Chapter 46: Chapter 46: I Miss You Already After Separating for only One Day
Like triggering a catalytic button, from the first day of its release, the box office of Orange had been rising steadily, rapidly surpassing most of the films released in the same period with a sweeping gesture.
The good word-of-mouth gained by the movie and the huge amount of discussions it triggered complemented each other.
Gradually, it attracted ever-multiplying moviegoers to theaters, and the number of its screenings was constantly increasing. No matter what would happen in the later period, Zhao Rui could already make a lot of money on the first three days of release alone.
Not only that, a famous film review network even gave Orange a high score of 9.3, which was the treatment that domestic films had not received for many years.
In fact, a good movie could bring much more revenue than the box office itself.
Immersing in the movie and unable to get out of it, the audiences began to gather information about Orange everywhere, from actors to director.
The bitter experience in making the movie turned into a sweet harvest at this moment.
Netizens who knew the film crew's financial situation in detail immediately felt they need to offer help. They volunteered to publicize the movie online and took the initiative to help crack down on the act of secretly recording the movie. For a moment, the popularity of Orange increased greatly, and some cities even had queued for tickets.
Yu Qinghuan received many congratulation phone calls. Even Yu Xin's cell phone never rested. All of them were for cooperation. Even a director offered a high price of 10 million yuan to invite Yu Qinghuan as the male lead for the youth idol drama.
"Reject them all," Yu Qinghuan said to Yu Xin without lifting his head while packing the luggage needed for the roadshow.
"All right." Yu Xin sighed and replaced the phone number for work with his private one. He could not help admiring Yu Qinghuan's calm secretly.
Because of the popularity of Orange, Yu Qinghuan���s social status had also risen with the tide.
A good director and script contributed to its success, but his excellent acting was also an important element for the good result.
As the absolute leading role of this movie, Yu Qinghuan could be said that the meritorious character lifted up the box office of Orange.
It was hard to image that a young actor's first film could be so widely welcomed. This was unique in the entertainment circle.
Even his luck could make many people feel jealous, not to mention the fame and money that followed.
Businessmen all believed in luck, so many of them came to invite Yu Qinghuan even if they had to spend a lot of money.
For a young man who lost his parents at the age of 12 and was worried about money since childhood, the prices offered by these people were really too attractive. A TV play or a commercial advertisement could enable him to eat and drink without worry for many years.
To be fair, Yu Xin was moved.
However, Yu Qinghuan was still so calm and did not even move his eyebrows faced with these moneymaking chances as if he did not know what money was. He did what he wanted to do as usual and was not affected at all.
"Qinghuan, you are expected to be very busy in the next few days. Just let you know in advance," Yu Xin sat down beside him. When Yu Qing Huan looked over, he took out his cell phone and flipped through the photo album, saying, "The design renderings of your house have come out. See if there is anything you are not content with."
Yu Qinghuan lowered his head. The design rendering was typical of the new Chinese style, warm in color and exquisite in design. Every space had been used reasonably. At first glance, the room on the picture was warm and beautiful.
"It's quite good." Yu Qinghuan put a shirt into his luggage and said, Just decorate the house like this, Ge."
"All right," Yu Xin nodded, feeling relieved in his heart, "then I'll communicate with the designer." As soon as he stood up and prepared to leave, his cell phone rang.
He didn't want to answer it, but when looking at the name shown on the screen, he could only hand it to Yu Qinghuan, "Zhao Qingyuan, for you."
"Qingyuan?" Yu Qinghuan held the phone with his head and shoulder.
"Congratulations, Qinghuan!" Zhao Qingyuan's voice sounded very excited, "I saw the box office of Orange and it is estimated to continue to grow. This is your wonderful start."
Influenced by his emotions, Yu Qinghuan also smiled, "It's a pity that you are not here. Otherwise, we can share the luck together."
"It doesn't matter," Zhao Qingyuan said, "I'm calling to just tell you about this. Since you're going to River Town for the road show tomorrow, I'll be right there and I'll root for you then."
