoyu's acting in An Li made Director Xu extremely depressed. The average number of NGs was four or five until halfway through the filming, where his acting skills were slowly tempered by Director Xu. Finally, he made a great breakthrough at the end.
He wanted to thank Xu Yizong for his fierce guidance a year ago. Now when Ming Xiaoyu shot Midnight Singing, his acting wasn't equivalent to Xiao Biqing but it was enough to make Director Du satisfied.
In Midnight Singing, Ming Yu played Ye Yang, the younger brother of the heroine Ye Xiangchan. He was a 17 year old boy who was beautiful. However, he was sick and lay in bed all year round, causing his skin to be pale and his spirit to be weak.
The background of the movie was the 19th century, more than 200 years ago.
At that time, Huaxia was in an important period of change in the feudal dynasty. Technology and new institutions were rising, while the ancient decaying dynasty didn't want to easily concede defeat. This caused a full 17 years of unrest.
In the second year of the 17 year war, Ye Yang's parents died in the war, leaving the two siblings behind.
No one knew how but the 12 year old Ye Xiangchan fled from the gunfire to the big city of Shanghai with her seven year old brother. But once they arrived at the so-called sleepless city, they were hungry and about to faint.
Maybe it was due to the lack of good food at the time of birth, but Ye Yang had been weak and sickly since he was a child. He wasn't able to walk independently until he was 12 years old.
At this time, the big Shanghai was full of smoke. Despite being a peace zone, the feudal forces and revolutionary forces had infiltrated it, making it difficult for the young siblings to survive.
Ye Xiangchan worked as a handyman during the day and carried goods at the port at night. Later, she was unjustly persecuted against because of her beautiful face. In order to take care of herself and her brother, Ye Xiangchan was forced to endure the persecution and came to the biggest ballroom in Shanghai, starting her singing career.
The name Ye Xiangchan was famous to many people in this world.
She came to Shanghai at the age of 12 and spent five years using her body to survive. At the age of 18, she was the most popular singer in Shanghai with her voice and glamorous appearance. Countless people bowed before her skirt and vowed to be her guest.
Ye Xiangyi only loved one person in her life. However, it was only a short term meeting. A revolutionary party member was ambushed by the enemy and lay seriously injured in an alley. Ye Xiangchan had just come home from work and encountered him.
For three days, the lowly singer hid the young revolutionist in her home, listening to his stories about the uprisings in the south, listening to him speak about the raging battlefield and the unknown counties on the other side of the sea. He said that in the hearts of the revolutionaries, men and women were equal and love was free.
Three days later, the man didn't say goodbye. He knew that Ye Xiangchan couldn't follow him before of her younger brother so he quietly left. On that day, Ye Xiangchan held the letter left by the other person but didn't burn it as he said.
This was the last thing that the man gave her.
For the next two years, Ye Xiangchan kept taking care of her younger brother as she sang everyday in the Shanghai Grand Ballroom.
At least, until the reemergence of the revolutionary.
Many of Ye Xiangchan's guests were from the government. Therefore, he asked Ye Xiangchan to help him by becoming an underground informant for the revolutionary party.
Ye Xiangchan refused at first but the man asked her, "Do you want this world to be unfair forever?"
Since then, Ye Xiangchan became an underground informant of the revolutionary party. She told the revolutionaries what she knew until just before a very important battle, Ye Xiangchan's identity was revealed by a traitor.
The traitor couldn't bear the punishment and opened up about Ye Xiangchan's identity. This thin woman who was regarded as a lowly singer, she endured all the punishments. Until the last drop of her blood was drained, she still sang softly.
『 The wind is blowing in and dust is leaving. There are so many people in the world, how can you be passionate? Sing a song, dance to the music, Shanghai's song and dance isn't for you, the water in the harbour, the road is your infatuation… 』
Ye Xiangchan died, leaving only one regret behind.
She had no close friends in her life and her romantic love never received an ending. She only had her younger brother and wished him a good life, hoping that he wouldn't be dragged down by her. However, she didn't know that after she was exposed, the private letter she was hiding was found. The same name, the younger brother she was so concerned about experienced countless tortures and died a tragic death in prison.
