Chapter 91

After three months, Qiao Bailu finally finished writing the script. It exceeded her expectations, but she was not in a hurry. The studio was already on the right track, with two screenwriters and scripts from various sources. Even if she didn't write for two years, it wouldn't have a big impact.

Of course, the leading role was decided to be given to Qiao Zhenting, but it was hard to find a supporting role. Normally, when the studio released the news that Qiao Bailu's script was finished and the TV series was about to start filming, other film and television companies would rush to cooperate and send actors over.

But this time, when the news was released, everyone started to refuse, saying, "Oh, my so-and-so has a lot of announcements in the past two months, such as appearing on TV shows, shooting commercials, and shooting magazines. I'm afraid I don't have time." "I'm sorry, my so-and-so just finished a movie two days ago and is planning to take a vacation now. I'm afraid I don't have time to go."

After four or five times, Qiao Bailu stopped asking and planned to wait at the entrance of the film and television city. However, Qiao Zhenting and the others were worried. After all, Qiao Bailu's belly was already six or seven months, and now she couldn't see her toes if she lowered her head. The film and television city was crowded with people, and there were always rushes, so it was not safe, even with an assistant.

Zhou Mengyao suggested that there should be an audition, but Qiao Bailu shook her head and refused. Eighty percent of the people who came to the audition were young people, and what she needed was someone who was a little older and had particularly good acting skills.

Finally, there was no other choice, so the director, the assistant director, and two assistants, a total of four people, went to the film and television city. After searching for a month, they finally found the other three actors.

The filming officially started on May 1st. It started quietly, without even a reporter interviewing, let alone a launch ceremony. Everything was quiet.

Qiao Zhenting was wearing a vest on his upper body and shorts underneath. He squatted in front of the computer and typed on the keyboard, shouting non-stop: "Left, left! Fire! Da da da da!"

The camera turned again, and Qiao Zhenting was still dressed as before. He went to the kitchen to get some instant noodles and sat on the sofa watching TV. A string of numbers was being reported on the TV. Qiao Zhenting listened for a while, and the instant noodles on his chopsticks fell off. Then he stood up, hurriedly looked for his mobile phone, turned it on, and squatted in front of the TV to look at the line of numbers.

Then he jumped up and shouted, "Hahahahaha, I won the prize! I won the prize!"

The director called out "Cut" with a serious face, rewound the camera, reviewed it carefully, and then nodded: "Go, next one, it will be the scene of finding the lottery ticket. Li Jie, get ready, it will be your turn next."

Li Jie is an actor found from a film and television city. She is 30 years old, still very young, but she is not very lucky and her looks are average. She has played countless supporting roles in the entertainment industry, but has never been lucky enough to get a leading role.

Qiao Zhenting took a deep breath, and as soon as the camera turned on, he immediately immersed himself in the scene and began to search through boxes and cabinets for lottery tickets. From the initial surprise, to the anxiety in the middle, and then to the panic later, Qiao Zhenting's performance was very real.

Qiao Bailu sat beside him, drinking fruit tea and nodding with a smile. Zhenting's acting skills were getting better and better. It was estimated that he had suffered a lot in other crews in the past two years. He would not suffer so much. The studio's face was there, and not many people dared to make things difficult for him. He had to consider his own artists. After all, Qiao Bailu was also holding many people's futures in his hands.

However, it will definitely not be like our own crew. If it doesn’t pass, the director will explain it in a nice voice. If it still doesn’t work, there is a screenwriter sister who can make people suddenly enlightened with a few words of advice.

After two years of training, Qiao Zhenting's acting skills improved.

Today is the first day, and it went pretty smoothly. We shot eight scenes in the morning, and basically all of them were done in one take. The director was in a good mood, and when he saw it was time for dinner, he waved his hand and announced happily: "Today is the first day, I'll treat you to a big meal to celebrate our successful start!"

Everyone cheered immediately. Qiao Zhenting came to Qiao Bailu and said, "Are you tired after sitting for a whole morning? Why don't you go home and rest after dinner? Take a nap? Don't worry too much about the crew. Brother Li and I have read the script and analyzed it for you. Didn't you say before that our analysis was very accurate?"

Qiao Bailu shook her head: "No, I can sit still, don't worry, how can I not take care of my body? You just need to film well, if I feel uncomfortable, I will definitely call you."

Qiao Zhenting was still a little worried, so he reached out and touched her belly: "You're going to give birth next month, you should go home and rest. By the way, when will Uncle Xie and Aunt Xie come?"

"Next week." Brother Xie and Yao Lingling got married right after the Chinese New Year. The couple is not young anymore, so they don't use any contraception. Last month, they found out that Yao Lingling is already two months pregnant.

The old man is more concerned about fairness, and he always treats children equally. Last year, he took care of Qiao Bailu for two or three months, and this time he will also take care of Yao Lingling for two or three months.

However, they would definitely come over when the baby was born. Fortunately, the two families lived close to each other, so it was convenient for the elderly to go back and forth. When Qiao Bailu and the others moved to the house near the company, they lived even closer, one stop away, and it only took about 20 minutes to walk.

"Won't our parents be here by then?" Qiao Zhenting picked up the small thermos and poured himself a cup of fruit tea. He took a sip, stuck out his tongue, and poured it back: "It's too bad to drink. I don't know your taste. It's like beating a vinegar seller to death. How many lemons did you put in it?"

Bella Qiao smiled and took another sip: "It's okay, I think it tastes good. If you don't like it, don't drink it. It's not prepared for you anyway."

As they were talking, the takeaway arrived, and the director called them over from a distance. Although it was a takeaway, it was from a restaurant, with freshly cooked fish and meat, it was really a feast.

Qiao Bailu doesn't like greasy food now, so the director was considerate and specially ordered a few vegetarian dishes. She has a good appetite now, and she almost finished a bowl of rice and three dishes by herself. After eating, she held her stomach and started walking around the crew.

The director gathered everyone together and began to talk about the afternoon scenes: "This afternoon we will mainly shoot the scene where Cao Qiankun goes to the trash can downstairs to look for garbage, and argues with the cleaning lady and the homeless uncle. The cleaning lady needs to be more confident and the homeless uncle..."

Qiao Zhenting's name in the movie is Cao Qiankun, which is quite common.

After listening for a while, Qiao Bailu felt a little drowsy. The assistant girl was very careful and caring. She covered Qiao Bailu with a blanket she brought with her, and also set up a few small sticks and put a cloth on it to block out the light a little.

However, her belly was too big, so even if she felt sleepy, it was not comfortable to take a nap. After just half an hour of nap, Qiao Bailu could not lie down anymore. She got up and continued to wander around the crew, checking the props and considering whether the layout of each scene was appropriate, whether there was anything uncomfortable to look at, or if there were any omissions.

Or you could study the lines. This auntie's performance was a bit too fierce, which actually better reflects the character's personality. So you could change the lines in the next scene to make them more in line with the character.

In the morning, the director chose relatively simple scenes, and Qiao Zhenting's acting skills were also acceptable, so it went smoothly. But in the afternoon, things were not so smooth. Qiao Bailu had said before that he would strive for perfection, and if there was even a mistake in the position of a scene, the director would do it again.

The original plan was for nine scenes, but in the end only five were sent.

After work, Qiao Bailu and the director couldn't rest yet. Together with Qiao Zhenting and the assistant director, they sat together to study the scenes shot during the day. If they had any opinions, they could raise them and discuss them together.

If it is not qualified, we will reshoot it tomorrow.

Qiao Bailu reported to work every day. At first, Qiao Zhenting told her to go home quickly. But then he thought that there was no one at home and part-time workers didn't have to stay at home for twelve hours a day. It would be better to keep her right in front of him, so he didn't chase her away.

He stopped chasing her away, but Qiao Bailu was unwilling to come. She saw that the director was more serious than her, and she didn't want to stay in the crew to bask in the sun all the time. So she came at five or six in the afternoon, just in time to catch up with the director and others to study the scenes.

In mid-June, Qiao Bailu was sitting on the sofa watching TV with a plate in her hand when she suddenly felt some pain in her stomach. The doctor had told her during her prenatal checkup two days ago that it would happen in the next two days and asked her to go to the hospital immediately when she had a stomachache.

Therefore, Bella Qiao did not dare to delay and quickly called Mother Xie: “Mom, my stomach hurts, I think I’m about to give birth, let’s go to the hospital.”

Mother Xie came out of the kitchen in a hurry: "Is the baby about to be born? Hurry up, didn't we book a taxi before? His father, call him quickly and go to the hospital first. If it's really the baby, I'll come back and pack up."

After saying that, he immediately went back to the room and took out a small bag, which he had packed and placed there in the past two days. It contained keys, medical cards, ID cards, cash and other things, all for emergency use.

Mr. Xie quickly dialed the phone, said a few words to the other end, and hurried to the door to change his shoes.

Everyone was prepared, so they acted very quickly. Mother Xie helped people get into the car and comforted Qiao Bailu: "Does your stomach hurt badly? I made peanut candy for you a few days ago. Eat one. Don't be nervous. Giving birth is very simple. We found a good hospital and the doctors are very skilled. Just rest assured. By the way, didn't the mother-in-law say she would be here in the next two days?"

"Today's flight." Qiao Bailu pursed her lips: "Have you called Jiayuan and Zhenting?"

Father Xie turned around and answered, "Yes, they did. Zhenting said he went straight to the hospital, and Jiayuan also said he would be back soon."

"Don't worry, there's still a while before the birth. I have experience, just listen to me and don't be nervous." Mother Xie continued to comfort her, wiping her sweat while muttering: "Oh, the weather is too hot, it will be a bit painful for you to give birth now. It's uncomfortable during confinement, you can't use the fan, and you can't use the air conditioner too often. But don't worry, your room faces a good direction, so it won't be too sunny."

Qiao Bailu touched her belly, hoping that she wouldn't gain too much weight after the confinement period. Losing weight was painful.

Fortunately, it was not rush hour, so the journey was smooth. Father Xie had called the hospital before, so a nurse came to pick me up as soon as I got out of the car. I went for various examinations first, and only after confirming that I was going to give birth did I go into the delivery room.

Qiao Bailu was planning to have a natural birth. She only knew that babies born naturally were better. But when she was halfway through the birth, she realized why so many people chose cesarean sections even though everyone knew that natural births were better. It was so painful that she almost felt torn in two.

Just as she was in excruciating pain, a nurse pushed the door open and whispered something to the doctor. The doctor nodded, and the nurse came out. Qiao Bailu was a little confused and even more panicked. Was she not feeling well? Was she having a difficult labor? Could she be so unlucky?