There was a little show off in an ostentatious manner in his tone, but more of it was his whole heart for the sake of a good friend.
"Well," Yu Qinghuan accepted his offer frankly, "Then I'll call you tomorrow."
"Hmm." Zhao Qingyuan replied, adding, "By the way, you are going to decorate your house recently, right? It's all on me. That's what my brother-in-law good at! I promise to give you a satisfying decoration."
Yu Qinghuan's heart suddenly became warm. Though this person was reckless and seemed to care about nothing, he could remember Yu Qinghuan's stuffs so clearly, which was no denying that he really cared about Yu Qinghuan.
"Then I will leave it to you."
Zhao Qingyuan clapped his chest and promised, "You can count on me." After a pause, he suddenly became excited, "By the way, I've also picked out some kinds of floor tiles for you. I'll send them to your WeChat. See if you like them or not."
"Huh?" Yu Qinghuan opened his WeChat doubtfully. When he saw the dark old-fashioned floor tiles, he couldn't say a word.
On the other side of the phone, Zhao Qingyuan was still urging, "Qinghuan, are they nice?! What do you think of all these floor tiles for your home decoration?"
Yu Qinghuan, "…Qing Yuan."
Zhao Qingyuan, "?"
Yu Qinghuan, "I really appreciate your help, but why would you use these ugly things to hurt my eyes?"
Zhao Qingyuan, "…"
River Town lied in the southern part of China. It was already very warm in mid-to-late April. Yu Qinghuan was wearing a white shirt and a pair of jeans. He was tall and handsome like a small white poplar growing under the sun. Wherever he went, he was always the focus of the crowd.
He still had no idea much about his current popularity. When he got off the plane with the film crew, he was shocked to see a large group of fans holding his nameplates.
Since they had to travel to five cities in two days, the film crew of Orange was racing against time, even their flight tickets for the first stop roadshow was booked on the same day's early morning. But they arrived at the airport 8 hours after the booking.
However, in such a short time, the airport was filled with fans who came to pick up Qinghuan. The morning of early spring was still a little cold. Almost all of these lovely girls were wearing short skirts in order to show their idol their most beautiful side.
After a long waiting, their delicate makeup could not cover up their livid faces because of the coldness anymore.
But at the sight of Yu Qinghuan, they immediately seemed to forget all the pain of cold and waiting. They screamed with excitement and scrambled to rush toward him, hoping to have a close contact with their idol.
Yu Qinghuan had limited time and it was impossible for him to stop and sign for them. Just as he slowed down for a moment, Zhao Rui had been urging him with his eyes.
Their security guards lined like a huge mountain that could block everything, keeping Yu Qinghuan and his fans firmly separated from each other.
Seeing their idol drifting away, the girls' faces couldn't help but show disappointment and even their hands holding his nameplates fell down feebly.
At the time, Yu Qinghuan suddenly stopped. His voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by every fan present. "Thanks for waiting. Today I have a busy schedule. I'm sorry I can't sign for you. I'll have someone buy each of you a cup of milk tea later. After you get warm, please go home early."
The noisy crowd quieted down instantly. Until Yu Qinghuan walked out of the airport, his fans could not withdraw their eyes focusing on his back and could not return to their absolute being.
His staff acted quickly, and cups of hot cocoa were handed out to his fans later, which warmed both their hands and hearts.
Whispered sobs rang out in the hall.
"Woo, Qinghuan is so sweet, I'm gonna follow him for my whole life!"
"No autograph or group photo, but this trip was really worth it."
"Whoops, he is not rich himself but he is still so generous to us. I am really touched."
…
In the car, Yu Xin complained about Yu Qinghuan, "You got loose hands. Fans are an unreliable group. They like you today and turn to support others tomorrow."
Yu Qinghuan smiled and said with a soft tone, "I'll take good care of them as long as they are with me."
On the first day of the road show, Yu Qinghuan called Zhao Qingyuan following his promise.
