The Villain Just Wants to be a Salted Fish - Chapter 105

As the main cast showed up, there was a round of applause.

Today’s publicity conference was more like a premiere.

All the questions had been answered in the previous publicity and information about the movie had also been revealed to the audience in those interviews. Today’s premiere was mainly for the important people in the industry. Therefore, the people who were present today are mainly people such as investors and well-known film critics.

Even when many media received the invitation, they could only be at the conference area. When the film premiere officially began, only a small number of media could be invited inside.

Of course, filming is not allowed during the viewing process. When the premiere is over, there will be a simple interview with the lead actors.

Ye Zexi and the others did not stay long on the stage, more like they just simply showed their face at the conference, and the rest of the time was reserved for the director and investors.

Before stepping down, Ye Zexi secretly made a cheering gesture toward He Jinyun.

He Jinyun saw this scene, the corners of his mouth bent a little, and when the camera swept over, he returned to his normal self.

After getting off the stage, Ye Zexi did not go back to his seat. Although there were not many media today, they would inevitably try to catch up to him for questioning. Ye Zexi wanted to find a place to hide quietly.

When He Jinyun finished here, he would naturally come to find him.

But before Ye Zexi could slip away, he ran into Tang Jing.

Seeing Tang Jing, Ye Zexi’s eyes were slightly bright, and he waved at him: “Tang Tang!”

Tang Jing looked over, smiled, said sorry to the person next to him, and walked over here.

Ye Zexi hadn’t seen Tang Jing for a while, but occasionally they would chat on WeChat. Tang Jing did not participate in the publicity meeting some time ago because there was a conflict in his schedule, but now, Tang Jing seemed to be skinnier.

“Are you busy during this time?” Ye Zexi said aloud, “this is not a place to talk, let’s go to a different place.”

Tang Jing naturally had no objection.

When the two left the conference hall, Tang Jing said, “After this, I should have more time to rest.”

“You should have a good rest. You looked like you’ve lost weight again.” Ye Zexi frowned, opened the lounge room, and walked in first.

Tang Jing followed in, sat down on the sofa, raised his eyes and fixedly looked at Ye Zexi.

Ye Zexi was inexplicably being stared at by him: “What?”

“Are you with him?” Tang Jing said aloud. He didn’t say He Jinyun’s name, but both of them knew who Tang Jing was talking about.

Ye Zexi blushed when he heard the words, and coughed slightly, “Is it so obvious?”

A smile flashed in Tang Jing’s eyes: “After all, you’re someone I used to like, of course I can tell.”

Mentioning this, Ye Zexi glanced at Tang Jing with some worry.

Their eyes met, Ye Zexi didn’t see the sadness in Tang Jing’s eyes anymore, and at a glance, Tang Jing had only calmness in his eyes, this meant he had already let go.

Ye Zexi’s mood suddenly became very happy, and he gave Tang Jing a hearty smile.

Tang Jing saw Ye Zexi smiling, and couldn’t hold back his smile: “What are you laughing at?”

Tang Jing’s eyes were bent, and he did not continue to question.

The two were lazing around in the lounge until their agents came to look for them, Ye Zexi and Tang Jing slowly went out of the lounge.

As soon as Ye Zexi went out, he saw He Jinyun coming over. He couldn’t hold back and walked towards He Jinyun quickly: “Is it over?”

He Jinyun responded softly and stretched out his hand towards Ye Zexi.

Ye Zexi was a little puzzled, but after seeing no one around, he held out his hand happily.

He Jinyun stared at their holding hands for two seconds, then raised his eyes to Tang Jing behind Ye Zexi and smiled at him: “Long time no see.”

Tang Jing’s gaze was just withdrawn from the hands between the two of them. He raised his brows slightly before smiling and saying, “It’s been a long time since I saw you. You and Zexi have the same reaction when you haven’t met me for a while.”

“Really?” He Jinyun tilted his head to look at Ye Zexi.

Ye Zexi nodded: “Maybe this is the tacit understanding!”

The smile on He Jinyun’s lips deepened: “The premiere is about to begin. Let’s go in.”

