CH 28

A week later, as the producer and presenter, the Jishi Group announced the cast of <Lost in the Stars>, including the director, screenwriter, three leading actors, ten supporting actors, and several guest stars.

Among them, Mu Qingyan, who played the male lead, received the most attention.

[I didn’t expect the mysterious male lead to be Mu Qingyan!]

[I’ve seen his variety shows and guest roles, his acting is pretty good, we can expect great things from him.]

[The most important thing is that he’s handsome. His face is perfect for the big screen.]

[I’m already super excited just by looking at the poster!]

Netizens and Mu Qingyan’s fans left messages expressing their anticipation for the performance of this new male lead.

But with fame comes envy, and there are always some people who are jealous.

Among them, Xie Ming was the most envious.

He raged at home, throwing everything on the table to the ground and cursing continuously. He felt like he was going crazy with jealousy.

The nanny was so scared that she hid in the corner and called Xing Hao, “Master Xing, you need to come over quickly. Mr. Xie…”

Before she could finish her sentence, Xie Ming snatched the phone from her.

Xie Ming gave her a fierce look, scaring the nanny so much that she covered her mouth and didn’t dare to speak.

“Hello, hello? Zhang Yi? What’s wrong with Mingming?” Xing Hao’s anxious voice came through the phone.

Xie Ming took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and then pretended to cry, “It’s nothing. I just saw the cast announcement for <Lost in the Stars> that Jishi Group just released, and I was a bit surprised.”

“Oh…” Xing Hao had also seen it, and he was also surprised that the male lead that many actors and celebrities had been vying for went to Mu Qingyan.

“It’s nothing, I’m just worried that in the future on set, Mu Qingyan will deliberately exclude me and target me, giving me a hard time.” Xie Ming sighed lightly.

Xing Hao was silent for a few seconds and then said, “Don’t worry, I’ll find a way.”

“Well, my darling is always the one who cares the most about me.” Xie Ming said sweetly.

“I’ll come see you when I finish work tonight.”

“Okay.” After hanging up the phone, Xie Ming looked fiercely at the trembling nanny and threatened, “If you dare to report to Xing Hao again, I will tear your mouth apart.”

Although the nanny was hired by Xing Hao, she had always been afraid of Xie Ming, the “two-faced” person, and nodded quickly, “I won’t, Mr. Xie. I won’t do it again.”

Xie Ming rolled his eyes at her, then opened Weibo and logged in to his alternate account.

He left a comment under the official announcement of <Lost in the Stars>: [I heard that President Ji and Mu Qingyan are very close childhood friends. Maybe it’s because of this relationship that Mu Qingyan got this role.]

As expected, within three minutes, there were hundreds of replies.

[Oh, I knew it already. The paparazzi have caught them eating, drinking, and spending the night together more than once.]

[Even if they are good friends, what’s the big deal? As long as they have good acting skills and good looks.]

[Yeah, at most they are helping each other out.]

[I wish my best friend could become a President and make me famous! @someone @someoneelse]

Xie Ming was so angry when he read these comments that he felt dizzy.

Meanwhile, at the Mu family estate, Mu Qingyan was having dinner with his parents.

Perhaps because She knew her son was going to star in a big-budget movie as the male lead, Shen Xiaoxiao couldn’t hide her joy and kept smiling.

Mu Yuchen, on the other hand, remained expressionless as usual. No one knew what he was thinking.

It wasn’t until after dinner, when they were sitting on the couch, watching TV and chatting, that Mu Yuchen finally brought up the topic of Mu Qingyan’s role in <Lost in the Stars>

He took a sip of whiskey and asked, “When did you decide to start acting?”

“Two weekends ago.”

Mu Yuchen’s expression remained unchanged, revealing neither happiness nor anger.

He said, “I’ve always taught you that no matter what you do, you must give it 120% effort and ability.”

“I know, I will handle both the cooperation plan with Jishi Real Estate and MU Company’s affairs well.”