His fingers were broken and his thin body injected with stimulating agents so he could keep being tortured. This weak both was tortured until he died, not a single intact piece of skin being left behind.
Nothing was left before Ye Yang died. But when these people forcefully asked him about Ye Xiangchan, he just smiled.
It was impossible for a 17 year old boy to be ignorant about the world. He was a useless waste. After so many years, how could he not know his sister's work? But for the first time, today he didn't feel like a waste. At least he could do one last thing for his sister and keep her secret.
The Ye brother and sister, the revolution wasn't over and they became victims in this long 17 year war.
Their short-lived and humble lives made them like moths to a flame. They might've been buried in the endless fire but they were fuel for the fire.
The last scene that Ming Yu shot was Ye Yang using the help of his neighbours to sneak around on crutches. He wanted to use his own strength to go and buy an apricot cake for his sister.
Before their parents died, the siblings loved to eat apricot cakes. Over the years, Ye Yang didn't dare ask for any delicious snacks but today was his sister's birthday. He saved for more than a year as he thought about buying the biggest and more beautiful cake in the store.
As he was walking along the street on his crutches, Ye Yang saw his sister.
She was dressed in a red cheongsam, looking graceful and attractive. Her bright red lips and beautiful smile made countless pedestrians stare. But Ye Yang only had eyes for his sister.
He leaned on the crutches. Regardless of his weak legs, he wanted to keep up with this familiar yet unfamiliar woman.
Ye Xiangchan walked too fast and disappeared around the corner. Ye Yang couldn't keep up, eventually falling to the ground. Ignoring the strange eyes of the passersby, the frail youth used both hands to move step by step, finally seeing the biggest poster at the gate of the ballroom.
The poster contained an image of his sister who said she was acting as a nanny everyday. She was wearing a beautiful cheongsam and had bright red lips, her eyes filled with bewitchment. The lower right corner of the poster said:
『 Red Peony 』.
In the midst of the crowd, Ye Yang lay on the ground and couldn't suppress his cries.
The world didn't give justice to these two people but these two people used their lives to make the world a fairer place…
……
After the shoot was finished, Ming Xiaoyu officially tied in the drama. Therefore, he smiled and accepted the various red packets.
At dinner that evening, Xiao Biqing drank too much and smothered and held the small mushroom, drunkenly saying, "Mushroom, I told you, this role is for you…oh, I look so good, apart from you, who is qualified to be my brother…"
Ming Yu felt like laughing and crying as he held Xiao Biqing and said, "Yes yes, Sister Xiao. It is really my honour."
Xiao Biqing cried out strongly, "Yes! I'm telling you, I am the big pink leader of the mushroom circle! I am the lead mushroom! What is the name Z? He doesn't even have a fraction of my fans. I am the lead mushroom!"
Ming Xiaoyu, "…^＿^"
It was said that the more chess pieces that were taken, the more confident one would become.
The more he said, the more Xiao Biqing started to move her hands. She first touched Ming Yu's face, pinched his cheeks and then the salty pig hand went down to his chest!
Ming Yu hurriedly moved away the female wolf's hand and gently pushed her into her assistant's arms.
Xi Ze arrived at this time and snorted with a dark expression. He looked at the poor assistant and said, "Look after your family… your family's Xiao Biqing. Be careful not to be photographed by a paparazzi."
The small assistant immediately nodded.
Since their relationship was exposed, this man opened moved to the parking lot with his arm around his mushroom's waist. They were photographed by a few paparazzi along the way but Mr. Xi continued to have a dark expression.
Once they entered the car, Ming Xiaoyu asked tentatively, "Vinegar?"
Xi Ze raised his eyebrows. "The vinegar is skyrocketing."
Ming Xiaoyu smiled. "Good, I want to eat sour food today."
After hearing these words, Xi Ze looked at a paparazzi lens not far away and didn't hesitate to kiss his mushroom's lips. Small Mushroom wasn't angry at being taken advantage of but Xi Ze quickly changed the topic. "This month's supermodel rankings has been released."