The infield was much quieter than the outfield, and most of the guests were already in place when the three arrived.

Not long after sitting down in their respective seats, the front screen lit up.

“Here it is.” No one knew who said these words, and the infield lights dimmed instantly.

A melodious tune sounded, and a magnificent picture of mountains and rivers unfolded in front of the audience.

In the golden rice fields, there are figures of farmers plowing. On the bustling long street, there are children laughing and playing. It’s a prosperous age and peaceful time.

But such a prosperous age does not last long. As the rhythm of the background music speeds up, an arrow crosses the air and pierces the chest of the guarding soldiers on the city wall.

The cold sound of weapon collision and fighting sounds instantly, and the original bright tones of the movie instantly turns into glooming colors.

The peace of many years is finally broken.

The homes are ruined and displaced, and at a glance, the ruins are broken and there are corpses everywhere, and the field is filled with smokey ash.

In the next second, another long tune sounds, and the style changes again–

In just two minutes, the tone of the film changed from warm to cold, and from cold to warm again.

This was the first time Ye Zexi has seen the complete version. Although it only took two minutes, Ye Zexi, who had been in the film, had to admit that he had been attracted.

Ye Zexi didn’t notice He Jinyun, who turned his head and glanced at him. The man’s pupils were darker in the dark.

Noting Ye Zexi’s gaze, He Jinyun showed him a questioning look.

Ye Zexi didn’t speak, but shook his head slightly to indicate that he was okay.

The movie continues.

The following story is familiar to Ye Zexi. From the perspective of the protagonist Shan Chenzhou, the movie tells the audience the process from his youth in the army to the meeting and falling in love with A Zi.

The rhythm of this story between Chen Zhengtian and He Jinyun was very well versed, not to mention the compactness, and there were a lot of laughs interspersed during this period, which would make people feel interested when they listened to it.

And the most important emotional drama among them is also the key point, and Ye Zexi who watched it was a little bit overwhelmed.

Waiting for the scene to proceed to the part of the bed scene between Shan Chenzhou and A Zi, there was a burst of noise in the audience, and during this period, some of the eyes looked towards Ye Zexi.

Ye Zexi didn’t feel embarrassed when filming this scene, but when the background music was added in the post-production stage, the picture presented was subtle, but it still made people unable to stop blushing and heart beat faster.

Ye Zexi blushed on such a rare occasion, but He Jinyun next to him seemed to look normal.

In a place where no one else could see, Ye Zexi’s hand held by He Jinyun was slightly sweaty.

After Shan Chenzhou and A Zi’s relationship warmed up, the movie ushered in the first small climax–the death of A Yan.

When watching this scene, the background music was low, he could still hear a few low sobbing sounds.

Ye Zexi’s eyes were also a little moist.

But this was just the beginning.

If the early stage of “Famous General” was a cheerful and relaxed rhythm, then the film progressed to this point, the tone of the film and the soundtrack was on point, the ease and tranquility of the previous tone was gone.

Until the story progressed to the point where Shan parents discovered this indecent love, the background music suddenly became rushed and sad, as if it were foreshadowing something.

Under the moonlight, A Zi looked back at the towering gates of the capital for the last time with red eyes.

The background music stopped completely at this moment, and even the sound of A Zi’s light inhalation could be heard clearly.

After a long time, A Zi turned around reluctantly, and walked toward the lonely depths of the night.

There was only the thin back of the young man on the screen, and then several voices sounded alternately–

“Shan Chenzhou is the General of Dajin, not a general of A Zi alone.”

“As long as Chenzhou is well, A Zi has nothing to ask for.”

“Chenzhou?”

“Chenzhou.”

“Chenzhou…”

In the brisk laughter, the scene of the past was just like the present.

The image changed again, and a bloody smile flashed past.

“!”

“Just now that was…”

Many people couldn’t believe their eyes, what did they see?

Unfortunately, there was no playback at the premiere screening, once the scene had passed, the movie continued.

What the movie described to the audience afterwards was a tragic and magnificent war scene.