"Bai Lu!" When she was about to be scared, the nurse came back, followed by a man in sterile clothes. He looked very familiar. Qiao Bailu recognized him at once. It was Xie Jiayuan.

"Bai Lu, I'm sorry, I'm late, but fortunately, I finally made it. Don't panic, try harder, and give birth to the baby quickly so that it won't hurt." Xie Jiayuan grabbed Qiao Bai Lu's hand and began to chatter: "The doctor said that you are in very good health, but this is your first child, so it will take a little longer, but it doesn't matter, I have already taken leave and will accompany you these days. Does it hurt?"

As he was talking, he wanted to get closer to watch. Qiao Bailu was shocked. Even if they were married, it was not good to watch the scene of childbirth like this. What if it left a psychological trauma? Maybe in the future, he would be…

The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became. She pulled Xie Jiayuan's hand and exerted force. Then she felt something slip out of her body. Then she heard the doctor's words, "It's born. Congratulations. It's a boy."

As he spoke, he skillfully cut the umbilical cord. Qiao Bailu breathed a sigh of relief and loosened her grip. Xie Jiayuan looked at her expression and thought she was fine, so he went over to see the child.

Qiao Bailu had nothing to do after that. The doctor took care of her lower body, covered her with a sheet, and asked the nurse to push her out. When she woke up from her next nap, the baby had been cleaned up and wrapped in a small blanket and placed next to her.

Xie Jiayuan was lying on the bed, staring at his son with a silly smile. Qiao Zhenting was sitting on the sofa next to him, looking at his phone. Father Qiao and Father Xie were huddled together, whispering to each other, but their voices were too low to hear clearly what they were saying. Mother Qiao and Mother Xie were not there.

"Awake? Are you hungry?" Xie Jiayuan noticed that Qiao Bailu had opened her eyes, and asked quickly, "Mom said she'll make some soup for you and come over soon. My mother-in-law said she'll clean up your room and bring some clothes. You can stay for a week, and then we'll go home to recuperate after the baby is born."

It's not that she didn't have the money to stay in the hospital, but there was no need. Besides, the delivery room in the hospital was always crowded, and Qiao Bailu didn't like staying in the hospital, with people coming and going and it was very noisy. She liked quieter places, so she said from the beginning that she wanted to go home to recuperate after giving birth.

Bella Qiao nodded and tilted her head to observe her son: "Has the doctor checked it?"

"Yeah, very healthy, weighing 7.2 jin." Xie Jiayuan smiled from ear to ear. Father Qiao and Father Xie also came over. Father Qiao said with a smile: "This mouth and nose are really like yours, as if they were carved from the same mold."

Not wanting to be left behind, Xie's father also said, "This forehead and face shape are exactly the same as our Jiayuan's. Look, they both have high foreheads. They will definitely have great potential in the future!"

"The eyes are like our Bai Lu. Our Bai Lu's eyes are big and bright. This boy will definitely be handsome when he grows up." Father Qiao said with a smile. Father Xie nodded: "The eyebrows are so similar to our Jia Yuan. The boy will definitely be popular with girls in the future."

The two of them were talking back and forth, and they almost even praised the soles of the baby's feet. Qiao Bailu and the others were speechless after hearing this. The baby had just been born, and was still red and wrinkled. It was good enough that they could see the face shape, nose, forehead and chin. How could they tell that the eyebrows and eyes were alike?

Fortunately, the two mothers came quickly. One brought washing supplies and clothes, and the other brought a rice bucket. Mother Xie smiled and served the soup in a bowl: "Fortunately, I started stewing soup early in the morning these two days. I called the hourly worker before, and she went back to turn off the fire. It's just right, soft and crispy. You should drink some quickly."

Qiao Bailu didn't have much of an appetite, but she knew she should drink some soup now. She would have to start breastfeeding when the baby woke up. She didn't even feel her milk filling up yet, so drinking some soup could help stimulate the flow.

After staying in the hospital for a week, the doctor checked on them every day and made sure that there was no discomfort after delivery and the baby was in good health. After a week, they were allowed to pack up and be discharged from the hospital.

At first, Qiao Bailu thought that confinement in the hot summer was a very difficult thing to endure, but unexpectedly, it was quite comfortable. The whole family revolved around her, and they had five or six meals a day, but unfortunately, they were all bland and tasteless, without salt. It was either millet and egg soup, egg noodles, or chicken soup, or pig's trotter soup, but no matter how many times they changed, there was only a little bit of salt, no salt.

After eating in the hospital for a week, I was already tired of eating, but I had to continue eating when I got home. Qiao Bailu felt that she was about to develop anorexia. Fortunately, after half a month, salt started to be added to the food. Although not much, it was still much better than having no salt at all.

Children also change day by day. Slowly, the redness faded. Although it was still a little dark, it was much more pleasing to the eye, and the skin gradually relaxed. Xie Jiayuan's vacation lasted only a week, and then he was called away by the company again.

However, before Xie Jiayuan left, he said that the research had already made some progress, and if everything went well, he would be able to come out by the end of the year. Qiao Bailu was speechless. It had been a year since he was in there, and it was only summer now. If everything went well, he would have to stay for another half a year. What if everything went badly? Would he have to stay for another year and a half?

Forget it, I should quickly clean up the house over there and move there at the end of the year. At least living there, Xie Jiayuan can still go home every day on his way to and from get off work. Anyway, it has been a year, and the smell of the decoration should have dissipated.

Because their in-laws were there, Qiao's father and mother stayed for more than a week before returning to City Z. Xie's father and mother took care of Qiao Bailu until she was out of confinement, and then went back to take care of Yao Lingling.

Then, Qiao Bailu began her busy life of raising a child.

In August, after the filming of the movie was completed, Qiao Zhenting came back and stayed for a day, then flew to the J Province Film and Television Base. He had taken on a movie before, and now he could just continue working on it.

In September, the film was edited and approved, and the intensive promotion began. Qiao Zhenting also took time out to attend every promotion, and also participated in entertainment programs. He was so busy that he lost 5 or 6 kilograms in a month.

Zhou Mengyao showed Qiao Bailu the computer page with a depressed look on her face: "This Huang Qiwen is just a haunting ghost. When we start filming, they also start filming. When we promote, they also promote. This time they are on the same day as us again. The last incident has satiated her courage. This time, she didn't even move forward, but actually set it on the same day as us!"

Qiao Bailu was a little surprised: "They have started promoting it too? I haven't heard about them starting filming before. Is it a secret start?"

Some directors and actors are famous. No matter what kind of film it is, as long as they are named after it, it will definitely be a big hit. Every time they start filming, there will be many reporters to interview them. In order not to be disturbed, they will choose to start filming in secret. They will not start promoting until the film is successfully submitted for review and is about to be released.

Qiao Bailu hasn't reached that stage yet. She has to promote her movie from the start of filming until it is released.

In her opinion, Huang Qiwen's level was even worse. She actually dared to choose to start filming in secret, which was really too bold.

Zhou Mengyao snorted coldly: "Yeah, maybe she's afraid that we'll miss each other's schedules. This time I want to see what kind of movie she can make! Without Brother Sheng Rong's support, who would go to see her movie!"

Qiao Bailu blinked: "Brother Sheng Rong is not the leading actor this time?"

Zhou Mengyao gloated a little: "He became independent and opened his own studio. His old employer was fired. This time, it's just that woman who's holding the place together. But her status is far inferior to hers. Our Zhen Ting is much more famous than that woman. He will definitely be able to surpass her this time!"

Qiao Bailu smiled and was about to nod, but then she felt a little depressed: “If we beat them this time, doesn’t it mean that we succeeded because we are a good lead actor? It’s almost the same as their last situation.”

Zhou Mengyao glared at her, "Are you stupid? Even though they lost their No. 1 actor, they still have popular young actors. The male lead this time is Chen Yawei, the most famous actor in their company besides the No. 1 actor. He's a first-line actor! Not much worse than Zhenting! Besides, they still have No. 1 actress. Our leading actress can't compare to No. 1 actress. And there are supporting roles. We are all extras. Who do they have? Look, Zhao Qiaoling, the famous big-breasted babyface! Lin Tongying, the best martial artist!"

Qiao Bailu made a face: "Okay, okay, our cast is indeed no match for them. I understand. It's noon. Do you want to go eat?"

Zhou Mengyao nodded: "Go, my godson should be awake by now, go hold him, Senior Zhao is treating us today, let's go eat at a rich restaurant."

Qiao Bailu couldn't help laughing: "We are already husband and wife, why are we still calling him Senior Zhao? How do you usually call him at home? Come on, call me and let me hear it."

Zhou Mengyao stood up and made a gesture of raising a gourd: "Hey, fairy, if I call you, do you dare to answer?"

Chapter 92

The two of them laughed and joked for a while, and although it relieved the tension in their hearts, they were still worried about the box office. They didn't sleep well that night, and started to calculate the first day's box office early the next morning.

Qiao Bailu originally wanted to call and ask earlier, but unfortunately, the little devil at home was unwilling to do so. He started making a fuss early in the morning, whining and whining. He didn't want to sleep even after eating, and he clung to Qiao Bailu with his eyes wide open and howling.

The four-month-old child could already see things and didn't want to stay in the house every day. Although he couldn't express it, his eyes kept drifting out the door. If Qiao Bailu didn't move, he wouldn't want to, and he would cry and make a fuss. Only when Qiao Bailu carried him to the balcony and looked at the window, could he laugh.

Qiao Zhenting went downstairs to buy breakfast, and while taking over to hold the kid, he said, "You eat first. Didn't your brother-in-law come back last night?"

"Well, they said there was a problem with the experiment and he was called away again at around ten o'clock." Qiao Bailu yawned and ate while turning on the computer. Some people on the Internet had already dug up her and Huang Qiwen's relationship and also mentioned the movies they had watched.

Qiao Bailu's film is a light comedy, an urban movie, while Huang Qiwen's film this time is a romance, a melodramatic story involving three women and one man. The biggest highlight is that the women are dazzling and the men are also good-looking.

"There are actually film critics who review our movies." Qiao Bailu didn't read the post carefully, but just looked under the new blog of the big V she used to follow, and then she was surprised. Although her previous two movies did not lose money, they were not successful because there were no professional film critics to review them. It was just Zhenting and her own fans who supported and said a few words about how good they were, and the rest were the Internet trolls who said they were not good.

Today was a big surprise. It was only the second day and there were reviews from film critics. Regardless of whether the review was criticism or praise, Qiao Bailu felt that this was a great improvement.

Qiao Zhenting also came over holding the child: "What did you say?"

"Let me read it to you." Qiao Bailu coughed lightly: "Walking into the cinema, there are a total of six movies to choose from, four romances, one comedy, and one..."

Qiao Zhenting's eyes sparkled: "If I heard correctly, this is a compliment to us, right?"