Chapter 215
The capital's sky in June didn't have any of the yellow sand. It was a rare good weather. In the evening, the sky was red and purple, filled with fiery clouds.
When Xi Ze suddenly kissed him, Ming Xiaoyu didn't stop it but he also knew there were paparazzi closely watching them. Since the relationship between the two of them were exposed, Ming Yu had reporters stalking him everyone, even when he was on break.
This type of material, it wasn't a big deal if the reporters exposed it. At most, they were just showing love in another place. In any case, they were feeling good and wouldn't give the reporters the explosive news they wanted.
However, it was a bit uncomfortable to have reporters staring, Therefore, Xi Ze first drove the car and left the parking lot. After turning down a few streets, he lost the paparazzi following them.
“I have spent half a month filming so I haven't paid attention to the rankings." Ming Yu leaned against the window, feeling the cool evening breeze that blew through the gap. "However, I can guess the result of the rankings without you saying anything."
"What can you guess?"
"I guess that I'm not first."
Ming Yu said this in a quick and straightforward manner. Xi Ze didn't show much reaction, instead nodding very seriously. "Yes, the first is your husband."
Ming Xiaoyu was already completely immune to this type of flirting. He just licked his lips and said, "You are so bad. Who is it that is flirting every day on Weibo? I want to break his legs."
Who wouldn't turn it sexual? Mr. Xi smiled calmly and said, "Which leg of mine do you want to touch?"
The still slightly thin-skinned Ming Xiaoyu, "…（┙>∧<）┙へ┻┻"
The two people flirted for a bit. Xi Ze wanted to play around with his mushroom and asked Ming Yu to guess the rankings. However, Mushroom was too lazy to care about this boring person and directly opened his phone to look at the World Supermodels Organization's website.
【 QAQ why do I always feel so unreal in recent months? 】
【 Ahhh, my Ming Xiaoyu is really amazing! I want to marry Ming Xiaoyu! 】
【 My son is really great! I thought I was wrong when I opened the rankings but he really is second place! He suppressed Kelson and is only behind God Xi! Well… God Xi is still hanging on, let's ignore him ╮（╯＿╰）╭ Ming Xiaoyu is really amazing ahhhh!! 】
Second place.
This was the fourth time MIng Yu appeared on the world supermodel rankings. Yet he directly rose to second place at the speed of light.
Before the rankings were released, most people considered the box office results of An Li, the high-profile shows that Ming Yu participated in recently, the magazine shoots and the sale volumes of Yizhi. Then they all thought:
Ming Yu will probably improve.
But the meaning of the word 'improve' was too broad. Rising two steps was also improving, rising three steps was improving and suddenly reaching the first in the world… well, it was unlikely but it was also called improving!
Many people thought that Luo Cheng had long been surpassed. The value of a Rosalind spokesperson was higher than that of Yizhi, but Luo Cheng didn't have a movie that made 20 billion at the box office. By the way, the box office was still increasing.
Even so, they only guessed that Ming Yu would probably advance to third in the world.
There were even some fashion critics who wrote on their Twitter and Weibo: 【 Ming Xiaoyu is the most popular newcomer in recent years. The speed of his progress is quite fast. However, it is impossible for him to be in the top three in the world in just a year with a non-top brand. This is the gap of birth. If he wants to surpass this, he has to wait another year! 】 These people were mercilessly hit in the face by the list that the World Supermodels Organization released today～
In fact, there were a lot of these types of people. Many people might've joined Ming Yu's fan circle but the number of sunspots also multiplied.
Huaxia had an old saying: Mediocrity won't invoke jealousy.
Ming Yu's progress was so fast that wouldn't the fans of other supermodels be jealous? After all, not everyone was so big. They saw that a newcomer was rising about their god at the speed of light, causing some of the brainless fans to be jealous.
Once these people were put together, their number was simply too much!
Let's talk about the five supermodels who became supermodels at the same time as Ming Yu. Andrew Wallen was already rejected by the world. In some forums that advocated for democracy, equality and anti-racism, Andrew Wallen's name would occasionally appear.