More fighting and war appeared on the screen, victory after victory; a year later, with Shan Chenzhou defeating the enemy, the war seemed to have finally seen its end.

The General who came back victoriously and triumphantly, the spring breeze was triumphant with horseshoes, the General wanted to come home quickly to meet with the person he had been missing day and night.

But Shan Chenzhou didn’t expect that in the mansion in the capital, only his parents were waiting in place.

The journey home was long, Shan Chenzhou walked in a hurry, taking as little rest as he could, his lips were chapped.

“Left, he left?” Shan Chenzhou asked with the corners of his dry and cracked mouth, he could taste the iron on his tongue, “Where did A Zi go? Why did he leave?”

The parents were quite disappointed at their son’s question, but the two elders couldn’t bear the thought of A Zi leaving alone, so the mother told Shan Chenzhou what had happened before.

Shan Chenzhou fell into a long silence at first, and then he said in disbelief: “That’s not right, I still received letters from A Zi, he…”

“We sent you those!” Mother Shan said with red eyes. “One month after he left, we received twelve letters from A Zi. In the letter, he asked us to send one letter to you each month, and now I have the last one left…”

“Where is the letter?” Shan Chenzhou asked through gritted teeth.

The mother handed it over.

Shan Chenzhou opened the letter with trembling hands. After reading it, his eyes turned red, and his fingers holding the letter paper turned white. The man’s teeth were clenched, and the veins on his forehead were popping out, and he seemed to have exhausted all his energy as he tried to hold back his anger.

For a long time, Shan Chenzhou’s voice seemed to be mixed with gravel: “Mother, do you know that half a year ago, Jingchen fell down, and not even a single civilian was alive in the city?”

Of course the mother knew.

Because she knew that she didn’t dare to hide it from Shan Chenzhou.

Looking at Shan Chenzhou’s scarlet eyes, the single mother’s tears fell: “Chenzhou, it was me who did something wrong, I shouldn’t force A Zi to leave…Chenzhou!”

“Chenzhou! You can’t go!”

“Chenzhou! You are returning to the Capital by the court’s order, if…”

“Chenzhou!”

Shan Chenzhou couldn’t hear anything anymore, the letter was being folded neatly and placed carefully in his pouch, and he strode out of the house. The war horse who had just been tied up in the stable was taken out again, and Shan Chenzhou turned over without hesitation to get on the horse.

The sound of horses’ hoofs galloped past, and the dust was flying.

The cold wind wrapped his tears backwards, Shan Chenzhou’s fingers holding the riding whip tore his skin, blood gurgling down.

When he galloped all the way to the gate of the city, seeing the rows of generals at the gate, Shan Chenzhou suddenly thought of something.

He tremblingly took out the letter paper again, and on the last letter A Zi left him, the last line read this sentence——

“Finally, A Zi hopes that Chenzhou can promise me one thing. If one day, A Zi will leave this world before Chenzhou, A Zi hopes that Chenzhou will live on until his hair turns white before going to see A Zi.”

“A Zi can’t see Chenzhou’s reply, so as long as Chenzhou sees this letter, A Zi will take it as you agree.”

Tears burst into his eyes, Shan Chenzhou covered his chest with the other hand, crying and laughing: “What you mean one step, you are a decade ahead of me…”

The mournful sound of music resounded through the projection hall again, accompanied by Shan Chenzhou’s mournful cries, Ye Zexi shed tears as he watched.

He Jinyun took out a tissue and handed it to Ye Zexi. Ye Zexi took it, choked on his words and whispered: “I’ve changed my mind, I really want to send a blade your way.”

He Jinyun laughed: “Okay, send it away! As long as it’s from you, I accept it all.”

Ye Zexi didn’t want to be teased by him again. The movie clearly hadn’t finished yet, Ye Zexi said with great certainty: “Teacher He, your movie will become popular.”

He Jinyun lowered his head and looked at Ye Zexi’s red eyes, while the sound of sobbing from the audience echoed throughout the projection hall.

He Jinyun’s eyes were burning, and his voice was low and magnetic: “Yeah, I think so too.”