Qiao Bailu couldn't help laughing, "Of course, although there is still room for improvement, it's also said that our progress is already very obvious. It can be seen that this is a very thoughtful drama that brings a lot of joy to everyone. It's our credit that people can watch such a funny movie during the National Day holiday. It's very sincere to praise us."

The kid had no idea what his mom and uncle were laughing at, and he just grinned and joined in the laughter.

After finishing their meal, Qiao Bailu and Qiao Zhenting went to the studio, taking the kid with them. In fact, the kid had a nickname, Duoduo, which meant lots of happiness and joy, but sometimes Qiao Bailu would call him "stinky kid" or something like that.

Zhou Mengyao was already waiting in the office. When she saw them coming in, she stood up and reached out to hug Duoduo. Duoduo was not shy. After eating and drinking, he was willing to be hugged by anyone. In particular, there was a large French window on one side of Zhou Mengyao's office. Duoduo liked it very much. He clung to Zhou Mengyao's shoulders and wanted to go over there.

Zhou Mengyao was married and was planning to have a child. Seeing Duoduo was cute, she liked him very much and often held him in her arms. She experiencedly took out a brightly colored toy from under the coffee table and coaxed Duoduo into submission in no time.

"Guess how much the box office is." Zhou Mengyao winked at Qiao Bailu. Qiao Bailu touched her chin and pointed out: "This number?"

Zhou Mengyao shook her head, and Qiao Bailu blinked: "Too much or too little?"

"It's less. Keep guessing." Zhou Mengyao said with a smile. Qiao Bailu gestured again: "This number?"

"That's about it. Let's guess the box office for Huang Qiwen." Zhou Mengyao couldn't help laughing. Qiao Bailu also laughed: "From the look on your face, I know we didn't lose this time, right? Tell me quickly. I don't want to guess anymore."

"Ours is 8 million, Huang Qiwen's is 7 million. This is only the first day. Have you read all the comments online? Ours is mostly full of praise, but Huang Qiwen's is a bit subtle."

"I read the critics' comments this morning, but I haven't read the others yet. How come Huang Qiwen's filming this time is terrible?" Qiao Bailu was puzzled. Zhou Mengyao shook her head: "You, don't you think about it? Last time, Huang Qiwen stepped on us to become famous. She suppressed us at that time. What does that mean? It means that many people think her film is better than ours. But this time, the box office is here. We have improved compared to last time. Her box office doesn't seem to have dropped much, but not only has it not improved, it has actually dropped a little. The higher the hope we had for her, the greater the disappointment this time."

Qiao Bailu suddenly realized: "No wonder, but it's only the second day, so we can't be sure. Let's not do anything yet and wait and see what happens. Even if we want to beat the dog that's down, we have to wait until the dog sinks. If she still has the energy to fight back, it will be too early for us to take action now."

"Do I need you to explain this?" Huang Qiwen raised her eyebrows and smiled, "I have already made preparations. If Huang Qiwen strikes back again in the next two days, then our PR article will focus on your progress. However, you will definitely be reported by the media..."

Zhou Mengyao was vague for a moment, but Qiao Bailu understood what she meant. Even if she had made some progress, she still lost to Huang Qiwen. The media never speaks well of losers. It is estimated that they will ridicule her for not having talent in movie scripts. It may be even worse. They will protest and ask her to get out of the movie industry and return to the TV industry.

In the past two years, she has not written a single TV script in order to learn how to write movie scripts and conceive and write her own scripts. The TV industry is changing very quickly, and with the presence of experienced screenwriters, the difference between having Qiao Bailu and not having Qiao Bailu is not that big, so if Qiao Bailu really fails, it will probably be difficult for her to return to the TV industry.

"Don't worry, I thought about it when I decided to start filming. If I fail again this time, I can just start over. Just like you said, I didn't lose money every time anyway. At worst, I can get sponsorship myself."

Qiao Bailu said with a smile, Zhou Mengyao rolled her eyes at her: "With me here, why do you need to raise sponsorship yourself? I'm just worried about you, afraid that you might not be able to think straight and not want to write anymore, right?"

"How can I be so fragile? I am a mother now. I have to set an example for Duoduo. It is not my style to compromise when faced with difficulties. We have to get up from where we fell. Is what Duoduo's mother said right?"

Duoduo yawned and reached out for a hug. He had been playing for the whole morning and was a little sleepy now.

Qiao Bailu took it, hugged him and patted him twice, and Duoduo closed his eyes. Qiao Zhenting took out a blanket from his big bag and wrapped him up, then stood up: "Sister, Sister Mengyao, you guys talk first, I'm going to walk around outside, Wenhua just sent me a message saying there's a script, I'm going to take a look."

"Go, go." Qiao Bailu waved her hand. In the past two years, one third of the scripts that their studio has taken on were selected by Qiao Bailu from various submissions and competitions, one third were written by people in the screenwriting department, and the remaining one third were sent by other film and television companies and selected by the agents and actors themselves.

Suddenly I remembered something and quickly called out, "I think I heard last time that Baina was going to adapt a game? Was it that script?"

Qiao Zhenting shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't asked yet, how about I ask him to send it over for you to take a look?"

Qiao Bailu nodded: "Alright, send it to me and let me take a look. If it's really that, I don't know if the leading role has been decided. If you can grab the leading role..." Then she shook her head: "It doesn't matter if you can't grab it. Anyway, your focus will shift to the movie. Go ahead."

Qiao Zhenting twitched his lips and turned to leave. Qiao Bailu turned around and chatted with Zhou Mengyao again: "Lingling's baby is about to be born. I was just about to ask you, when are you free, let's go over and take a look?"

"Let's do it another day. I've been feeling depressed these past two days. I don't want to make Lingling unhappy." Zhou Mengyao sighed and rubbed her face. Qiao Bailu frowned, "Is it about your sister-in-law again?"

In fact, the Zhao family was quite harmonious, but there was a sister-in-law Zhao who was a bit greedy. Knowing that Zhou Mengyao had her own studio outside and made quite a lot of money, she insisted on instigating the studio to be incorporated into the Zhao family's assets. Of course, the Zhao family elders would not say anything, and the Zhou family was not a soft persimmon. Besides, when the elders passed away, most of the family business would be left to the eldest son, and the daughter-in-law's business was related to the interests of the youngest son. They could not give the youngest son too much, but they would not take away what the youngest son had.

But Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but speak up. Every time Zhou Mengyao went back, she would grumble a few times, saying that elders were not allowed to have private property. Zhou Mengyao wanted to throw slippers in her face - Sister, are you from ancient times? What era is it now? Elders are still not allowed to have private property. Have you never been to school?

"Why don't you just treat her as if she's talking nonsense?" Qiao Bailu couldn't help laughing. "Your sister-in-law is a weirdo. Next time she says that, you can tell her about modern law and divide the family property equally. Let Brother Zhao give up his shares in the company. Show her some power. If you pinch her once, she won't dare to do it again next time."

"Do you think I haven't tried? That person's face is as thick as a city wall. She won't respond at all. Forget it. Forget about her. I'm not that lucky. I can be a sister-in-law with my best friend. Sometimes I envy you."

Zhou Mengyao muttered a few words, stood up, and pulled out a document from the drawer: "Fashion show, are you interested in watching it?"

Qiao Bailu shook her head: "Duoduo still needs someone to help him. I can't see anything with such a little burden. I'm exhausted just holding the child. You go by yourself. Take Senior Zhao with you. Just treat it as another honeymoon. Relax and get pregnant later."

The two had been good friends for many years, so it was easy for them to talk about this topic. Zhou Mengyao came over stealthily and asked, "I heard that there are some rules for giving birth to a boy or a girl? Do you have to adjust the pH before giving birth? And eating more purple things will make it easier to have twins?"

Qiao Bailu widened her eyes: "Where did you get this kind of thing?"

"It's my mother-in-law. If I had known, I should have found out more about it before getting married. I originally thought that the Zhao family was the same as ours, treating both men and women equally. But it turns out that they favor boys over girls. It's my eldest sister-in-law. Do you know why my parents-in-law didn't say anything about her being so difficult? It's because she gave birth to a boy as her first child!"

Zhou Mengyao pouted: "Although I don't care about this, I'm afraid my child will be wronged. Anyway, it's not difficult for a family like ours to have a second child, so I thought, if there is a way, we should have a boy as the first child, if not, forget it, at worst we can separate them, and I won't let them see my daughter in the future."

Qiao Bailu couldn't help laughing: "You are just a fool, your brain doesn't work. You also said that it's not that difficult to have a second child. What if your first child is a daughter? It's not like you can't have another one. Besides, even if their family favors boys over girls, Senior Zhao won't inherit the family business, so they don't have to care whether it's a boy or a girl, right? Maybe because your daughter is the only girl, she will be more favored."

Zhou Mengyao shook her head: "Not necessarily, my mother-in-law is very short-sighted..."

"What does Senior Zhao mean?" Qiao Bailu asked. Zhou Mengyao smiled and said, "He doesn't care. He said boys and girls are the same. Even girls, don't we have one in our Zhou family? Aren't we still filial to our parents?"

"That's all, as long as the father doesn't care, you don't have to take it too seriously. I've heard about the pH value, but I don't know if it's true or not. I don't care whether it's a boy or a girl, but it's best to let nature take its course. As for multiple births, I don't know. I'll ask Xie Jiayuan later to see if there's any scientific report on this."

Zhou Mengyao thought about it and shook her head again: "Forget it, no need. I also think that boys and girls are the same, so just one is enough. Senior Zhao and I don't plan to have a nanny take care of the child. We are busy with work. If we really have two, we will be too busy to handle it."

I guess Shengrong had the same idea and wanted to wait for the subsequent box office results, so the next day, regardless of whether it was good or bad, neither the studio nor Shengrong came forward, letting the people online debate on whether to say good or bad things.

On the third day, the box office of Caipiao's movie increased to 9 million, while Huang Qiwen's decreased. Although the decrease was not much, there was not much difference between 7 million and 650, but the trend was downward, which was obvious enough.

The studio remained silent, but Huang Qiwen could no longer bear it and posted a new blog post at night: The status of a certain male lead in the film industry is no longer what it used to be, right? Even his fans alone are enough to support the box office.

Anyone with a keen eye could see that this sentence was referring to Qiao Zhenting. In the two previous failed movies of Qiao Bailu, Qiao Zhenting was the leading actor. But at that time, Qiao Zhenting was at most the little prince in the TV circle, a guarantee of ratings. But now, Qiao Zhenting has established a firm foothold in the film industry with one leading role and two supporting roles.

