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There is always an after party following the Golden Cypress Award Ceremony.

This year is no exception.

This year 《Tang Yun Qi》won six nominations, including Best Actress, Best Newcomer, Best Picture, and Best Original Soundtrack, as well as four other minor nominations! It was very successful!

Du Yun Xiu is also a crew member in 《Tang Yun Qi》, so it's natural for him to stay with the director at this party.

But Legacy is part of ESE, so after Du Yun Xiu greeted other seniors in the company, he turned around and lost sight of the director.

Du Yun Xiu searched around in the crowd with champagne in his hand, but he could not find the director. Instead he saw Liu Yi's familiar figure in the soft purple tube top dress coupled with the expensive diamonds.

He could not help but smile.

Although the dress made it difficult for the actress to walk on the red carpet, the design of this evening dress was very beautiful and elegant with sparkles that shine brightly under the light.. It also made it easier to find her among the crowd.

Liu Yi was holding a freshly squeezed glass of juice in her hand as she chatted with several other artists.

Du Yun Xiu recognized some people among those artists.

When including his past life, he had debuted a few years ahead of her and had stayed in this business for five or six years, so he had a lot more acting experience than Liu Yi. He had filmed a lot of good TV shows and movies and had a fixed number of fans, but it was nothing compared to his success in this life.

In this party, Du Yun Xiu only knew Chu Feng and Liu Yi.

He is in the same group with Chu Feng, and although they look seemingly close, there is a kind of unspeakable competition between the two of them.

In other words...a sophisticated friendship.

With such a sudden rise in popularity in this business, it is understandable to have such an inevitable result between two people.

For example, right when the Golden Cypress Ceremony was over, some reporters did a backstage interview and asked Chu Feng if he felt depressed for not winning the award?

Chu Feng answered with a smile, not winning the Best Newcomer Award was a regret. But knowing that his good friend had won the award, he was very happy for Yun Xiu! Because this win brought more glory to their group, Legacy!

As for the question, when he heard the winner is Yun Xiu, was he extremely excited?

Chu Feng like before only said "I was really happy for Yun Xiu."

Although the answer was well-put, it was not the first time these experienced journalists heard such a line, and they had some connections with the insiders to know rumors and gossips among these people, so they could guess some facts on the matter.

On the surface, Chu Feng was still smiling, being generous and funny, making it seem like Legacy is a group of very close brotherly friendship.

But when the interview ended and it was getting closer to the after party, Chu Feng was nowhere in sight...

*** *** ***

At such a highly rated party, it was quite embarrassing not to know that many well-known people.

Du Yun Xiu decided to hold onto his glass and walk over to Liu Yi.

"That Yun Xiu is not bad. He had just debuted not so long and was placed in a popular group. He quickly became the most popular idol, and now got his hand on the Best Newcomer Award."

"Everything goes well with that face! I really don't understand what the fans are thinking, since when has the entertainment business turned this bizarre!" A somewhat underappreciated male artist also chimed in, "An actor with no acting skills, a singer with no good vocal skills. With just a handsome face, there will be hundreds of little girls calling themselves his die hard fans, it's laughable!"

"Who here doesn't know that there are some things happening under the table for this Golden Cypress Award. ESE probably spent a lot of money on the judges." A veteran actress with a lovely face that had never won any awards smiled and chimed in, "Did you see that Chu Feng stood up first?!"

"Huh? It seemed odd. Chu Feng looked really content at that time, Could it be that...Yun Xiu robbed it from him at the last minute?" Someone snickered, "I heard that ESE's director is into men, did he...'give himself up' in the name of art...?"

This showbiz is full of beauty, fame, and temptation.

In order to get the role, some actors try to flatter the big bosses, producers, investors, directors...some even start romantic relationships with them.

It is common knowledge among them.

They started to spread groundless rumors, even though they did not see Yun Xiu and the ESE elites interacting with each other with their own eyes. Their ambiguous tone suggested that Yun Xiu's winning this time had something to do with an "insider" job...

Generally speaking, these people were having a little too much to drink, and they were a bit tipsy, so they were getting a bit "carried away" with their talk.

They were saying that Yun Xiu is still a powerless newbie in the industry, maybe he did rise up in fame with his own talent, but he is too naive to understand the "background work". Therefore, they were saying these words as general advice from the older more experienced ones, expressing their own "opinions".

