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I had to read from scratch again because I couldn't remember anything.... I churned this out in a day out of guilt, so please let me know if there are any errors haha. Thanks and enjoy!
I had to read from scratch again because I couldn't remember anything.... I churned this out in a day out of guilt, so please let me know if there are any errors haha. Thanks and enjoy!
Chapter 25.3
Dumei said: "《Iron Horse Glacier》*1 , for the time being I can't get the broadcasting license, no web releases are allowed either, and this year's web dramas will also have to be rigorously reviewed."
Luzhou: "Oh."
"What?!" When Xiao Yi heard this he was even more affected than Luzhou and Dumei combined, and asked, "Can't be broadcasted?"
"Hard to say." Dumei answered.
Xiao Yi: "Ww... Why?"
"Ethnic issues." Dumei said, "Historical dramas, the matters of the emperors and generals have to be reviewed with utmost importance, it's normal to get censored without even knowing what's the issue."
Xiao Yi: "Then what can be done?"
Xiao Yi thought wu wu wa wa wa*2 please no, my first time in the spotlight, the entire drama wouldn't be rejected right.
"Other people spent more than 80 million (about 11 million USD) to film this drama." Luzhou impatiently said, "The producers are the ones who should be panicking, what are you panicking for?"
"It's already sold." Dumei said, "Now it's the TV station that should panic."
Xiao Yi suddenly felt that it was funny, and asked: "So can it be broadcasted?"
"Bribe." Dumei said, "Depend on connections, cut the film, reschedule, this year's review is much stricter, today can be said to be dangerous."
"No way." Luzhou said, "Director Guo's film might also get censored?"
Dumei helplessly said: "It really happened to the role you acted as."
Xiao Yi said: "Why? Did they say to cut away the traitor?"
Luzhou angrily said: "Which eye of yours saw me acting as a traitor?!"
Dumei flipped through the script in his hands, lamenting: "This is the news that the producers passed to me. He said Xu Fengyan this character actually did quite a few bad things to our side when he was undercover."
Xiao Yi: "But didn't he go undercover for the greater good?
"That's right." Dumei said, "Such views are controversial, they can't be decisively stated as right or wrong. Let Director Guo cut, cut the scenes til everyone is on the good side, cut it to be a model drama then everyone will rejoice. This year, only Mary Sue dramas are the safest, no taboos, no bloody ratings."
"So." Dumei looked at Luzhou with a helpless expression saying, "This year your only drama that can be broadcasted, just that, understood?"
Luzhou said: "Whatever, they can censor away."
Dumei had nothing else to say anymore, and Luzhou didn't care much about this. There were ten over other artists under Dumei's management, and although the intimacy levels differ and of course the ranking is also very particular, everytime Xiao Yi came over he directly enters Dumei's office, not even afraid of interrupting Dumei in the midst of her work, and even casually sits down in a corner to wait for her to finish her calls, not needing to adhere to the normal workings of newbies and their managers who had to wait for Dumei to allow them in.
These two to three months Luzhou did not want to shoot any drama, all prior work were already completed, so taking a break was reasonable. While Luzhou went to the office next door to look for the fitness instructor, and Xiao Yi who was carrying Luzhou's jacket in preparation to leave the office, Dumei asked: "Come, I need to ask you something, you must honestly answer me."
Xiao Yi: "?"
Dumei asked: "Is Luzhou recently dating?"
Xiao Yi: "???"
"No ah." A baffled Xiao Yi said, "It should be no."
Dumei said: "Tell me the truth, I won't tell Luzhou."
"It's really a no." Xiao Yi said, "Why would you suddenly ask this?"
Dumei answered: "He actually requested for a three months holiday, and he's not even leaving Beijing. Don't you think his recent behavior is really weird? Even his tone has gotten much gentler."
Xiao Yi: "It's alright..... is it really weird?"
Dumei asked again: "Does he head out at night?"
Xiao Yi shook his head in response, and Dumei asked yet again: "Did he meet someone new? Does he make calls often?"
Xiao Yi: "He used to frequently chat with Zheng Xiaocong and gang on the phone, but nowadays he doesn't seem to be calling anymore. After the filming ended, he didn't make any calls these few days."
Dumei asked: "Then what do you two do at home?"
Xiao Yi said: "Exercise during the day, play video games, sometimes we head out for groceries. When we reach home, we prepare the meals together. After eating we surf the internet separately, or watch movies."