When people in the film industry talk about Qiao Zhenting, they all say that he has an immeasurable future and is a new male god. In just two years, his fan base has grown to more than 20 million. He is a male star in the industry who is good-looking and has good acting skills.

Huang Qiwen's words were clearly stating that the reason Qiao Bailu's movies achieved such great results was entirely due to the support of Qiao Zhenting.

To this day, it is not Qiao Bailu's style to continue to endure. She immediately posted stills from Huang Qiwen's movie Fashion Queen on her new blog. The male lead was a first-line star, the female lead was a top actress, the male supporting role was a well-known warm-hearted male god in the circle, and the female supporting role was recognized as the most beautiful female star in the circle.

By the way, here’s the blog post – I heard that Zhenting’s current net worth is comparable to Chen Dewei’s, Brother De, what do you think?

——Brother De expressed his dissatisfaction!

——Hahaha, De Ge said, I am still alive, how dare you ignore my existence!

——Don’t underestimate me, Brother De!

——I feel like the scheming bitch is desperate this time. She didn’t win last time. With De Ge here, the movie will definitely not lose money! Huang Qiwen’s script is probably just like that.

——diewhyyoutry, Huang Qiwen, if you didn’t say it yourself, no one would have thought that you were able to break even last time thanks to De Ge.

——Yes, yes, there was such a big hype last time, I really thought Huang Qiwen had some talent, but it turns out that she was just borrowing De Ge’s fame.

——Huang Qiwen is a scheming bitch, confirmed.

——What the above person said is right, Huang Qiwen is a scheming bitch, she always steps on our Bai Lu!

——Good deeds will be rewarded, Huang Qiwen finally revealed her true colors.

Fans of Qiao Bailu and Qiao Zhenting have finally found a place to vent their anger. Although it has been two years since the last incident involving Huang Qiwen, true fans still feel like they are holding back their anger every time they think about it. Now they have finally found an outlet.

Chen Dewei has even more fans, and he debuted early, so his fans in the early years were more loyal and fierce, and when they quarreled, one could stand up to three. Huang Qiwen not only hyped herself up by stepping on Qiao Bailu, but also borrowed Chen Dewei's reputation. And this time, she hinted that Qiao Zhenting's status was higher than Chen Dewei's, and those fans were naturally unwilling.

They all flocked to Huang Qiwen’s new blog and started posting the same message in unison – scheming bitch Huang Qiwen, get out of the entertainment industry!

Chen Dewei had already separated from Shengrong and opened his own studio. The artists under his name often cooperated with Qiao Bailu's studio. Chen Dewei won the title of Best Actor two years ago, and he went to Haoquwu to develop his career. Of course, he did not abandon his fans in China.

Even if Chen Dewei did not respond, anyone with eyes could see that Qiao Zhenting had a bright future, but he was still a long way from Chen Dewei two years ago.

Huang Qiwen's post instantly became a joke. Huang Qiwen was not slow to react and deleted the post immediately. But some fans were quick-witted and took screenshots to preserve the evidence, and reposted it again and again. So, within an hour, it became a hot topic again on the Internet, and it was still on the headlines.

Qiao Bailu looked at the straightforward topic title and couldn't help but twitch her lips - Huang Qiwen get out of the entertainment industry? This is really... something we like to see.

In order to avoid getting into trouble, Qiao Zhenting quickly posted a new blog - I feel that I am definitely not as good as De Ge. De Ge is a senior who deserves respect. I have always regarded De Ge as my idol and De Ge as my goal. De Ge, can you please help me when you have time?

When Qiao Zhenting first debuted, Qiao Bailu positioned him as being very down-to-earth. He could make fun of himself, laugh at himself, ask fans how to pursue his wife, and naturally ask for advice from his predecessors.

Chen Dewei was giving face and jokingly said he would send some discs to Qiao Zhenting. The two of them seemed to be good brothers, which also made Chen Dewei's fans let Qiao Zhenting go.

On the fourth day, Qiao Bailu's movie box office had risen to 10 million, while Huang Qiwen's had fallen again and again, and had fallen to 3 million. Basically, this war had come to an end.

Huang Qiwen's movie has no chance of making a comeback, but Qiao Bailu's is gaining popularity, with more and more topics being discussed online. Gradually, many people have seen the essence through the phenomenon.

The first time Huang Qiwen stepped on Qiao Bailu, Qiao Bailu and Qiao Zhenting were too weak to reveal Huang Qiwen's true colors. The second time Huang Qiwen stepped on them, Qiao Bailu really failed, so she had to continue to swallow her anger. This third time, even if Qiao Bailu and Qiao Zhenting were willing to reconcile, there was still Zhou Mengyao.

Zhou Mengyao took advantage of the situation and found someone to investigate Huang Qiwen, and quickly started digging online. Not only did she dig up Huang Qiwen's three previous actions against Qiao Bailu, but she also dug up the fact that Huang Qiwen was a mistress. The executive she found was already married.

To be honest, her work is neither plagiarized nor borrowed, and it still has its merits.

However, the fact that she was a mistress was enough to make her suffer. Nowadays, people hate mistresses the most. What's more, Huang Qiwen was the kind of person who would become arrogant when she succeeded. She had also made trouble for others in private, and all of it was exposed.

Suddenly, everyone on the Internet was calling for Huang Qiwen to be punished. Huang Qiwen's lover was also implicated and his identity was exposed. The wife he married was not a pushover and immediately posted a blog post saying that she wanted a divorce.

The top management couldn't even take care of themselves, let alone protect Huang Qiwen. Shengrong was not short of screenwriters, and if they hadn't seen that she could compete with Qiao Bailu, they wouldn't have looked up to her. Now it was obvious that Qiao Bailu was already higher than Huang Qiwen, and Huang Qiwen couldn't move Qiao Bailu, so Shengrong didn't need to protect Huang Qiwen anymore.

So, naturally, Huang Qiwen was put on ice.

But Qiao Bailu no longer has time to pay attention to Huang Qiwen's troubles. Anyway, she has Zhou Mengyao. She trusts Zhou Mengyao's abilities and means. She has more important things to do now. She plans to send the movie to the Academy Awards Organizing Committee. Even if she can't win the grand prize, it would be good to get a nomination.

Chapter 93

Qiao Bailu didn't have much hope at first, but when the Academy Awards Organizing Committee really sent her an invitation, she was so shocked that she almost doubted whether she could read. Were the names on it really hers and Qiao Zhenting's? Were they written correctly?

Zhou Mengyao was also extremely happy. She looked at the invitation, turned around the office, looked at it again, turned around again, looked three times, turned around three times, back and forth, turning Qiao Bailu dizzy, and Qiao Zhenting also felt a little dizzy: "Sister Mengyao, are we really nominated?"

"Of course. How could something like this be wrong? Even if it was, it's the responsibility of the organizing committee. In order to cover it up, they might even give us some sweet treats?" Zhou Mengyao said with a smile. Qiao Bailu pouted: "Don't dream. The reason why the organizing committee has been so influential in the industry for so many years is because of fairness."

There are various awards in China, but why is the Academy Award the default biggest award? Nothing else, just two words - fairness. Even if there is a real mistake, there is an 80% chance that the organizing committee will directly announce the mistake, and the other 20% is probably to ignore them, let them walk around the venue, walk the red carpet and that's it.

"Walking on the red carpet is fine. I remember there was a star two years ago who became very famous just because of walking on various red carpets, right?" Zhou Mengyao said quickly. Qiao Bailu stretched out her hand and pinched her cheek: "It's a good thing that you are the CEO of the entertainment industry. If you can really become famous by walking on the red carpet, then everyone should stop doing serious things and walk on the red carpet. The reason why they can become famous is, first, they are good-looking, second, they are lucky, and third, they have someone to support them. Walking on the red carpet is just icing on the cake, not timely help."

Qiao Zhenting held the invitation and asked, "Since we are going to walk the red carpet, do we need to order clothes and other things quickly?"

After all, the brother and sister are both celebrities, and according to the convention in the circle, the clothes they wear for walking on the red carpet are very formal, and they must not wear clothes they have worn before. Originally, they did not buy dresses because they were not attending the Magnolia Awards for Television today, but the Academy Awards suddenly sent an invitation, so time became tight.

Zhou Mengyao snapped her fingers and said, "We want to have it custom made? Anyway, we only buy a few brands. If we wear them over and over again, we might bump into someone else. That would be embarrassing. My dad happens to know an embroidery expert. Can we wear cheongsams?"

Anyway, it is a domestic award, so there is nothing wrong with wearing a Chinese-style dress. In fact, it is a foreign award, and wearing a cheongsam is also very individual.

"Well, okay, then can I specify the pattern and style?" Qiao Bailu had no objection. She had a good figure and could definitely hold her own in a cheongsam. She could be so willful.

Zhou Mengyao nodded: "Well, let's try it later. Tell me your idea first, and I'll contact my mother later. If it doesn't work, you don't have to choose. I'll show them your photos and let them decide for themselves what's right for you."

Qiao Bailu nodded, then turned to look at Qiao Zhenting: "Since I'm wearing a cheongsam, why don't you wear a Tang suit? It's a famous Tang suit brand in China. I remember that I was planning to invite you to shoot an advertisement before, right?"

However, Qiao Zhenting did not accept it. Since his debut, he has never accepted any role except for one public service advertisement.

Qiao Zhenting nodded: "Why, sister, which brand do you like?"

"Well, it's OK. Let's go take a look later. If it's good, you can take the advertisement. Anyway, you are famous now, so you don't have to worry about being dragged down by advertisements. Clothes are always safer than food, and it can be regarded as promoting our country's culture."

Qiao Zhenting also agreed, but then shook his head and said, "Don't go. Minyu and I will go together. Aren't we just picking two clothes? I think Minyu's taste is much better than yours."

The corners of Qiao Bailu's mouth twitched, and she pretended to lie on Zhou Mengyao's shoulder and cry: "This is so heartless, he doesn't even think about who raised him with all her hard work, fed him and clothed him, and now he has a wife and has forgotten his sister, he is so heartless, where is justice!"

Zhou Mengyao's mouth twitched: "Come on, the Academy Awards is held in Hong Kong Island. As far as I remember, you haven't been there?"

That's right, Qiao Bailu is such a country bumpkin. She has lived for 30 years and has never even been to Hong Kong Island! Even Qiao Zhenting can't compare to her. At least Qiao Zhenting went to Hong Kong Island for filming once and applied for a pass long ago. Qiao Bailu just applied for a pass as well.

"Okay, okay, I'll do it myself later. You don't have to worry about it. Zhenting and I will go there a few days in advance. Are there many people from the crew?" Qiao Bailu asked. Zhou Mengyao counted on her fingers and said, "Not many. There is only Zhenting as the lead actor, plus a female lead and a supporting actor, the director, one person from the props team, one person from the camera team, and the rest are gone."