Upon hearing his son’s reply, and seeing his good performance over the past two months, burying himself in work every day and never making mistakes while dealing with MU and the Mu Group’s affairs, Mu Yuchen finally relaxed his expression and nodded. “This is true for learning, for doing business, and for acting. Since you have decided, do it well and don’t let others see through Mu’s true intentions.”

“Okay.”

In the following two weeks, Mu Qingyan handled his work while familiarizing himself with the film script.

Time flew by, and soon it was the day of the start of filming for <Lost in the Stars>

Twenty minutes before the opening ceremony, Mu Qingyan finally finished dealing with the company’s affairs and arrived at the filming location. Unexpectedly, his group of wealthy and multi-generational brothers had already sent several trucks of gifts.

For example, Shen Huai and Song Tao gave various flowers and countless precious tonics to the crew, and also packaged dozens of sets of high-end daily necessities as gifts, which were distributed to the crew and actors.

They said it was to celebrate Mu Qingyan’s first film starting production.

The crew members and other actors were naturally very happy and welcomed them to visit the set.

Xie Ming was very envious when he received the gift given to him by the staff- he also wanted friends who could support him in this way.

Before the opening ceremony, the staff and actors chatted while waiting for the auspicious moment.

Although he has acted in more than a dozen TV dramas and played the lead in several well-received ones, he was almost ignored at this star-studded kick-off ceremony.

Many big names in the entertainment industry were surrounding the director Cui Yu, and Xie Ming also wanted to get close to him, but there was not even a gap that could squeeze him in.

Cui Yu was already used to this situation and politely dealt with it.

Suddenly, he saw Mu Qingyan standing not far away chatting with other actors.

He waved to the group of people around him, asking them to make way, and walked directly to Mu Qingyan, smiling and extending his hand: “Mr. Mu.”

Since the first recording of “Acting PK Battle,” this was the first time the two of them had officially met.

Mu Qingyan politely shook hands with Cui Yu and smiled: “Director Cui.”

Cui Yu laughed and said, “I said on the variety show before that I looked forward to working with you, and it was true. I just didn’t expect it to happen so soon.”

“It’s my honor. Please give me more guidance, Director Cui,” Mu Qingyan replied politely.

Cui Yu took the initiative to talk to Mu Qingyan for a long time. His appreciation and favor for Mu Qingyan had turned Xie Ming’s jealousy into resentment.

“Yesterday, when I went to President Ji’s office, I happened to see the script you left there and couldn’t help but flip through a few pages,” Cui Yu looked at Mu Qingyan with interest and praised, “I saw the notes you wrote in the script, and I think you not only have talent in acting, but also are very serious and thoughtful, able to understand the characters in your hands.”

Mu Qingyan wasn’t embarrassed to hear the director praise him in public, because in his mind, this serious attitude and thinking ability were already routine.

However, he still modestly said, “It’s just my little idea.”

The auspicious time for the kickoff ceremony had arrived.

The banner with the words “auspicious start” had been hung up, the camera was covered with a red cloth, and the table was filled with various fruits. Cui Yu and several lead actors stepped forward, holding incense to pay respects.

Various media outlets that had come specially began taking photos, all hoping to obtain firsthand information on the opening of this multi-million dollar film.

According to the procedure, after the ceremony, Cui Yu led the lead actors to the red podium for the opening press conference.

Xie Ming, as a minor supporting role, should have been walking at the back, but in order to get revenge, he deliberately walked next to Mu Qingyan and when Mu Qingyan passed the table, he deliberately tripped and fiercely pushed his hands towards Mu Qingyan!

Mu Qingyan hadn’t noticed Xie Ming, and was suddenly pushed, causing him to lose his balance. He was about to fall towards the table.

Everyone who had worked on a film knew that if there were any abnormalities during the opening ceremony, they would be classified as bad omens.

As Mu Qingyan watched himself uncontrollably falling towards the table, he felt a chill in his heart.