chapter18
Racecourse.
Lu Ling was riding on a horse, and she could trot around the field smoothly now, and the mount had also changed from a docile filly at first to a tall horse of Dawan breed.
A handsome woman in riding clothes had a smile on her face, and the wind passed by her, brushing her slightly curly long hair, revealing a beautiful face.
She was originally beautiful, but now her eyes are clear, her jaw is slightly tensed, and she is staring forward, showing a firm and hopeful look.
Tan Jinxue sat on the edge of the venue, took a sip from her teacup.
"She's really pretty, isn't she?"
Zong Zi didn't answer, but asked, "What are you writing?"
Tan Jinxue smiled, and she handed the paper to Zong Zi, "Lu Ling's birthday."
Zong Zi took it, glanced at it, and raised his head: "I thought you wanted her to be the queen of the movie, not the queen of the song."
Tan Jinxue said lightly: "She does have a good voice." She smiled at Zong Zi, "I really want to hear her sing."
Zong Zi folded the page with the staff drawn on it in half and put it in his pocket.
"It should be a nice song. I didn't know that the best actor can compose music."
Tan Jinxue glanced at him, "There are still many things you don't know." She added: "She is an artist under your banner, and Mr. Zong needs to nod if she can sing this song."
Zong Zi smiled, "I will consider it."
Tan Jinxue didn't speak.
"How am I riding?"
Lu Ling ran around again, sweating on the tip of her nose, looking at her with bright eyes.
Tan Jinxue clapped her hands with a smile, "I'm leaving soon!"
Lu Ling jumped off the horse. Wearing riding clothes, her waist was slim and her legs were long. "Tomorrow you will join the team again. We will have a rivalry." The competitive spirit in her eyes was burning like a small flame.
Tan Jinxue raised her eyebrows, "I'm looking forward to it."
On February 19th, "Du Yunshuang" finished filming.
Tan Jinxue made an exception and participated in the wrap-up banquet with Lu Ling. In a Sichuan restaurant that Zhan Hanqiu had coveted for a long time, everything was not spicy. Lu Ling buried her head in hard work, looked up at Tan Jinxue, and was very happy.
"You don't eat spicy food?" She poked Tan Jinxue quietly.
The "man" was wearing a white three-piece suit, with a perfectly spread napkin, and was precisely using chopsticks to remove the bones of the boiled fish one by one.
Everything is normal except for the extremely red lips.
Tan Jinxue winked at her, then put a chopstick of white and smooth fish into Lu Ling's plate.
She got up, "I'm going to the bathroom."
The air in the private room was filled with the pungent smell of liquor and chili, Tan Jinxue wanted to go out for a breath of air.
It seemed that freshener had just been sprayed outside the box, and she walked out of the restaurant.
The lights outside are just coming on, and there is a lot of traffic.
She has less than a month left.
This is not the first time that Tan Jinxue has "acted as an actor" in a mission, nor is it the most difficult mission, but the identity of "actor" always makes her feel more touched, perhaps because it is the closest thing to her own job. A similar occupation.
"What are you thinking?"
Tan Jinxue turned her head and was not surprised to see Zong Zi, "I wonder if Director Zhan will bring the movie to Cannes this time, and come back with the trophy."
Zong Zi chuckled lightly, and said, "This is still an unknown proposition. But I have a new message here, are you interested in talking about the actor?"
Tan Jinxue raised her eyebrows, "Of course, please tell me." Zong Zi couldn't let him down by making this special trip.
"Both Lu Ling and you will be nominated."
Tan Jinxue smiled and said, "Thank you."
Zong Zi stared at her with burning eyes, and suddenly said: "If you get three gold awards, what is the next goal of the actor?"
"I don't know either," she said.
The expression on Zong Zi's face suddenly disappeared for two seconds.
He asked, "Where do you want to go?"
Tan Jinxue was taken aback for a moment, "Why do you ask that?" She smiled openly and sincerely, "I never said I was leaving."
"If you don't want to answer, forget it."
Tan Jinxue smiled softly, her voice was like a feather, fluttering across Zong Zi's heart.
Zong Zi whispered: "If you want to leave, remember to tell me. Don't let me miss it."
He just had such a feeling.
Whether it's Tan Jinxue's painstaking efforts to push Lu Ling to the position of actress, or she handing over the song for Lu Ling to herself so easily, or her unintentional eyes and smiles.
The more everything went on as usual, the more difficult Zong Zi felt at ease.
If Tan Jinxue wanted to leave, then many of her actions could be explained.
Zong Zi couldn't come to a conclusion as to where he went and whether he came back or not.
He hated the feeling of being out of control.
Tan Jinxue looked at him strangely: "Why is Mr. Zong more sensitive than women? Do you want me to promise not to go anywhere? I still have my job, my..."
She was just in the middle of her sentence.
Zong Zi's lips pressed up forcefully, blocking her inexplicable tone in her throat.
The man's hand held Tan Jinxue's shoulder like iron tongs. He knew Tan Jinxue's ability, so he almost put on a desperate stance and imprisoned him between his arms.
Kiss her almost like a bite.
Tan Jinxue ended the kiss with an elbow. She stared at Zong Zi.
"There are only three things. Why does Mr. Zong always heal the scar and forget the pain?"
Zong Zi took a few steps back, Tan Jinxue's elbow hit his upper abdomen, the man's face paled under the severe pain.
He slowed down for a while, then straightened up, with a smile on his lips.
"so spicy."
Before Tan Jinxue was going to go all out to make headlines like "Actor Beats the President, Bloody Case in Front of Sichuan Restaurant" tomorrow, and taught this hero who was getting more and more weird, Zong Zi smiled and waved at her, "I forgot, your job is to act."
Tan Jinxue was startled.
Her reaction has already given the answer.