Because the film is a modern one, in order to save money, the costumes were prepared by ourselves.

After a meeting in the studio, several people confirmed the departure date, and Qiao Bailu went home to pack her things. Xie Jiayuan happened to be at home, and when he heard her say that she was going to Hong Kong Island, he immediately said, "I happen to be free during this period, so I'll go with you. Duoduo also needs someone to take care of her. Are you willing to leave Duoduo to me? It's a bit too early to wean her now."

Qiao Bailu was a little surprised: "You are free? I thought you were on vacation today and had to go to work tomorrow. Is that experiment finished?"

"Not yet. The experimental results of the finished product are not ideal. I plan to rest for three to five days and then go back to revise the experimental process." Xie Jiayuan said with a smile, holding Duoduo and turning around twice: "It's a good time to relax. Does your studio allow family members to come? If not, I will pay for it myself. Which flight did you book? I will also hurry to book the ticket."

"Let her take him. The director said before that he wanted to take his wife out for a stroll." Qiao Bailu said with a smile, "Just let the Finance Department know before 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. We also need to book flights and hotels. Let Zhenting make a phone call. Zhenting, ask Minyu if she wants to go. It's a good opportunity to go shopping and travel."

Qiao Zhenting stretched out his hand and waved his phone: "I asked a while ago, we are going, it's a good opportunity for all of us to go, I'll go check what's fun in Hong Kong Island, I didn't have time to go shopping last time, so I just stayed at the film and television city for a few days."

Two days later, several people rushed to the airport and headed straight for Hong Kong Island.

Because they were worried about the news leaking, Zhou Mengyao specially arranged people to wait there in advance, so as soon as they got out of the airport, someone came to greet them immediately, helped them carry their luggage, got into the car quickly, and drove out of the airport in the blink of an eye.

Qiao Bailu's assistant was also the first to come over. He smiled and reported to Qiao Bailu with a tablet in his arms: "The hotel is half an hour's drive from the organizing committee. The award ceremony starts at 7:30, and the red carpet walk starts at 6:20. According to the list sent over there, our crew will go together, and we will be ranked 38th. I estimated the time, it should be around 7 o'clock. Zhenting will go alone, and he will be ranked 10th."

The status of the two siblings has changed. Qiao Zhenting still has a relatively high status in the film industry, but Qiao Bailu is not so so. So, she turned to look at Qiao Zhenting and asked, "Are you going alone or with us?"

Although it was said that they were going alone, they could actually bring Qiao Bailu along. Qiao Zhenting thought for a moment and pursed his lips: "Let's go with the crew. After all, this is our first time attending the Academy Awards..."

Qiao Bailu nodded: "That's what I mean, then let's go together. It's not good to go too early or too late. Is there a temporary resting place at the organizing committee?"

The assistant nodded quickly: "I've looked at the map and also went there for a field survey. There is a small hotel on the left side of the venue. I originally planned to book a room there, but it's already full. How about we wait in the lobby?"

"Okay, let's have dinner there. Do we need to make a reservation in advance?" The rooms were full, which meant that many artists were going to participate. Frowning, Qiao Bailu asked again, "How about confidentiality? What if all the people staying here are fans..."

The assistant quickly shook her head: "No, no, I've asked around. That hotel has a very good reputation. Right? Everyone knows that celebrities stay at that hotel, so there are a lot of reporters and paparazzi lying in ambush outside..."

If you can't get in, you can wait outside until people come out. Even if it's only a few minutes' walk, it will still prevent you from walking on the red carpet.

"Forget it, let's go there on time." Qiao Bailu said quickly. There are parking spaces at the venue, so the worst that can happen is that we can just stay in the car for a while.

"Okay, I checked out some fun places. There's a night market on Wang Street at night with lots of delicious food. There's a building near Jinzhu Harbor where shopping is very convenient. The attractions are more common and everyone has heard of them. I exchanged a lot of Hong Kong dollars for pocket money. Jinzhu Harbor accepts credit cards, so any ordinary card will do. I've also inquired about local specialties. I picked out a few of the most famous ones. Take a look. If there's anything you like, I'll buy it right away."

Of course, I have to bring some local specialties back home, to give to my parents, friends and colleagues. Of course, my friends and colleagues probably don't care. If they want to buy something, they can just fly over. It's not that difficult.

The award ceremony was the next afternoon. It was already six in the evening when they arrived at the hotel. After some discussion, the group of people separated and found places to go shopping. Qiao Bailu and Xie Jiayuan held Duoduo and went to the night market with the assistant. Qiao Zhenting took Zhou Minyu to walk around the streets. As lovers, no matter where they go, everything around them is not important. The most important thing is the person who accompanies them.

Of course, you have to dress up well before going out so that no one can recognize you.

There are so many snacks in Hong Kong Island, and they are also very famous. Qiao Bailu couldn't help but shine her eyes when she arrived at the night market. The assistant was also a little foodie, and she introduced them to him in a chattering manner: "I've tried this one, it's sweet and very delicious, but you can't eat too much, for fear of gaining weight. That one is salty, and it tastes especially good with their lemon juice. This lemon juice is freshly squeezed with honey, sour and sweet. Hey, brother-in-law, do you want a glass?"

Qiao Bailu waved her hand and stuffed the rest of her meal into Xie Jiayuan's mouth. It had been like this since they started dating. Whenever they went out to eat at a snack stand, Qiao Bailu would always take a bite and eat more of the food she liked, while the rest that she didn't like would all go into Xie Jiayuan's stomach.

However, since getting married, such behavior has rarely happened. When a mouth full of food was suddenly stuffed into his mouth again, Xie Jiayuan even missed this feeling - being fed like a pig.

Duoduo looked anxious, and cried out "ahhhh" in an attempt to attract his mother's attention so that she would feed him some of the food that looked particularly delicious. Unfortunately, that was his biological mother, so she didn't hear his anxious cries at all.

Duoduo looked at Xie Jiayuan somewhat aggrievedly, her big eyes shining brightly - why doesn't my mother pay attention to me?

Xie Jiayuan kissed Duoduo with a smile and put the juice straw in his hand to Duoduo's mouth. Duoduo curiously stretched out his hand to fiddle with it, then leaned forward and held it in his mouth. He was familiar with this position, all he had to do was suck hard!

After taking a sip of the juice, Duoduo's eyes immediately lit up. His chubby little hand quickly wrapped around Xie Jiayuan's wrist and held the juice cup in his arms - mine! mine! All mine!

Qiao Bailu turned her head and said, "Don't give him that. After he starts drinking it, he won't want milk anymore and will only want to drink juice." Duoduo is able to eat complementary food now, and he is very picky. He will only eat food with flavor and won't like food without flavor. But he is still young and cannot be completely weaned, so Qiao Bailu usually doesn't let him eat too much flavored food.

Xie Jiayuan nodded with a smile, pushed Duoduo's little head away, put it in his mouth, and took two or three gulps. Duoduo became anxious, and hugged the cup with one hand, and pushed Xie Jiayuan's head with the other hand. After finally pushing it away, he hurriedly pounced on it, put it in his mouth, and then sucked hard. Duoduo was stunned, hugged the cup and shook it, and it felt light and empty, and it was gone!

It's gone! Duoduo looked at his mother who was eating happily, and then looked at his father who was smiling. His mouth was full and he looked up to the sky and cried, "Where's my juice? Why is it gone?"

Xie Jiayuan couldn't help laughing, and coaxed her while laughing: "Don't cry, Duoduo, we can eat something else if we don't want to drink juice. Look what mom is holding in her hand? It's delicious, let's try it too, okay?"

Duoduo glanced at his mother and saw that what she was holding in her hand looked really delicious.

Qiao Bailu turned around, picked up a piece of meat with a skewer and passed it to Duoduo: "Do you want to try it too?"

Duoduo stopped crying, rushed over with tears in his eyes, and took a bite of the delicious food handed to him by his mother. If he didn't eat it, what would he do if it was gone again in a while? Delicious food can't be put away, you have to eat it first!

"What is this? Can he eat it?" Xie Jiayuan asked. Qiao Bailu nodded: "Yes, salt and pepper tofu. I ate the outer skin, so it's okay for him to eat the inside. Come on, open your mouth and try it too."

Xie Jiayuan opened his mouth hurriedly, but before Qiao Bailu could feed him, the kid in his arms pounced on his food like a hungry tiger. He jumped up and bit off the piece of tofu. His little mouth was bulging, and the food kept falling out of his mouth. Father Xie was stunned. "You little bastard, this is what your mother feeds me, okay?"

The little brat looked at Father Xie sideways and said, "Don't think that I'm too young to know why my juice disappeared just now!"

The corner of Xie Jiayuan's mouth twitched, and he looked at Qiao Bailu, who quickly fed him another piece. This time Xie Jiayuan was smart, and he held the kid with one hand while leaning forward, and with absolute strength he defeated the kid in his arms and won a piece of salt and pepper tofu.

By the way, he showed off to the kid, showing his squirming mouth in all directions. The expression of enjoyment was definitely praising the deliciousness of the tofu. The angry kid fluttered in his arms - Don't hold me anymore, bad guy, come and save me, mom!

After strolling until about eight o'clock, the family of three, along with their assistant, slowly strolled back to the hotel. The next day, they set off at six o'clock in the afternoon. Qiao Zhenting changed into a white Tang suit with a silver dragon embroidered on the upper right corner and a string of beeswax on his wrist, looking very calm and handsome. Qiao Bailu wore a bright red cheongsam. Her skin was very white, and this color made her look even more beautiful.

When the brother and sister walked the red carpet together before, Qiao Zhenting dressed to be lively, while Qiao Bailu dressed to be quiet and dignified. But now, it seems like they have switched places. Qiao Zhenting looks very calm and handsome, while Qiao Bailu looks passionate.

The director walked in front, followed by the siblings, the leading actress and the supporting actor, and then the rest of the crew. The one in front of them was a famous female star from Hong Kong Island, wearing a long floor-length skirt and carrying a pearl bag. She walked and waved gracefully, then stopped in the middle, holding her waist with one hand and her bag with the other, posing beautifully for the surrounding media to take pictures.

The director stroked his chin and said, "It will be our turn later. Do you want to pose?"

Qiao Bailu’s mouth twitched: “Goodbye? Let’s just go. There are too many of us, and it won’t look good if we pose.”

Qiao Zhenting quickly agreed, and seeing that the female star had already walked up to the stage to sign, he quickly said, "It's our turn now. Let's go quickly. The director will take the lead, so as not to delay the host's introduction."

Generally speaking, the host will start introducing the stars only when they reach the middle of the red carpet. The first part is reserved for the stars on the stage, where the host will ask a few questions and talk a little.