Throughout the conversation, Liu Yi's face began to slightly change.

But she still kept her elegant posture and held onto her juice, just smiling and listening to their discussions. She did not interrupt them and did not say a word.

And the result was --- they did not notice Du Yun Xiu was standing not too far from them...

Du Yun Xiu stopped in the mid of his pacing.

He could see Liu Yi's good mood slowly fade in the crowd.

He unconsciously shook his head and gently sighed.

Du Yun Xiu understood it very well.

This showbiz world is like that. Just a few seconds ago these people were congratulating him with their smiling faces, but behind him they put on another face.

Hypocritical and malignant; stepping on other people to get to their goal.

It's common to see seniors using their powerful contacts to overpower the newcomers.

Looking at the entertainment world as a whole, his head is clear and he is sober enough to know the level of his own acting skill.

He knew it is not as bad as they were making it out to be...

But since acting skills do not have clear evaluation criteria, it is hard to mark a score for it.

The benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom; different people have different views based off other artists' and the media's' evaluations.

For if they say the actor played his role well, no one knows based on what ground they have come up with such conclusion, but the audience just follows along and feels the actor played the role pretty well.

Similarly, if the other artists and the media give out statements that the actor's acting is just mediocre...

In the end, no one knows the exact definition of mediocre acting, but conveniently, the audience would see that the actor did not play the role well.

Many people do not spend their time carefully analyzing the actor's acting, so the audience just conveniently goes along with the flow of the majority, like parrots.

Moreover, he really is just a new person in this circle.

He was quick to become popular, and had only participated in one movie, yet that movie made very good profit at the box office and word of mouth. He even won an award from it...Compared to other artists, he really does have a smooth beginning.

Perhaps it was too smooth, that it had caused other artists or other competitive companies of ESE to feel uncomfortable.

This is after all the glorious showbiz...

Originally he would have liked to come over to say hello but now he was not in the mood.

Du Yun Xiu let out a self-deprecating smile, he was about to walk away when a clear and quiet voice reached his ears ---

*** *** ***

"With Du Yun Xiu's acting, he deserves to have the Best Newcomer Award." Dressed in a shiny shimmering silver dress, Lin Xuan had a temperament of a noble and elegant snow goddess.

She was obviously just passing by, not even interested in stopping by to greet other people, but occasionally she would glance over to them.

It was just a trivial action.

But only with one look.

It had made other people feel that they are so tiny under Lin Xuan's stare --- because she had the aura of something they will never have, the aura of an international superstar!

If one used wind as a metaphor.

Perhaps Liu Yi is just a gentle breeze brushing by, but Lin Xuan is a hurricane or a tornado. Her whole body radiates a cold atmosphere that keeps people at bay.

That is the huge gap between them.

Not just a gap in status, but also in attitude.

"If you're questioning his acting, I suggest that you go back and take your time watching 《Tang Yun Qi》." Lin Xuan arched her perfect brows as she continued in a faint tone, "...At the least, you should watch all the thirteen finalists' movies of this year, and then voice out your evaluation."

Since Lin Xuan was just a honorary guest for this year's award, she just needed to say a few words and hand out the awards, then she was done with her mission.

But before she left home, she had taken the time to carefully watch all the movies from all the nominees.

However, even if Lin Xuan does that, the other artists do not necessarily do so.

They just heard a few things about the movie, or watched one or two clips of the movies, and they already had their own comments on the movie.

On one hand, the artists do not have a lot of time, so it is basically impossible for them to sit down and enjoy one film completely.

On the other hand, most of them had come here with an intention to poke some juicy "gossip".

They had never actually seen the movie, so they just gave out a fair-minded comment regarding it.

And these people disliked Yun Xiu because he is more popular than them and they see him as a threat; even if the film is shown a hundred times in front of them, they would still turn a blind eye, and start babbling nonsense.

But they all became quiet in front of a "rhetoric" Lin Xuan.

Because of these two words "Lin Xuan".

Her status was gained not by simply being the three time winner of the Best Actress Award, her great acting skils, and a box office guarantee. In recent years, she has been active abroad, her movies were not only popular there at the box office, it also got an Oscar nomination!

With such fame and status, no other actress can catch up to her.

Taking a look at all the current A-list artists, only Xie Yi may be a good match for her success...