There was no need to mention Cheng Su. This guy had a relationship with drugs and even suppressed so many small stars and models. Forget the global fashion enthusiasts, even the Huaxia people were ashamed to mention him.
As for the two other supermodels apart from Ming Yu, the male model hadn't done much and hadn't appeared on the world supermodels list for a year. The possibility of him appearing on the list in the future was very low. The other female supermodel appeared on the rankings six months ago and was now ranked 87th on the female list. The gap with Ming Yu was really too big.
In this circle, strength and opportunities couldn't be missed. In many cases, opportunities were often linked to personal attitudes, social conversations and performance. Therefore, people said that opportunities were also a sign of strength.
It was because strength would give better opportunities.
Under the combined effect of the two, the 19 year old Ming Yu became the second ranked male supermodel in the world.
【 I used to think that this Huaxia model is so popular right now but how much strength can he have? But I watched the high-end Yizhi show today. It was really beautiful! Out of the 40 models at this high-end show, I remember this Ming Yu the most! 】
【 When my friend recommended this high-end show to me, she made me guess who Ming Yu was. I don't pay much attention to Huaxia brands so I didn't know that Ming Yu was the finale model. Then I saw it and my friend asked me who performed best and who Ming Yu was. The result really made me surprised! Ming Yu is absolutely at a level to get the second place! 】
【 I recently found a lot of resources related to Ming Yu. IN particular, I went to see the movie An Li today and found that Huaxia culture is really too beautiful. Their type of “chivalrous” spirit is something I have never seen before. I couldn't understand some complicated words but their music is good. Finally, I was going to cry when Ming Yu wore white clothes. 】
【 I cried too! What is West Lake QAQ? It seems to be a famous place in Huaxia? I must go to see it this year! Go to West Lake to see the moon! 】
【 I'm going to see the moon as well! 】
【 Add me! 】
……
Once he had the strength and achievements to shut everyone up, the sunspots could only be made out of nothing. This meant that Ming Yu's roots couldn't be shaken.
After the release of the world supermodel rankings, a reporter from Huaxia Fashion Daily interviewed a member of Garcia who was also part of the World Supermodels Organization and asked why the rankings were released 10 days after the supposed date.
The member said very generously, "There is no reason. We were just hesitating about Ming Yu's rank. According to our usual points calculation method, there wasn't much difference between the scores of Ming Yu and Kelson. However, a popular movie like An Li hasn't appeared in the fashion industry before and there were some differences of opinion. That's why we published the results nine days late."
The reporter heard the words and felt that he had grabbed big news. He asked, "Several times before, the World Supermodels Organization also postponed the release of the rankings. I don't know if it is because…"
“Yes, it’s basically because of Ming Yu." The member smiled and spoke helplessly, "HIs progress is too fast and his origin isn't a luxury brand. Therefore, it was very difficult for us when he first appeared on the rankings. But the level of the present Ming Yu is still a lot worse than Xi Ze."
Where was the big news?
This was headline news!
The next day, Huaxia Fashion Daily quickly released the news and wrote:
[Collision between the first in the world and the strongest newcomer! Will he choose love or choose his career?] In the article, the reporter wrote the words of the World Supermodels Organization member. Fans had long expected it but after seeing the news that Ming Yu continuously caused the postponement of the rankings, they couldn't help but feel: 【 This is using a person. The world supermodel rankings should do the right thing! Then after copying the interview, the article continued by saying, "After Xi Ze and Ming Yu announced their relationship, the photos that some people took show that their feelings are very good. Now the two people are at the top of the rankings. Will Xi Ze choose love or his career? Will Ming Yu choose love or his career?"
Xi Ze and Ming Xiaoyu's fans said in unison:
【 Don't you see that a certain man has already chosen his career! ￣︿￣### 】 At the beginning of July 2018, several first-tier fashion brands held fashion show, making it the prelude to Huaxia Fashion Week. At the same time, Ji and Ya held a high-end menswear show after two years and the man who chose his career was personally acting as the finale model in the fashion show.