As they walked, the host asked the female star if she was going to participate in an entertainment program next. The female star nodded generously and asked everyone to support her at that time. After saying a few polite words, she turned around and went into the venue.

The timing was just right, and Qiao Bailu and her group walked right into the middle.

"The people coming towards us now must be familiar to everyone. They are the crew of the movie Lottery. The one in the front is the director Li Mingyang, followed by the screenwriter Qiao Bailu and the male lead Qiao Zhenting. Everyone knows Qiao Bailu and Qiao Zhenting. They are known as the national brother and sister..."

The host introduced them with a smile. It wasn't long, but he gave them some time to stay on the red carpet. After they came up, he asked, "The movie Lottery was just average at first, but then it suddenly went up, even surpassing the movies of the same period by a large margin. I wonder if Qiao Zhenting had a premonition about this at the beginning?"

Among this group of people, the most famous one is Qiao Zhenting, so the host also asked Qiao Zhenting.

"How should I put it? At first, I didn't expect that it would rise so high later. But from the beginning, I felt that the script written by my sister was particularly good, and I thought it would be successful."

Qiao Zhenting said with a smile that the movie was indeed a success, as it had exceeded 10 million on the fifth day. They originally thought that this was the ceiling, but unexpectedly, it continued to grow on the sixth and seventh days. Later, each theater chain requested to increase the number of screenings.

It was originally supposed to be released for only seven days, but it was stretched to fifteen days. After half a month, the box office grossed 150 million. Of course, this result is not the best. There are many 2D movies that grossed over 100 million, and there are even many that grossed over 100 million on the first day. The result of the movie can only be regarded as upper-middle, but not the best.

But what is rare is that its box office is getting better and better, and it was not until twelve days later that it began to decline. In other words, this movie has passed the test, and people who have seen it all praised it, so more and more people went to watch it.

"Hahaha, Zhenting is really the nation's good brother. He is so supportive of his sister's script." The host said with a smile, and then looked at Qiao Bailu: "Before Bailu decided to make this movie, did you consider the possibility of failure?"

"Of course I have considered it, but I can't stop moving forward just because I might fail. I have friends who support me, my lover and my brother who support me. I won't give up."

"Well, Bai Lu's persistence and courage are the biggest secrets to success! Let us welcome the lottery crew!" The host smiled and applauded, watched them go in, and then began to introduce the next crew.

A receptionist came over to lead them into the venue and took them to their designated seats. The left side of the eighth row was not too good, but not too bad either. There were a total of twenty rows of chairs in the venue, and fifty rows of auditoriums at the back. At first glance, the eighth row was still quite near the front.

After they sat down, someone in front of them turned around and asked, "Are you from the lottery crew? We are from the ghost hunting crew. This is Qiao Zhenting, right? Hello, my name is Liu Mingde."

Qiao Zhenting quickly extended his hand: "Hello, I know Director Liu, the most famous ghost film director in Hong Kong Island. I have heard of your name for a long time."

"Hey, I like to make ghost movies. I've been doing this for more than ten years before I became famous. Young man, I have a role that's especially suitable for you. Do you want to take a look?" Director Liu lowered his voice and said with a smile, "For my next movie, I'm going to make a Taoist priest catching ghosts. There's a supporting actor in it, and your image is very suitable. The leading actor has been selected, and we plan to start shooting next month. We're just missing this supporting actor."

Qiao Zhenting hesitated a little: "Well, I'm afraid I'll let you down. I can't spare the schedule next month. I just took on a movie. After attending the awards ceremony, I plan to join the crew. It's a closed-door shoot, and it probably won't be finished in half a year."

Director Liu shook his head with some regret: "That's really unfortunate, but it doesn't matter. Here, this is my business card, take it, and call me when you are free."

Chapter 94

Sometimes when she was bored, Qiao Bailu would imagine herself as a brave and handsome man who could kill everyone with a single move of his body. She also imagined a situation where at an award ceremony, the host suddenly read out her name, or the title of the movie "Lottery", and then all the spotlights shone on her. Of course, it was just a fantasy.

In the entertainment industry, there are indeed people who become famous overnight, but if there is no follow-up power, they are just shooting stars. Only if there is follow-up power can they continue to stay in that starry sky. She has passed the age of becoming famous overnight, and has slowly climbed to the middle. As long as she does not commit suicide and there are no accidents, she will stand at the top one day. Therefore, this kind of unexpected, winning-like scenery, she no longer needs it.

But when the familiar name Lottery was heard on the stage, Qiao Bailu was so shocked that she didn't know what to say. Best Actor, my God, what kind of luck does Qiao Zhenting have?

It's just a small production, and the total investment didn't even exceed three million. Think about that dark horse movie that established Qiao Zhenting's status in the film industry. Qiao Zhenting only got a nomination, but he actually won an award this time?

Qiao Bailu was so surprised that she didn't know how to react. Even Qiao Zhenting himself didn't expect it. He sat there stupidly, not knowing how to react. Li Mingyang was quick to react and reached out to push Qiao Zhenting: "Hurry up, go up on stage to receive the award."

Qiao Zhenting stood up stupidly, almost losing his balance. Fortunately, he had a lot of experience on stage, so when he reached the bottom of the stairs, he had reacted, adjusted his facial expression, and went on stage with a smile.

"I saw Zhenting's expression, he seemed very shocked. He didn't expect to win an award at first?" The host asked with a smile. A famous female host, she hosted a very famous entertainment program Jump Jump Jump. She also had a very cheerful personality. She smiled and said, "So you suddenly won an award, and you haven't reacted yet?"

Qiao Zhenting smiled and nodded, "Yes, I really didn't think I would win an award at first. Although this is not my first time here, nor my first time standing on this stage, this time, the meaning is different. Moreover, this is also the first time I win the Best Actor award. I can't believe it."

"Oh, Zhenting said the meaning is different. Is it because this drama was written by Zhenting's sister, so the meaning is different?" The host continued to ask, and Qiao Zhenting nodded: "Yes, since my debut, I have relied a lot on my sister. If it weren't for my sister's support, I wouldn't have come this far. But my sister has failed twice in the film industry, and she is a little unconfident this time. If this movie can win an award, it means whether our future will be easy for me and my sister. So, the meaning is different. Thank you to the organizing committee for giving me this award, thank you everyone for liking this movie, thank you to my sister for your help all the time, and thank you to my sister for never giving up..."

Qiao Zhenting then said a series of thanks and bowed, and applause broke out from the audience. The person presenting the award was last year's best actor Qin Chong, who was in his thirties. He reached out and hugged Qiao Zhenting: "Keep going, and strive to win more awards in the future."

Qiao Zhenting was still a little dazed until the end. It was incredible that he actually won this award. In terms of box office, the box office of "Lottery" was not the best. They always regarded this movie as a small-scale popcorn movie, which just made the audience laugh in the cinema with popcorn and Coke. Being nominated, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

No one expected that I could win a prize! And a big prize!

In the film industry, there are titles of best actor and best actress. Anyone who can get this title has won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards, but not all awards are enough. There are only three types: the first is the International Golden Statue Award, the second is the Hong Kong Film Awards, and the third is the Golden Phoenix Award. Only those who have won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards in these three categories can be called the best actor.

Qiao Zhenting's life plan was to win the Best Actor award when he was 40 and consider retirement when he was 50. But he never thought that he would win the Best Actor award when he was 30, a full ten years ahead of schedule.

To Qiao Bailu, this was like a dream. Could it be that all the judges on the organizing committee were brainwashed by aliens when they were selecting the winners? Or, were their eyes covered with eye mucus at that time?

I actually won a prize! I actually won a prize! I actually won a prize!

This sentence played in Qiao Bailu's head on a loop, with colorful flowers and sound effects. Qiao Bailu felt dizzy and pinched herself hard. Was she dreaming?

That movie only earned over 100 million in total. This is a pitiful amount among all the movies that have ever won the Best Actor award. Not to mention the distant past, just recently, the last time Hong Kong Island's Liu Sheng won the Best Actor award, the police film "The Rush" he and his partner shot had a box office of 300 million!

Don't underestimate it, it's just a doubling, 1.5 and 3 are not much different, but look at the unit behind it, it's not 10,000, not 1 million, not 10 million, it's 100 million! For a movie, based on an investment of 3 million, 6 million is actually the minimum box office, 8 million is a profit, 15 million is a big profit, 30 million is a huge profit.

Hmm, if that's the case, then it seems that the lottery box office made a lot of money? The box office was actually very good?

Qiao Bailu was a little dazed. So, it was expected that Qiao Zhenting won the award? However, he didn't seem to have played many leading roles. One, two, three, four, five. Is this the sixth one?

How many movies did Liu Sheng win awards after filming? One, two, three, four, five... Counting on my fingers, it seems I counted wrong? I don't even remember many of them. Is this just good luck?

She was so shocked that she didn't pay attention to the awards ceremony afterwards. It wasn't until Li Mingyang came on stage that Qiao Bailu reacted. She turned around stupidly and asked, "Why is the director going up there?"

"We won the Best Director Award!" The assistant's hands turned red from clapping, and her face became even redder. She said excitedly, "Best Director Award, Bai Lu, we're going to get it this time!"

"Best Director Award?" Qiao Bailu almost wanted to faint. One surprise was enough to be called a surprise, but two added together would be a shock. She hadn't figured out why The Lottery won the award yet, and was still wondering if it was due to Qiao Zhenting's personal charm, but then another one came. Could it be that The Lottery and this movie were really too good?

How come I, as the screenwriter, didn't realize it? I wrote the movie myself. What about human nature, society, and all kinds of things? Are there so many deep things? I just thought it was funny. Who said this movie is profound? Are you kidding?

She looked in horror at Li Mingyang on the stage, laughing and saying his thank-you speech, then hugged the trophy and kissed it, so shamelessly. Qiao Bailu felt that she didn't want to worship the trophy anymore. Then, Li Mingyang came back happily.

Qiao Bailu touched her chin and turned to look at the assistant: "Pinch me, am I really not dreaming? This dream is too real. Or, have I actually traveled to outer space? A different world? No, a parallel world? Actually, The Lottery is not the script I wrote, right? Is there another movie named The Lottery nominated this time?"

The assistant was so bold that he stretched out his hand and pinched Qiao Bailu: "Bailu, are you awake?"

Qiao Bailu grimaced. It was so painful that a piece of flesh was pinched off. Then she looked at Qiao Zhenting and Li Mingyang, who were still holding the trophy. Was she dreaming? Oh my God, the judges must have been abducted by aliens!

By the way, since both of them can win awards, can I also look forward to winning the Best Screenplay Award later?