Fans who came to support Yu Qinghuan did not expect such a huge surprise. They were so happy that they kept posting microblogs to express their excitement and added a lot of heat to the next few roadshows.
After the roadshow in River Town, Yu Qinghuan had no time to rest and hurried to the next city. After two roadshows, even if he was in good physical strength, he felt a little overwhelmed.
After greeting Zhao Rui, he returned to his room without even eating.
However, the strange thing was that his body was obviously tired, but he did not feel sleepy at all when he was lying on the bed after washing. It seemed that his drowsiness was washed away with the bath lotion.
Yu Qinghuan picked up his mobile phone, and his finger fixed on Huo Qu's name unconsciously. After pausing for a few seconds, he put down the phone without his consent.
He already missed him after only one day apart.
Thinking of that man's soft dimple and shy smiling face, Yu Qinghuan felt a fever in his heart. The impulse that had just been pressed down now rushed up like a tsunami, knocking his sanity apart.
Just this once, he would say nothing, he just wanted to listen to Huo Qu's voice.
No, no, there must be a second time if he indulged himself. He must control his emotions.
Yu Qinghuan tossed his head distractedly. Just as he was about to hang up the phone, there came the familiar voice of Huo Qu, "Qinghuan!"
Yu Qinghuan didn't expect him to answer it so fast. His thoughts suddenly became a mess. After being in a blank for a while, he managed to find a topic, "What are you doing now?"
"No…nothing," A word of ordinary greetings made Huo Qu's voice instantly down, he held his breath in panic, stammered to make a reply.
Yu Qinghuan immediately sensed something was wrong with him and sat up from his bed unconsciously. He asked nervously, "Huo Qu, are you all right?"
The other end of the phone suddenly fell silent.
Just when Yu Qinghuan couldn't help urging, Huo Qu finally spoke.
The man who would always become extremely happy when he saw Yu Qinghuan was now filled with frustration and disappointment in his voice. Yu Qinghuan felt his heart was going to be pulled up.
He said, "I'm sorry, Qinghuan, I am a useless person just like what they said." He choked slightly, "I thought I was smart, but I am not. My experiment failed again."
He paused for a moment, then asked carefully and confusedly, "Qinghuan, do you think I am useless?"
Although conceiving well in his mind, he failed again in the real experiment. Huo Qu pressed his lips tightly and his eyes were full of pain.
"Qinghuan was so perfect and he would shine when standing on the stage, while my research projects keep failing. How could I be a friend of Qinghuan if I go on like this? "thought Huo Qu.
An unprecedented fear, like a slippery marble ball, filled his chest, rolling and colliding, lingering.
"Of course not." Yu Qinghuan replied without thinking, "You are the best person in the world and you're doing great work. Why would you think that?"
Yu Qinghuan's heart was almost shaking with pain. Huo Qu was so good, simple and sincere. He was just slightly different from ordinary people. How could those people be so vicious and hurt him with such abusing words?
The thought of Huo Qu being hurt by someone in somewhere he didn't know made Yu Qinghuan feel miserable.
"Huo Qu, don't care about other people's words, or deny yourself because of them, you know?"
"No." Huo Qu's eyelashes quivered, "I don't care about what they say."
"Then why are you so upset?"
"I'm just afraid you'll be disappointed in me…"
"I won't." Yu Qinghuan's heart suddenly became sour and swollen. "Huo Qu, you are always the best in my heart."
After Orange became popular, many people were paying attention to their roadshows. Therefore, when Yu Qinghuan's fans posted his purchase of hot cocoa for them on the internet, it immediately caused a great sensation.
The public had never seen a star who doted on his fans so much.
He had just started his career and still received the lowest salary, but his generosity for his fans was unique.
[I regret that I didn't go to the airport to see Qinghuan. At the same time, I also feel very glad that I didn't go there and saved Qing Huan a cup of hot cocoa money. Our little koi is really too warm.]
[Qing Huan is only 20 years old is already so considerate, I am really jealous of his other half in the future.]