Tan Jinxue watched the man stride away expressionlessly, disappearing into the intertwined night and lights.
"It's really inexplicable."
She turned her head, and within two steps, she saw a person standing in the shadow of the hotel porch.
"Xiaoyue?"
Yue Wenjia came out slowly, with a particularly troubled expression on his face.
Tan Jinxue asked directly, "Did you see it?"
Yue Wenjia nodded with difficulty.
Tan Jinxue smiled lightly, but said nothing, "Go back, Director Zhan and the others are still waiting."
Yue Wenjia silently followed Tan Jinxue, and after a long while, she suddenly said, "Brother Tan, you... Even if you are gay, I, I like you too!"
The "man" who was walking in front turned around and stared directly at Yue Wenjia.
Yue Wenjia suddenly realized how shocking her words were, and quickly said, "I didn't mean that, I, I'm not gay, what I meant was I...I support you, whether it's with Ms. Lu or...Mr. Zong..."
The light was dim, and Yue Wenjia only felt that the dark pupils of the person opposite him were extremely deep, as if they could **** people in, and the abyss had no bottom.
Tan Jinxue raised her hand and patted Yue Wenjia's shoulder. Two people entered the box.
As if in an instant, the bottomless, pitch-black abyss disappeared. Yue Wenjia was still a little uneasy until he sat back in his seat, he couldn't help but look at Jinxue.
In the bright room, filled with the aroma of food and pleasantries, the "man" looked as usual, he was still the handsome Uranus superstar, gentle and polite, with an abstinent temperament.
As if everything was an illusion.
The person next to him quietly poked Yue Wenjia, and he shook his head, only then did he realize that Tan Jinxue was toasting him.
Yue Wenjia drank it all in one gulp.
The nominations for Best Actress in Cannes were announced, and only then did Tan Jinxue understand why Zong Zi came to find her that night.
Not only Lu Ling was shortlisted for Best Actress, but also Tan Jinxue.
The judges at Cannes decided to define the award based on the gender of the character, which is probably also a recognition of "his" acting skills. It is indeed extremely rare for a man to play a reverse role and be nominated for Best Actress.
# Best Actress Tan Jinxue#
#Male God Becomes Goddess#
It was the nth time to dominate the hot search, and Tan Jinxue said that she was used to it.
It is speculated that this is the first time in Cannes that two leading actors of the same film have been shortlisted for Best Actress at the same time, not to mention that one of them is a male actor in reverse. Tan Jinxue is not a popular candidate for the Best Actress winner.
Also shortlisted are three actresses, each of whom is well-known and hot in the circle.
Even Lu Ling was not very favored.
Zhan Hanqiu invited the two of them to have a meal, saying that this achievement has already broken the record and can be written in the history of domestic film.
The Cannes 1 awards ceremony is scheduled for March.
By the time the photo of Tan Jinxue and Lu Ling walking the red carpet was posted back to dominate the trending searches in China, the awards ceremony had already begun.
The spring night was still slightly cold, Lu Ling was wearing an off-white fishtail dress, wrapped in a white velvet shawl, her nose was still red from the cold. Tan Jinxue sat next to her and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to add some clothes?"
Lu Ling shook her head. Her eyes were bright, and she was extremely excited: "I'm not cold."
This is her seventeenth work, logically speaking, she shouldn't be nervous. But she seemed to have turned back into that young girl who didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth and had ambitions when she was seventeen or eighteen years old, uttering wild words that she wanted to be a queen.
At that time, she probably would not have imagined that ten years later, she would be sitting at the awards ceremony in Cannes, and her former goal would be so close at hand.
She said to Tan Jinxue: "This is the first time I have come to France." The woman's eyes were full of excitement, and she really looked like a girl, "When the awards ceremony is over, let's go to the beach to play."
Tan Jinxue nodded.
The light show started, and the noisy scene fell silent.
Tan Jinxue looked at the stage calmly. Today was the last day, she couldn't tell Lu Ling that she couldn't go to the beach with her.
"Best Actress - "Du Yunshuang", Ling Lu!" The female singer, who just released two best singles this year, made a guest appearance as the host this year. After she finished reading, she showed a beautiful smile.
There was thunderous applause.
When Lu Ling heard the name that was not standard due to the accent, she went blank for a moment.
Then she realized that she had already finished the step that was close at hand.
She got the actress!
"Go up and receive the award." The "man" next to him leaned slightly and reminded in a low voice.
Lu Ling just woke up like a dream, stood up, and walked towards the stage.
The dazzling light hit her, and Lu Ling felt mixed emotions. The dream turned into reality felt like walking on clouds. She tried her best to maintain her posture and walked onto the stage with a beautiful smile.
The microphone was handed to her.
The hostess glanced at the cue card in her hand again, a look of surprise appeared on her face, "Wait—"
"Now, I'm going to announce a breaking news—"
"There is one more winner of Best Actress!"
There was a "wow!" in the audience.
The hostess had a bit of trouble pronouncing: "Jinxue·Tan!"
All the celebrities, superstars, directors and producers present watched a man in a high-end black tuxedo stand up from the audience.
"It's incredible!"
"My God, he looks completely different from what he saw in the movie!"
"Is the makeup technique of Chinese people so developed?!"
"God! A man!"
"He's handsome...Best Actress?! Did I hear that right?!"
Tan Jinxue walked onto the stage and smiled politely at the host.
"Wow, our leading actress is very, very handsome! Walking hormones!"
Tan Jinxue bent her lips, "I hope the audience will like me as a woman in the film." She turned her face and winked at Lu Ling who was standing beside her, "As a man, if Ms. Lu likes me, I will alright."
The host's eyes immediately flickered with gossip.
"The relationship between the two is..."
Lu Ling smiled: "He is the one I love."