Qiao Bailu quickly perked up and listened attentively as the host continued to announce the awards one by one, Best Music Award, Best Costume Award, Best Props Award, but Qiao Bailu's name was not mentioned until the end.

Then, the show ended.

Qiao Bailu's feelings were too complicated to describe. It was like riding a roller coaster. When she was completely unprepared, it reached the top with a whoosh. The shock was so great that she thought she had traveled through time. When she was ready and planning to have another thrilling adventure, it was over and nothing happened.

The sense of disparity made her almost doubt whether she was awake.

Although the award ceremony had ended, people in the venue were not in a hurry to leave. Those who knew each other gathered together to say hello, and those who had a target in mind came forward to chat.

Director Liu smiled and insisted on talking to Qiao Zhenting: "Look, I liked you a lot before, which shows that I have a good eye. My film is really good. Why don't you try the role of the protagonist?"

Before, he was a supporting role, but this time he became the main character. Qiao Zhenting was a little embarrassed: "I really can't adjust my schedule. How about this, tell me about your next film as soon as possible, and I will ask my agent to adjust the schedule, okay?"

This director is really talented, he is already the best in ghost movies, if the script is really good, he still wants to try it. As an actor, you have to try all roles.

Director Liu didn't have to have Qiao Zhenting, he just wanted to have some friendship with him, maybe he could use him in the future. He was satisfied with the promise which was not really a promise, so he said goodbye and left with a smile.

As soon as I left, someone else came over and said, "Mr. Qiao, you may not know me. Let me introduce myself first. My last name is Yang Kun. I usually make a living by filming movies. It's not particularly good, but it's a small income."

But the expression on his face doesn't mean that he has made a small income. In fact, the fact that he can enter this venue means that he has achieved something.

Qiao Zhenting naturally did not dare to neglect him and quickly extended his hand: "It turns out to be Director Yang. I have heard of your name for a long time. I have seen your film Three Sisters in the Rivers and Lakes before. I like the eldest sister Chunhua very much. Director Yang's level is top-notch."

"Hahaha, thank you for the compliment. That movie is very old. I thought young people like you haven't seen it. If Mr. Qiao doesn't mind, just call me brother and I'll call you brother, right?"

Director Yang said with a smile, Qiao Zhenting nodded: "Brother, I would love it if you don't mind."

As the two of them were talking, they decided to go out for a drink. Qiao Bailu quickly gave her agent Zhang Sen a look to ask him to follow her. She said goodbye to Li Mingyang and went back to the hotel with her assistant.

Li Mingyang is also a big director. Among the scripts that the studio had acquired before, he had taken a fancy to one and was planning to look for actors to form a team. Now he won another award and someone invited him to drink, so after a few words, the brothers went out arm in arm.

Xie Jiayuan was holding Duoduo and teaching him to talk. When he saw Qiao Bailu come in, he congratulated her first: "Didn't you say that it was an honor to be nominated? You actually won the award. You and Zhenting are really going to be famous. Zhenting is considered the best actor, right?"

Bella Qiao nodded listlessly, and Xie Jiayuan was a little confused: "Are you unhappy?"

"You said, Zhen Ting won the award, Li Mingyang won the award, why didn't I win the award?" Qiao Bailu was depressed, and Xie Jiayuan couldn't help laughing: "So this is why, when you came here before, who said that it would be good to be nominated?"

Qiao Bailu rolled her eyes at him and said, "How can having no hope at all be the same as having hope and then being disappointed? But you're right, I was too greedy. It was already a pleasant surprise for Zhenting to win the Best Actor award, and it's even better to win the Best Director award. Two is just right. If there's a third one, I'll probably start to wonder if I really traveled through time, or if aliens have implanted my memory in me."

Then he started to smile foolishly, with a dreamy look on his face: "I didn't expect that he would actually win an award, especially Zhenting. This is the Hong Kong Film Award. If you win it, you will be named the best actor. The best actor, the best actor at the age of 30, is simply..."

Xie Jiayuan leaned over and kissed him, a little jealous: "Your man was also very good when he was 30 years old. He was already leading an independent research team. If he succeeds this time, he will also receive a medal from the country."

Even though Xie Jiayuan is now a researcher in a private company, the company's operators are all Chinese. This research project will bring more than just profits.

"Then you haven't won the award yet?" Qiao Bailu waved her hand. Xie Jiayuan thought hard: "No, I have won the award. Three years ago, I won the paper award."

"It's different. Hey, Zhen Ting is already a movie king. Don't bother me. Let me have some fun alone." Qiao Bailu sat on the bed with a smile on her face, looking up at the ceiling with unfocused eyes. "The movie king's worth will go up. I have to be more selective in the movies I make in the future. I have to be strict with the quality. I can't ruin Zhen Ting's reputation. I have to work hard and write better scripts. This way, I won't ruin Zhen Ting's reputation. What should I write next? Or maybe aliens?"

The corner of Xie Jiayuan's mouth twitched. He pinched Duoduo's cheeks. Duoduo's chubby cheeks were soft and tender, and very easy to pinch. The complaining father treated them as plasticine, pinching them left and right. Duoduo's eyes were filled with tears, and he screamed, wanting his mother to save him. However, the unscrupulous mother had completely forgotten what he did wrong and was still trapped in her sweet dream, unable to wake up.

"In this way, in three to five years, I will be able to win the Best Screenwriter Award. In ten years, no, in five years, I will be able to challenge for the Golden Man Award and break out of Country Z, break out of Asia, and break out into the world! When I am forty years old, I will be a world-famous screenwriter!"

Xie Jiayuan rolled his eyes. If it were that easy, there would be many Chinese people who won the Golden Man Award every time. And they are not going to break out of Asia. It's faster to dream.

After stuffing the fat boy Duoduo into Qiao Bailu's arms, Xie Jiayuan went to the bathroom to get a towel, and came back to rub Qiao Bailu's face vigorously: "Hurry up and go to bed, it's getting late, don't you plan to go out and play tomorrow?"

Qiao Bailu was now in a state of brain wandering. She was happily dragged to the bathroom by Xie Jiayuan, happily changed clothes, happily washed her face and brushed her teeth, and happily came back and rolled around in the bathroom with Duoduo in her arms.

Duoduo clapped his hands happily, and said "ahhh" to signal for two more rounds. Xie Jiayuan had also washed up, and he hugged Duoduo and patted her, but Duoduo was not sleepy at all, and kicked his legs with his eyes open, insisting on playing. Qiao Bailu was even less sleepy, and was too excited. Zhenting had become the best actor, do you know what the best actor means?

Money! Lots of it!

When the phone rang, Qiao Bailu was excitedly describing her future dream to Xie Jiayuan: "When we make more money, we will buy a farm and build a big castle..."

"Hello, Mengyao, are you still awake?" After looking at the name, she quickly answered the phone. First, there was a scream from the other end, and then she said, "I calculated the time and thought you guys must have arrived at the hotel, so I called. I watched the live broadcast! Best Actor, Zhenting actually won the Best Actor award! It was totally beyond my expectations. I didn't expect it at all. You don't even know. When I heard Zhenting's name on TV, I couldn't help but pick my ears. However, you performed quite well. Although you looked quite surprised, you didn't even reach out to pick your ears!"

Qiao Bailu smiled foolishly. She was so surprised at that moment that she had no time to clean her ears.

"Am I really dreaming? Oh my god, this is amazing. When you were nominated, I thought it was unexpected and enough. I didn't expect that there would be even bigger surprises to come. Bai Lu, you are really..."

Zhou Mengyao smiled foolishly: "You are simply a lucky cat. You see, I have said before that you will definitely succeed. You will definitely succeed. You really succeeded! You have made Zhenting the best actor! You are simply a god! The great god among screenwriters!"

"I didn't expect that." Qiao Bailu was still smiling foolishly. Seeing that it would take a while, Xie Jiayuan thought that the two would not hang up the phone, so he simply held Duoduo and continued to learn to speak. Duoduo was not interested in this and wanted to crawl to his mother's side and roll over again, but he was too small now and could not climb over the huge mountain of his father, so he had to follow reluctantly. After a while, he became sleepy, and his eyes slowly closed and he fell asleep.

Qiao Bailu heard Xie Jiayuan's voice fade away. She turned around and saw that both father and son had fallen asleep. She quickly lowered her voice, "Mengyao, let's talk about the celebration banquet later. We won't be back for another three days. Don't worry. Duoduo has fallen asleep. I won't talk to you for now. You can handle the development of the studio yourself. I don't know anything about this anyway. You can register a company if you need to. I don't know anything about listing or anything like that. Just do whatever you want. Okay, okay, I'm hanging up now."

He closed his phone, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Xie Jiayuan. After a pause, he leaned over and kissed Xie Jiayuan's cheek. Just as he was about to lie down, someone grabbed his arm. Xie Jiayuan smiled and opened his eyes: "Are you done?"

Bella Qiao nodded and lay down. Xie Jiayuan turned over and hugged her in his arms: "Very happy?"

Qiao Bailu continued to nod. Of course she was happy. Zhenting's award was not only his own achievement, but also a recognition of her script. With this award, it could be said that she had walked out of the shadow of failure. She would succeed this time, and she would succeed next time, and she would definitely succeed in the future!

Just so confident!

"Are you so happy that you can't sleep?" Xie Jiayuan asked with a smile. Qiao Bailu nodded. She was too excited. As soon as she closed her eyes, she thought about the things that happened at the award ceremony. Then she excitedly thought about running two laps downstairs to vent her excitement. Naturally, she couldn't sleep.

"Since we can't sleep, let's do something interesting?" Xie Jiayuan raised his eyebrows and asked. Qiao Bailu's mouth twitched: "Where did you learn this from?"

A feeling of a domineering CEO. In various romance novels in the past, this sentence would appear in eight out of ten books.

"You can't sleep, can't you?" Xie Jiayuan turned over, placed his hands on both sides of Qiao Bailu, nodded with a smile, and moved his lips on the pink cheek: "If you can't sleep, then you naturally have to do something to kill time. You have to control yourself later, don't wake up Duoduo."

Duoduo is young, and Qiao Bailu has been taking care of her all the time. They still don't have their own bed, and always sleep in the big bed with their parents at night. But young people can't help themselves sometimes, so they slowly accumulate experience.

Be gentle and slow. This way, it will have a different taste and the love will be stronger and sweeter.

The orange bedside lamp illuminated the area at the head of the bed. The emotions on the two people's faces were reflected in each other's eyes, making people feel even more itchy.

It's true that this method is quite effective. After trying it twice, Qiao Bailu didn't care about being happy anymore. She closed her eyes for less than three minutes and fell asleep completely. But Xie Jiayuan suddenly couldn't fall asleep. He was also happy for his wife.