A female star with such powerful status, she does not need to rely on the big boss or the director.

Because of her fame, her worth, the awards she had won, and her box office guarantee! No one can shake that!

...With such qualifications and reputation, who would dare talk back?

Lin Xuan gently glanced at them.

Seeing that these people were not able to utter out a word, she was ready to leave this place. She was just dropped by and overheard their gossip about Yun Xiu. About Yun Xiu having an ambiguous relationship with the ESE elites, she was not sure about, so she did not express her view on it.

But they judged Yun Xiu's acting so blatantly...

*** *** ***

"Sis Lin!" Liu Yi stopped her from behind.

Lin Xuan turned around, knitting her perfectly shaped eyebrows together in a puzzled look.

"Sis Lin...how have you been? Earlier I was too nervous in accepting the honorable award so I was late in greeting you." Liu Yi had always had a generous attitude, but in front of Lin Xuan...

How should one say it?

In Du Yun Xiu's perspective...it looks like a newly hired capable working woman was taking a strong strike at an experienced senior working woman.

—— Not at the same level.

In front of Lin Xuan, Liu Yi's sentiment was clearly out of comparison.

Her reputation was nowhere near Lin Xuan's.

"Not bad." Lin Xuan faintly replied; although it didn't have the indifferent tone that she had towards other people, it did not have enthusiasm.

"That's good. We really missed you. My brother, my brother he..." When mentioning Liu Zhang, Liu could not help herself but to sound somewhat hesitant.

"You're the female lead in 《Tang Yun Qi》." Lin Xuan interrupted the other's words, obviously not wanting to continue to listen.

"Huh?...ah yes." Liu Yi was slightly surprised, she did not quite understand why Lin Xuan had suddenly changed the topic.

"You've been in this industry for quite a few years now. Yun Xiu's acting...as someone who just received the Best Actress award, what do you think of it?"

Liu Yi's face got red as she understood Lin Xuan's subtle meaning.

"It's not like that. Because those people..." She wanted to explain.

"About this behavior... You're unexpectedly like him --- up until now you still choose to "play it safe", or more like, you're being timid? Haha." Lin Xuan's tone changed, "your greeting, I shall accept. As for your brother's, there is no need."

"My brother has regretted it for a long time!"

"You, you really can't accept it..." Liu Yi said chasing behind.

Lin Xuan turned to leave.

There were many guests attending this party, and with not only a crowd of people blocked her view but also Liu Yi's words were more or less distracting her, Lin Xuan did not notice at the same time, there was a waiter holding a wine tray coming her way.

Originally there was a guest standing in between the waiter with the wine tray and Lin Xuan, but the guest had just moved from his spot.The waiter was walking up as Lin Xuan was turning around, the two were about to collide with each other ---

Du Yun Xiu acted before thinking, stretched out his hand, and in one swing, Lin Xuan was pulled over to him.

The elegant silver dress made a ripple in the air...

"Crash" the wine spilled as the goblet fell onto the ground, and it was followed by the sound of breaking glass.

Everything happened in a matter of seconds.

This incident had caused quite a commotion and it immediately attracted the attention of other people.

"...Is everything alright?" Lin Xuan said, still stunned.

Suddenly being hugged by the waist by a young man, and being swung around, Lin Xuan really did not know how to react.

When she got back to her senses, she found out that the person was Yun Xiu, the one who had just won the Best Newcomer Award. She was about to get angry and scold the other for making such a move!

But the sound of broken glass echoed and was followed by the waiter's repeated apologies...

Lin Xuan then understood that this young man in front of her had helped her out of the unexpected situation.

"It's nothing, nothing." Du Yun Xiu gently smiled.

That pair of eyes was like May sky clouds slowly drifting by, clear and clean.

He used his hand to brush off some water on his right shoulder.

Earlier the tray had hit on his right shoulder, and although the red wine was inevitably poured on his white Versace suit, fortunately --- it did not spill on Lin Xuan's body.

It would be more embarrassing if the wine stain was on the actress.

He is a man, so it doesn't matter.

"Your suit..."

"No need to worry." Du Yun Xiu's eyes were very sincere as he reassured Lin Xuan while waving his hand to calm the worried waiter.

"You got wine spilt on you." Lin Xuan slightly frowned. If it was not for the other man, maybe the one with the wine stain would be her. No matter where the stain, whether in front of her chest or in the back of her hem, she would be in a bad position...