Dumei made a Huh sound, then Luzhou knocked the door and said, "What?"
Dumei: "Nothing, I was just asking about the soundtrack."
Luzhou glanced at Xiao Yi suspiciously, said nothing and took him away.
On the way home, while Xiao Yi's car was stuck in traffic, Luzhou said: "What did Dumei say?"
"Nothing much." Xiao Yi said, "Asked about the soundtrack."
Luzhou took off his sunglasses, his five fingers clenching on one hand to knock on the front of the car. He intended to scold Xiao Yi, and was about to, but suddenly he gently said: "You tell the truth, I won't scold you, and I won't tell Dumei either."
Xiao Yi said: "Okay, she asked about your love life."
Luzhou instantly exploded: "Do you know who is your actual boss ah? AH?! Do you want to get fired! All day long you go to Dumei to report every single little thing! Are you seeking death!"
Xiao Yi's face was full of fear, he stuck to the window on the side after Luzhou's roars, thinking Didn't you yourself say you wouldn't scold me!
"I said you don't have any!" Xiao Yi hurriedly said, "When she was asking, I only told her I didn't know anything, I was scared if I said anything you'll get angry....."
"Of course I'll be angry!" Luzhou said, "Before I was thirty I was banned from doing anything, but now who is urging me to faster start a romance, simply trying to play me to death!"
"Ah?" Xiao Yi asked, "Why? Isn't it good for artists to get married the later the better?"
Luzhou impatiently said: "Late marriage is fine, but no girlfriend, the fans will say you are gay. Understand?"
Xiao Yi said: "Ai, let them say whatever, isn't it better to be gay, it's meng meng*3 . In the past our department had a whole bunch of them, it's not even weird, it is as natural to be gay as it is to grow old and die of illnesses. The sky rains, a mother remarries, a son being annoying, all these cannot be forced to change."
Luzhou: "......."
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Luzhou: "Oh."
"What?!" When Xiao Yi heard this he was even more affected than Luzhou and Dumei combined, and asked, "Can't be broadcasted?"
"Hard to say." Dumei answered.
Xiao Yi: "Ww... Why?"
"Ethnic issues." Dumei said, "Historical dramas, the matters of the emperors and generals have to be reviewed with utmost importance, it's normal to get censored without even knowing what's the issue."
Xiao Yi: "Then what can be done?"
Xiao Yi thought wu wu wa wa wa*2 please no, my first time in the spotlight, the entire drama wouldn't be rejected right.
"Other people spent more than 80 million (about 11 million USD) to film this drama." Luzhou impatiently said, "The producers are the ones who should be panicking, what are you panicking for?"
"It's already sold." Dumei said, "Now it's the TV station that should panic."
Xiao Yi suddenly felt that it was funny, and asked: "So can it be broadcasted?"
"Bribe." Dumei said, "Depend on connections, cut the film, reschedule, this year's review is much stricter, today can be said to be dangerous."
"No way." Luzhou said, "Director Guo's film might also get censored?"
Dumei helplessly said: "It really happened to the role you acted as."
Xiao Yi said: "Why? Did they say to cut away the traitor?"
Luzhou angrily said: "Which eye of yours saw me acting as a traitor?!"
Dumei flipped through the script in his hands, lamenting: "This is the news that the producers passed to me. He said Xu Fengyan this character actually did quite a few bad things to our side when he was undercover."
Xiao Yi: "But didn't he go undercover for the greater good?
"That's right." Dumei said, "Such views are controversial, they can't be decisively stated as right or wrong. Let Director Guo cut, cut the scenes til everyone is on the good side, cut it to be a model drama then everyone will rejoice. This year, only Mary Sue dramas are the safest, no taboos, no bloody ratings."
"So." Dumei looked at Luzhou with a helpless expression saying, "This year your only drama that can be broadcasted, just that, understood?"
Luzhou said: "Whatever, they can censor away."
Dumei had nothing else to say anymore, and Luzhou didn't care much about this. There were ten over other artists under Dumei's management, and although the intimacy levels differ and of course the ranking is also very particular, everytime Xiao Yi came over he directly enters Dumei's office, not even afraid of interrupting Dumei in the midst of her work, and even casually sits down in a corner to wait for her to finish her calls, not needing to adhere to the normal workings of newbies and their managers who had to wait for Dumei to allow them in.