If she had known her goal and dream earlier, it would have been realized soon, which was worthy of her hard work over the years. Others only thought that Bai Lu was talented. When she wrote TV series, she was successful in every one. Although she had failed in writing movies, she only failed twice and did not lose money. In this circle, there are many people who lost everything in a movie. She has the support of the Zhou family behind her, the guidance of her predecessors in front of her, and the help of big stars in the middle. Some people envy Bai Lu's talent, and some envy Bai Lu's luck.

Only he, who stood beside Bai Lu, knew how hard Bai Lu worked. Every time he wrote a script, it took him a long time just to look up information. Sometimes he would suddenly think of an idea in the middle of the night and would get up and write it down even if he was extremely sleepy.

She was able to succeed because of her diligence and hard work.

As her closest person, how can I not be happy for her? Well, so, buy her a gift and make her happy?

Chapter 95

After a night of tossing and turning, and feeling very relaxed, Qiao Bailu slept until the afternoon. She didn’t wake up on her own, but was woken up by Zhou Mengyao’s phone call. As soon as she answered the phone, she heard a howling voice: “Is that bastard Zhenting with you? I’m so mad. This damn brat actually made the decision on his own! He caused such a big incident! He didn’t even discuss it with us in advance!”

Qiao Bailu was still a little confused: "What happened?"

"You haven't woken up yet?" Zhou Mengyao asked when she heard her hoarse voice. Without waiting for Qiao Bailu to answer, she started talking quickly: "Last night I was just thinking about how to celebrate after you came back. In addition, many satellite TV stations sent invitations to me, wanting Zhenting to participate in entertainment programs. I didn't sleep well last night. After I woke up, I wanted to announce the good news on Xinbo. Our studio's official statement hasn't been released yet, but the public relations department called me first and said that Zhenting proposed to me on Xinbo!"

Qiao Bailu opened her mouth in surprise: "What, say it again?"

"That brat didn't even inform us. He took it upon himself to post a photo of the proposal on Xinbo!" Zhou Mengyao said again. Qiao Bailu rubbed his forehead and finally came to his senses: "Yesterday a director asked him out for a drink. Minyu stayed in the hotel the whole time. How did he propose? Did he just post a photo on Xinbo?"

"You'll know if you go and take a look. This brat is doing a live broadcast!" Zhou Mengyao hung up the phone angrily and began to think about how to promote this matter. Generally speaking, there are more female fans among male celebrities. Among Qiao Zhenting's fans, 70% are female, and among these 70%, 60% are younger girls.

If things are not explained well, fans will get upset, which is a big deal. Even though fans of the pop star Liu know that he is in his 40s and is at the age to get married, when the news of his marriage really came out, the most popular news on the Internet was "Don't get married". At the beginning, many people cursed the king's wife, and many people even said they would commit suicide.

Although Zhenting's relationship was revealed before and he even posted a new blog to ask fans for advice, everyone just laughed it off and no one took it seriously. A small number of people were even strongly opposed to it.

Now, Zhenting has won the Best Actor award, and his fans must be celebrating for him. However, he suddenly announced the marriage proposal, which might be a little hard for his fans to accept.

Of course, if it is handled properly, it is not impossible to turn the situation around. Fans are not three or two-year-old children, they are all ignorant, as long as the wording is better and they are easy to accept, they are willing to give their blessings.

Congratulations on a double happiness are the most sincere. Zhou Mengyao immediately notified the public relations department after hanging up the phone, and asked them to keep an eye on the online news and post new blogs on the studio's official website at any time based on Qiao Zhenting's news. At the same time, she urgently contacted Qiao Zhenting and notified some media.

The media cannot be found casually. If it were in the inland, it would be easy. Zhou Mengyao could have some say in the media in City B. But that was in Hong Kong Island, and Zhou Mengyao could not reach out to them. She had no connections with the media there at all.

The media in Hong Kong and Taiwan are notoriously aggressive. They probably tracked down Zhou Mengyao before she contacted them. The hotel where Qiao Zhenting stayed was not completely confidential. They knew where he went after the award ceremony and which direction he came from before. It was just a small place, but they had already found out everything.

Qiao Bailu heard the noise, put on her clothes, and opened the curtains to see that the crowded crowd downstairs of the hotel had blocked the entrance.

There was a knock on the door. Xie Jiayuan went to open the door and a uniformed hotel staff member came in: "Excuse me, Mr. Xie, Ms. Qiao, I am the customer service manager of this hotel. Is Mr. Qiao here?"

Qiao Bailu shook her head: "No, he didn't come back last night, and the reporters downstairs..."

The manager smiled and said, "I'm here for this matter. If Miss Qiao doesn't want to be interviewed, the hotel will refuse the media access. If Miss Qiao is willing to be interviewed, please tell me the name of the media and I'll have someone bring those reporters here."

"No, we don't accept interviews. Is there any other way for us to go out later?" Qiao Bailu asked quickly. The manager nodded: "Yes, don't worry, Miss Qiao. When do you plan to go out? Just call the front desk and we will send someone to take you out."

Qiao Bailu looked at Xie Jiayuan, who looked at the time and nodded: "In ten minutes, does your hotel have a temporary car?"

They came here by plane, so it's impossible for them to bring their own car as well. The car they used for the award ceremony yesterday was rented by the assistant for one night.

"Sure. Our hotel provides temporary car rental services. How many cars do you need?" The manager had a smile on his face and was very kind: "As long as Mr. Xie and Ms. Qiao don't mind the cars provided by our hotel, it will be fine."

"We need one." Xie Jiayuan smiled and nodded: "If you can provide more convenience, then in ten minutes, you can send someone to take us to the car? In addition, I want to know, besides Jinzhu Port, which shopping street is the most prosperous?"

"Oh, there's also Beiting. The cost of living there is relatively high, so it's also relatively quiet. Mr. Xie and Ms. Qiao don't have to worry about being disturbed." The high cost of living there means that those who go there are celebrities. Qiao Bailu's status there is just a drop of water in the ocean, and no one will be surprised.

After thanking him and sending the manager out, Xie Jiayuan urged Qiao Bailu to change her clothes. Qiao Bailu was a little depressed: "I haven't watched the new blog yet. Where did Zhenting go to propose? Mengyao said he was live streaming online. Where is he now? Isn't Minyu still in the hotel? Or did she go out at some point and we don't know?"

"I wanted to tell you just now. Zhenting took Minyu out after lunch. You were still sleeping when he came to tell us." Xie Jiayuan picked up Duoduo. Duoduo had played with his father for a long time at noon and was taking a nap just now. He was a little reluctant to be tossed around. He grinned and wanted to cry. Qiao Bailu quickly reached out to hold him, but Xie Jiayuan urged him, "Hurry up and change your clothes. Ten minutes are left, and three minutes have passed now."

The corners of Qiao Bailu's mouth twitched, and she quickly turned around to change her clothes. She didn't need to put on makeup, as she was naturally beautiful and didn't need to put on makeup. Most importantly, Duoduo was young and always wanted to rush over to kiss and hug her, and it was not good for children to lick too much makeup.

Just after they finished cleaning up for ten minutes, a waiter came and secretly took them through a small door to another small parking lot, where there were a dozen of the same Baolan cars. They were not too luxurious, but not ordinary either.

After getting in the car, Xie Jiayuan hugged Duoduo and coaxed her, while Qiao Bailu took out her phone and went to her new blog. There were already a bunch of messages under her new blog, starting from last night.

She posted a photo of herself and Qiao Zhenting last night, with Qiao Zhenting holding the trophy, and a bunch of congratulations below. The last photo was posted at about 12 o'clock. I was so excited at that time that I couldn't sleep, so I took a photo of Duoduo sleeping and posted it.

Without a doubt, there were a lot of people praising it for being adorable and wanting to take a bite of it.

Normally, such a photo would get 5,000 to 6,000 comments. Today, when I looked at it, there were already more than 10,000 comments. Scrolling up one by one, they were all asking whether Qiao Zhenting's proposal was true.

Qiao Bailu flipped through Qiao Zhenting's new blog again. It was from last night and contained a photo of the trophy. He expressed his happiness at winning the award. The wording was quite official, and he thanked everyone for their support, from the studio to his parents, from his partners to his fans, without leaving out anything.

At about three o'clock in the morning, I posted another new blog post - I have achieved some success in my career, and now it's time to consider relationship matters.

Scrolling down through the comments, Qiao Bailu couldn't help laughing, and held out her phone for Xie Jiayuan to see as well.

——Want to consider relationship issues? Consider me, I am 1.7 meters tall, weigh 53 kg, can eat, sleep and warm the bed!

——Me, me, me, I graduated from college!

——Are you in need of a babysitter who can access the internet?

——Ah, my idol is getting married, will I be the bride?

——Bullshit, when did my idol say he wanted to get married? Aren’t you still considering it? My idol, my idol, look at me, look at me, I have a very sexy figure!

At seven o'clock, Qiao Zhenting posted another new blog - after thinking about it all night, he decided to propose. Everyone, please come and congratulate me and cheer me on. I hope my proposal will be successful.

The fans below finally realized that their idol was not joking, and they immediately split into two groups. One group followed Qiao Zhenting's footsteps, and when he asked for blessings, they immediately sent their blessings. The comments below were also very heartwarming.

——Mmmmm, I wish the male god a successful marriage proposal~

——Boys, when you get married, hurry up and give birth to a child as cute as Duoduo~

——Bless the male god, and hope that the boy’s proposal will be successful.

The other group is the fans that Zhou Mengyao said should be careful about how to guide their emotions. Most of them cannot accept the news of Qiao Zhenting's marriage. Some advised Qiao Zhenting that he had just won an award and should continue to work hard and win two more awards. Some said they could not accept it and threatened that if Qiao Zhenting got married, they would immediately turn from fans to haters.

However, Qiao Zhenting had made up his mind. At nine o'clock, he sent a photo of a bouquet of flowers - the flowers had already been bought, and the next step was to buy a ring and decorate the venue.

The comments below were noisy, but Qiao Zhenting didn't care. At half past ten, he posted a photo of a brocade box. There was no need for any text description, as everyone knew that what was inside was an engagement ring.

At half past eleven, Qiao Zhenting posted a new blog - he had dinner with her and would ask her out to play soon. He hoped that she had not read the new blog in the morning.

At half past twelve, I made a V gesture - I had finished lunch and was planning to go out. Success or failure would be in the afternoon. Everyone, please cheer me up and pray that the proposal will be successful.

Then, no, now it's half past one.

Qiao Bailu touched her chin and said, "Tell me, has Zhenting's proposal been successful? Where are he and Minyu hiding? That brat is so disloyal. He proposed to me without telling me and didn't even let me watch!"