[Qinghuan is really kind. I am so touched and don't know what to say. I can only continue to support him.]
[Our little koi has no family. But it doesn't matter. From now on, we will be his family!]
…
Not only that, the news that Zhao Qingyuan appeared in the Orange roadshow was also posted on Weibo. Many fans of Zhao Qingyuan immediately beat their chests and stamped their feet, regretting they didn't go there yesterday.
One should know Zhao Qingyuan didn't post anything for nearly a whole month on his Weibo! The man who posted eight microblogs a day before now disappeared for a month! It made his fans who kept under his Weibo scratching their hearts and livers because of extreme longing!
They finally had the chance to see Zhao Qingyuan, but they missed it!
Some fans of Zhao Qingyuan voluntarily to do the publicity. Soon, the news of Zhao Qingyuan's support for Yu Qinghuan's roadshow spread widely on Weibo.
Qin Zheng accidentally saw the news when he was refreshing his Weibo. He pondered for a few minutes and then stretched out his hand to call Chen Ming, "Help me put off the schedule this afternoon."
Hearing this, Chen Ming's expression collapsed in an instant. "Don't, Zheng Ge, don't be so headstrong. The press conference is very important."
"I have a more important thing to deal with," Qin Zheng stood up and loosened his tie irritably. "Besides, book me a ticket to City Huang."
Qin Zheng had a strong character and had always been uncompromising. Even after years of cooperation with each other, Chen Ming still ran scared in front of him. At this time, hearing what he said the more important thing and seeing his serious look, Chen Ming had to swallow his words and book the ticket for him.
At that moment, Zhao Rui together with the roadshow group was in City Huang. While eating, Zhao Rui was thinking about the content of the roadshow later. Yu Qinghuan came over holding his phone, "Rui Ge, could we postpone the roadshow for a while?"
"No way!" Zhao Rui recovered from his thoughts and firmly rejected Yu Qinghuan.
One must keep his words. They must stick to the due time and never change their schedule!
Put down the chopsticks, he asked, "Is there any trouble?"
After getting along with Yu Qinghuan for such a long time, Zhao Rui knew that Yu Qinghuan would not deliberately be a poster or what, so he asked.
"No." Yu Qinghuan put down his cell phone and his facial expression was very complicated, "Zheng Ge said he would come soon."
Zhao Rui was still a little unresponsive for a while and asked doubtfully, "Zheng Ge? Which Zheng?"
"Qin Zheng."
ZhaoRui, "!!!"
It took a full minute before he regained his composure, raised his head and looked firmly at Yu Qinghuan, "Just shoot. How long should it be delayed?"
Yu Qinghuan, "…"
After reporting the message to Zhao Rui, Yu Qinghuan sat down to eat. He did not see that under the table, Zhao Rui was sending messages on WeChat in secret to Yu Xin, "Send me the latest photo of Qinghuan! Come on! I'm going to post the koi on my Weibo!"
The arrival of Qin Zheng added an indelible mark on the last road show of Orange. When this big name who never attended small events appeared, the locale and the internet were both boiling at the same time.
[Jesus! I said you were superstitious before, but now I really believe Yu Qinghuan is a koi! He has attracted Zhao Qingyuan at the beginning and now even Qin Zheng at the end! All right, I'm convinced!]
[I feel Yu Qinghuan is not particularly enthusiastic to others, why does he relate so well to people? It's incredible.]
[ Reply to the person upstairs: Qing Huan is actually a warm person although he looks cold on the outside. Ah… I want to marry him. ]
[ Congratulations to the little koi for adding another superstar to his stamp album. ]
[ Haha, the person upstairs, what the hell are you talking about, ah?! ]
…
Not only netizens, even the media used exaggerating words to write about the friendship between Yu Qinghuan and Zhao Qingyuan, as well as Qin Zheng. People who did not know the situation mistakenly believed that they were the friends of life and death.