"It's ok, I'll just go change to a new set."

"Thank you, or I'd certainty have been put in a very embarrassing situation." Lin Xuan said to Du Yun Xiu with a small smile and a tone of gratitude.

In the past two years, Lin Xuan had been reclusive and had kept people away with her unapproachable aura.

At this point, her smile was like petals wandering in the sparkling lake, and Du Yun Xiu suddenly felt nostalgic...

"...It's good, you still haven't changed." Du Yun Xiu was like in a trance as he gently said those words.

No matter when it was at the award ceremony, or when Liu Yi talked with Lin Xuan.

Although she was still as beautiful, the years had left traces on her body... and her temperament, it seemed to have changed...

She was no longer the lively and gentle Lin Xuan. But she had an icy cold aura that kept people at bay.

This Lin Xuan was very strange to him, a Lin Xuan he had never seen before...

But in his heart, no one could replace Lin Xuan. It didn't matter what had changed, Lin Xuan was still a very important person in his heart.

But in these few seconds of contact just now.

Du Yun Xiu noticed that Lin Xuan was still the same Lin Xuan as before. Even if she appeared to be cold and unapproachable, she had not changed on the inside...

"What?" Lin Xuan did not hear it clearly.

Du Yun Xiu did not repeat his words, but gently smiled at her.

A pair of bright eyes stared back at Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

A kind and gentle person with inclusive eyes, a feeling of deja vu suddenly invaded her heart...

*** *** ***

"Need a handkerchief?" Someone approached them with a polite inquiry. He had inadvertently broken the atmosphere between Lin Xuan and Du Yun Xiu.

Du Yun Xiu turned back.

——It was a very nice young man, with a handsome face, broad shoulders, and tall with long legs.

He was about twenty years old, and had a pair of amber eyes that were as beautiful as glass beads, which seemed to be like sparkling stardust.

A very special temperament is being exuded from between the brows, the kind that with just one look, it would leave a deep impression.

His voice was very unique.

It was not a pure Chinese accent, and seemed to be mixed with an exotic accent.

It was due to this that his voice had a distinctive magnetic charm.

"I saw earlier in order to protect Lin Xuan, your suit got wine spilled all over." The other person handed out his handkerchief, cracking a charming smile like a teenage boy's.

"...Thank you." Du Yun Xiu quickly reacted as he received the handkerchief.

"My name is Fu Zi Han."

After hearing this name, Lin Xuan immediately looked slightly surprised as she looked at the other man...Surname is Fu? Don't tell me...

This trivial occurrence at the Party.

At this moment, some people took the initiative to enter into the chess game, while others became concerned with a complex feeling, such as Liu Yi.

Also there was some keeping a low profile, not trying to get closer, but just watching from a closer spot like Pei Qing; or another person who had just got back from overseas that was engaging in a steamy hot intercourse session with a random female star...

No one knows.

...How complex fate would bind their futures together.

*** *** ***

It has not been long since the Golden Cypress Award ended.

The entertainment industry was suddenly put in a new menacing storm!

Two new people were quick to rise to fame, coming into the spotlight like forceful lightning, with great popularity, and their phenomenon was comparable to Legacy's!

They make the headlines on the media coverage on a daily basis!

What kind of clothes they wear, how they greet other artists, who the female lead was in their MVs, even if it is just a negligible thing, it would cover half of the newspaper!

Their female fans are even crazier and more fanatical! Post after post of news about them were being published in the forums, which led up to hundreds of pages of their names alone.

The two newcomers quickly broke Legacy's records!

They are...

such a unique duo!

One person is the grandson of Glorious Crown's founder, the other person is the younger brother of ESE's Li Rui——they both have honorable statuses, with powerful and wealthy backgrounds!

The two of them: one person's name is Fu Zi Han, the other is Li Xiao.

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End of Chapter 27

Translator Note:

If you have noticed since chapter 26, the title has changed to "Domestic" meaning that we have finished with the Rebirth volume where it is the beginning of Yun Xiu's reincarnation and how he tries to get back on his feet as a superstar. Now in the new volume "Domestic", it is about Yun Xiu's path on becoming a true actor in the country. Lot of crazy things are going to happen, so I recommend you all to put on your seatbelts and enjoy the ride.