These two to three months Luzhou did not want to shoot any drama, all prior work were already completed, so taking a break was reasonable. While Luzhou went to the office next door to look for the fitness instructor, and Xiao Yi who was carrying Luzhou's jacket in preparation to leave the office, Dumei asked: "Come, I need to ask you something, you must honestly answer me."
Xiao Yi: "?"
Dumei asked: "Is Luzhou recently dating?"
Xiao Yi: "???"
"No ah." A baffled Xiao Yi said, "It should be no."
Dumei said: "Tell me the truth, I won't tell Luzhou."
"It's really a no." Xiao Yi said, "Why would you suddenly ask this?"
Dumei answered: "He actually requested for a three months holiday, and he's not even leaving Beijing. Don't you think his recent behavior is really weird? Even his tone has gotten much gentler."
Xiao Yi: "It's alright..... is it really weird?"
Dumei asked again: "Does he head out at night?"
Xiao Yi shook his head in response, and Dumei asked yet again: "Did he meet someone new? Does he make calls often?"
Xiao Yi: "He used to frequently chat with Zheng Xiaocong and gang on the phone, but nowadays he doesn't seem to be calling anymore. After the filming ended, he didn't make any calls these few days."
Dumei asked: "Then what do you two do at home?"
Xiao Yi said: "Exercise during the day, play video games, sometimes we head out for groceries. When we reach home, we prepare the meals together. After eating we surf the internet separately, or watch movies."
Dumei made a Huh sound, then Luzhou knocked the door and said, "What?"
Dumei: "Nothing, I was just asking about the soundtrack."
Luzhou glanced at Xiao Yi suspiciously, said nothing and took him away.
On the way home, while Xiao Yi's car was stuck in traffic, Luzhou said: "What did Dumei say?"
"Nothing much." Xiao Yi said, "Asked about the soundtrack."
Luzhou took off his sunglasses, his five fingers clenching on one hand to knock on the front of the car. He intended to scold Xiao Yi, and was about to, but suddenly he gently said: "You tell the truth, I won't scold you, and I won't tell Dumei either."
Xiao Yi said: "Okay, she asked about your love life."
Luzhou instantly exploded: "Do you know who is your actual boss ah? AH?! Do you want to get fired! All day long you go to Dumei to report every single little thing! Are you seeking death!"
Xiao Yi's face was full of fear, he stuck to the window on the side after Luzhou's roars, thinking Didn't you yourself say you wouldn't scold me!
"I said you don't have any!" Xiao Yi hurriedly said, "When she was asking, I only told her I didn't know anything, I was scared if I said anything you'll get angry....."
"Of course I'll be angry!" Luzhou said, "Before I was thirty I was banned from doing anything, but now who is urging me to faster start a romance, simply trying to play me to death!"
"Ah?" Xiao Yi asked, "Why? Isn't it good for artists to get married the later the better?"
Luzhou impatiently said: "Late marriage is fine, but no girlfriend, the fans will say you are gay. Understand?"
Xiao Yi said: "Ai, let them say whatever, isn't it better to be gay, it's meng meng*3 . In the past our department had a whole bunch of them, it's not even weird, it is as natural to be gay as it is to grow old and die of illnesses. The sky rains, a mother remarries, a son being annoying, all these cannot be forced to change."
Luzhou: "......."
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Notes:
1. 铁马冰河入梦来: This is a chinese saying from a poet in the Song Dynasty. The literal translation is crossing an icy river wearing an armor while riding a horse. Anyways this is the film that Luzhou was in about 10? chapters back.
2. 呜呜哇哇哇, pronounced as 'Wu wu wa wa wa', is just sounds of crying and exclamation in chinese context. Wu is the sound of crying and wa is the sound of exclamation.
3. 萌萌, pronounced as 'meng meng'. This means cute cute!
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3. 萌萌, pronounced as 'meng meng'. This means cute cute!
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My dear readers, if you would like to please refuel me. I'm a major coffee addict hehe....
Surprised!!! Will this be getting consistent updates??
ReplyDeleteYes anon! I will try to stick to a bi-weekly update, and should there be any delays, I will post updates on my Ko-fi page :)
ReplyDeleteOH. Luzhou is loving the domestic life with Xiao Yi?! XD
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter!
Isn’t it better to be gay ?😂😂🙏💜
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