APCF -Chapter 7 (1)

In order not to waste the artistes’ time, the commentary interviews were conducted in groups. Bo Ye and Qi Xingchen’s were to be filmed today morning.

Presumably, since Bo Ye still had other commitments while Qi Xingchen did not have any work and thus could wait a while longer, Bo Ye should have gone first.

Instead, Bo Ye said: “You go first.”

Qi Xingchen then also didn’t stand on ceremony; he had just embarrassed himself and wanted to find a place to calm down, quickly shuffling into the studio.

The assistant director had already set up the equipment and was waiting for him. Qi Xingchen went in and bowed in greeting, and the assistant director asked: “Are you ready?”

“I’m ready,” Qi Xingchen nodded, “We can start.”

As usual, the first commentary interview was a self-introduction. As it was only an individual interview, a large venue was not required, and the studio was tiny.

The set-up was very simple, consisting of two chairs, a table, and a sign saying 《Let’s Budget Travel!》

Bo Ye was outside and could vaguely hear the voices inside.

“Hello everyone, I am Qi Xingchen.”

The assistant director: “Just these two sentences?”

Qi Xingchen: “Then I’ll add another sentence. Most might not be familiar with me, just call me Xingxing in the future.”

“Okay, Xingxing,” the assistant director continued to ask, “After your official announcement came out, many fans threatened us, wanting to know all of your details. Would you like to satisfy their curiosities personally?

“What kind of details does everybody want? My height and weight?”

“You can also add on your relationship status and what your type is?”

This was the assistant director digging a hole for him. Qi Xingchen recognised that, hurriedly waving his hands, “Match-making me this soon! I’m only 21, and I just took on my first variety show. Let me work for a few years first before discussing this, alright?”

“HAHAHA, okay, very dedicated to your work,” the assistant director was amused by him, “Then tell us your basic information.”

Qi Xingchen truthfully reported his height and weight. The assistant director listened and mused about it for some time, “That’s not right ah, your height in your profile is 181, how did it become 178 now?”

“181 is not true. In actuality, I’m only 178. My agent thought that I was too short and deliberately changed my profile and Baidu encyclopedia profile, please don’t believe those.”

In real life, Qi Xingchen was almost 180, while the original owner was even shorter. Seeing him wave his hands continuously while his face showed a sincere and weary expression, the assistant director was once again amused by him, and Bo Ye who was outside also could not help but curl his lips.

Afterwards the assistant director asked a few more trivial questions. Before ending the interview, the assistant director said: “Xingxing, why did you choose to participate in 《Let’s Budget Travel!》?”

“To be famous,” Qi Xingchen paused, “And……”

“And what else?”

“My idol is here too.”

The assistant director intuitively felt that this was a point that could be dug deeper into and pressed: “Who is your idol?”

But Qi Xingchen shook his head: “I can’t say, I don’t wish to ride on his coattails.”

“Your idol probably would not blame you if they find out, after all, you are their fan.”

“It’s up to him if he wants to blame me, and it’s up to me if I do it or not.” Qi Xingchen did not fall for the assistant director’s trick.

In fact, he knew that the male protagonist could hear them from outside, since he could hear the sounds of people talking inside the studio while waiting to record.

But this sentence was his genuine thought, with the male protagonist’s current fame, if he rode on his coattails he would certainly be smeared from head to toe.

And if you thought from a different perspective, if his real idol was in the position of the male protagonist, he would never do anything to make the other feel offended.

He could not bear to see Bo Ye frown.

No matter how the assistant director dug, he just would not say anything. The assistant director then gave up, standing to shake his hand, “I wish you a good time next week.”

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Bo Ye’s interview was much simpler. He could be described as “Mr. Who in the World Would Not Know Him”, all that’s left not posted by someone was him meeting his basic needs, there was no need to dig deep at all.

When he finished, Qi Xingchen was sitting at where he was sitting just now, scrolling through his phone bored stiff.

Bo Ye ambled over, flexed his index finger and tapped twice on the table surface in front of him, “Why haven’t you left yet?”

“Waiting for you,” Qi Xingchen hastily put away his phone, “You helped me so much today, and I haven’t thanked you yet.”

Bo Ye was standing, thus Qi Xingchen needed to raise his head to speak with him. His single eyelids pressed out a shallow crease when he looked upwards from below, making him look particularly sincere.

Hence Bo Ye looked behind him, seeing that Du Lanxin was not around, he asked in a low voice: “Heading home?”

“Yep.”

“Where’s your home?”

Qi Xingchen gave a general location.

“You can share a ride with me,” said Bo Ye, “It happens to be on the way.”

Qi Xingchen was not going to reject a free opportunity to get close to the male protagonist, eagerly trotting after him.

The private business car that Bo Ye took today was not the company’s minivan. Unfortunately, the car plate number was leaked and they could not make a lucky escape. Just as they drove out of the underground garage, a huge dark mass of paparazzi and fans rushed up, surrounding the car in the middle, completely unable to drive away.

The driver seemed to have encountered a lot of this before, adeptly overtaking by inching little by little outwards. Bo Ye rubbed at his throat and rolled down the car window.

“AHHHHH——”

Just as he showed his face, outside instantly rang out with screams that rattled the skies. It was as if the female fans were competing with each other, with one shouting louder than the next:

“Gege, look at me!”

“Wu wu wu my husband looks really good today, breaking another beauty record!”

“Gege, are you recording the Maimang variety show today? Did the recording go well?”

Bo Ye waved his hand at the fans, “The recording went pretty well, don’t worry.”

Yesterday night, he was filming pick-up shots for a commercial until the early hours of the morning. He got up early this morning to go to the recording studio to record the dubbing of a commercial, and then came to the Maimang headquarters, working continuously until now. His throat was already very fatigued.

The fans grasped every opportunity to ask questions, and he patiently answered each of them one by one. After chatting for almost ten minutes, his voice was gradually growing hoarse.

Recalling that his real idol was like this too, Qi Xingchen was a little anxious and hurriedly opened a bottle of mineral water.

Bo Ye saw the water passed to him and froze, then took it and drank a mouthful.

This action let the fans see Qi Xingchen who was behind Bo Ye. One of the girls asked, “Gege, who is he?”

“His name is Qi Xingchen, he is also an artiste of Noah. We will be working together in the future.”

“…… Qi Xingchen,” the girl clicked her tongue, then said surprised, “The Qi Xingchen who is an official guest of 《Let’s Budget Travel!》? Yesterday, someone reported in your super topic that you will be on 《Budget Travel》, is that true then?”

Without the official announcement, the notice must be kept secret. Bo Ye did not answer her, only saying: “All right, I still have work, I can’t chat with you all any longer. You all should also go back earlier.”