As a result, the biggest beneficiary was Orange. By the day Yu Qinghuan finally left for home, the box office of the movie had reached 350 million yuan.
Yu Xin kept chanting beside Yu Qinghuan's ears with a little worried and angry expression, "How much money will Zhao Rui make? It was your loss to receive such a low salary".
"Ge, enough is enough." Yu Qinghuan felt dizzy by his wandering around and could not help but say, "Director Zhao has also suffered a lot. These are what he deserves."
"How about you?" Yu Xin looked lovingly at Yu Qinghuan's thin sunken face and raised his voice. "You are already thin enough. You lost another 2 kg in the road show these days. If you continue like this, you will get sick even with an iron figure."
As soon as Yu Xin started nagging, it was hard for him to stop. Yu Qinghuan was most afraid of this and had to raise his hand and surrender. "Isn't that what my role requires? I'm already regaining my weight. Don't worry."
Yu Xin wanted to continue, but Zhao Rui suddenly pushed the door open and came in. He could only shut his mouth reluctantly.
"Qinghuan," Zhao Rui looked at Yu Qinghuan with beaming eyes and could not conceal his joy, "The cumulative box office has reached 350 million!"
Yu Qinghuan smiled, "Yes, congratulations to Rui Ge," then handed Zhao Rui his cell phone and motioned him to look at the screen. "I was just reading a post on the Internet, which counted the daily screenings and box office of Orange, and it is estimated that the box office could reach 500 million."
Zhao Rui took the phone and read the post word for word. The big rock hanging in his heart finally fell down.
He did it. He really finished the movie and released it on the big screen.
In real life, he was a useless elder brother who could only watch his sister die in pain. But when he framed her life in a movie, he could, at least, create a satisfactory and warm ending for her.
Besides, so many people were watching the movie now, and many parents had noticed the safety issues of their children.
His aim of making this film had been fully achieved so far.
He breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was going to spit out all the shackles on his mind over the years.
"Qinghuan," Zhao Rui looked at him with a face of excitement and for the first time expressed his true feelings without embarrassment, "Thank you, really, there would not be this movie without you."
It was impossible for any star to take a fancy to the salary, let alone to find an actor who was good at acting and could express all emotions with only a pair of eyes.
Even if he found such an actor, if there were no Yu Qinghuan, encountering with the big explosion, not to mention the movie, the director himself might be gone.
Although he was mean in mouth, his heart was always grateful to Yu Qinghuan.
Yu Qinghuan had gotten used to Zhao Rui's gloomy face and sharp tongue. Now he felt a bit strange for Zhao Rui's suddenly shifted attitude.
"Rui Ge, don't say that, it is the result of everyone's efforts."
Zhao Rui shook his head and said firmly, "Don't worry, I'll make up your salary once all the box office receipts are settled."
Hearing this, Yu Xin felt happy for an instant. As soon as his mind had made a list of the items to be bought, he heard Zhao Rui continued, "You also know about my sister. With the rest of the money, I plan to set up a fund to help the children with similar encounters."
He knew he was unable to help them all, but he would feel no shame as long as he had made all his efforts. He didn't want to see his sister's tragedy happen again.
Yu Qinghuan was silent for a few seconds. Then, under Yu Xin's sad gaze, he said in calm, "Rui Ge, I don't need you to make up for my salary. Just give me the money according to our contract. If you think it's ok, donate my share of the money to the fund."
Zhao Rui wanted to refuse, but seeing Yu Qinghuan's sincere eyes, he could only nod, "Okay."
After he left, Yu Xin immediately rushed to the front of Yu Qinghuan, "Qinghuan, are you stupid?! Do you know how much money it is?"
With this money, they could buy a lot of things! Yu Xin was even planning to buy a good car for both of them!
"Ge, this is not how wealth comes," Yu Qinghuan reassured him. Faced with Yu Xin's eyes of accusation, he said, "You forget that I haven't signed How to Love You. The film's pay will definitely not be low. If I take another advertisement in the middle, we will have money."
What he said was reasonable, making Yu Xin's burning anger deflated like a punctured balloon.
He sighed and was about to say something when the phone rang.
The other side on the phone said that there was a variety show on National Television that asked Yu Qinghuan to be a guest and wanted to have a talk with him in Starlight.
Hearing this, Yu Xin's eyes suddenly flashed and he repeatedly said that he would bring Yu Qinghuan to the place immediately. He hung up the phone. Without time to tidy up anything, he grabbed Yu Qinghuan and left.
At the same time, Huo Qu clumsily opened his Weibo on his way to work as usual to search for news of Yu Qinghuan.
He didn't expect to see the media report on the relationship between Yu Qinghuan and Qin Zheng.
The violence and darkness hidden in Huo Qu's heart suddenly surged up. As long as he thought that Yu Qinghuan would smile toward Qin Zheng and comfort Qin Zheng tenderly, Huo Qu felt that his chest was like having a beast hunting for prey, growling incessantly, as if to destroy the whole world.
His eyelashes trembled slightly and his face was full of the calm on the eve of the storm.
Even if he was a useless person, Qinghuan could only belong to him, and no one could take him away! No one!
"Go to my second brother's company." He commanded the driver in a cold tone.
The driver was confused and wanted to ask him if something was wrong. But when he saw Huo Qu's face in the rearview mirror, he did not dare to probe into more. He just nodded and quickly changed the route.
In the Starlight's parking lot, Yu Qinghuan just got off Yu Xin's car and met Huo Qu who stepped off from his car at the same time.
"Huo Qu? What are you doing here? " Yu Qinghuan asked, and was about to walk over when Yu Xin grabbed him.
"Qing Huan, National Television is waiting for you."
"You go first." Seeing Huo Qu look a bit not right, Yu Qinghuan turned to Yu Xin, "I'll come to you with him later."
Seeing Qinghuan looked determined and there seemed to be no room for negotiation, Yu Xin could only and went upstairs anxiously.
"Is there anything wrong?" Yu Qinghuan looked at Huo Qu anxiously, thinking that he was still struggling with what happened that day. He motioned to Huo Qu's driver and pulled Huo Qu to the corner of the parking lot, trying to comfort him.
"I…" Huo Qu sipped his lips and was about to speak when suddenly there was a quarrel in front of them.
Yu Qinghuan looked toward the sound and suddenly froze. It was Evenson and Fang Zhongxi!
But he was unable to hear clearly what they were quarreling about due to the distance. Then, Yu Qinghuan saw the scene that made his chin fall off.
Evenson suddenly pushed Fang Zhongxi onto the wall and kissed him on his lips!
The two were so passionate and so immersed that they didn't even notice that there were still two men standing in the back corner.
Yu Qinghuan's scalp was almost blown up by this PG 18 scene, and he looked at Huo Qu with conditioned reflex.
Huo Qu was staring at them with wide eyes, as if stunned.
"Let's go, Huo Qu." Yu Qinghuan tugged at his sleeve and whispered.
If the two sides met, both sides would certainly be embarrassed. It was better to leave before they notice.
Huo Qu, who had always listened to him, did not pay any attention to his words this time. His eyes were still fixed on the two men and he was unwilling to move away.
"Well? Are you jealous?" Yu Qinghuan picked his eyebrows and joked, "Find a girlfriend to have a hands-on experience."
Huo Qu's no reaction to his words made him feel a little bit sad.
What kind of person would Huo Qu's future wife be like? His emotions were so focused and earnest that he would probably kiss her like that, regardless of any occasions.
The more Yu Qinghuan thought about it, the more stuffy he felt in his heart. Failing to drag away Huo Qu, and he felt even more suffocated in his chest.
"Qinghuan," Huo Qu suddenly called his name.
His voice was still low but different from ever.
Before Yu Qinghuan could figure out what this kind of difference was, his head was suddenly held by a hand tightly. Then, a shy but domineering kiss fell down on his lips.
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