CH 72

Chapter 72 – Let me praise you in public, okay?

After a long period of silence, Assistant Tang was only able to say, “Aren’t you going to stop everyone from getting high on CP?”

Song Yunran was embarrassed by this question.

Today is a different from the past, he once regarded dizzy fans as a flood of beasts, but now it has evolved into a little angel to glorify his beautiful love with Qin Ke.

After thinking about it, he found a noble excuse: “It’s better to keep a low profile, you don’t know how rebellious the netizens are now, the more you cover your mouth to avoid mentioning it, the louder they will shout.”

These words are very reasonable, but Assistant Tang’s eyes have gradually become apathetic.

When you deducted my year-end bonus, you didn’t say so.

Because I am an assistant and not a CP fan, that I can’t go to the dizzy super talk sign in ah.

He looked at Xiao Song, who had a strong sense of purpose, several times desperately wanting to say something, and the situation became very strange.

Song Yunran looked back at him: “You do not agree with my opinion?”

“…… uh, not exactly.”

It’s just that can I have my year-end bonus back? Assistant Tang wanted to ask this question, but was afraid of inadvertently angering the president, and eventually losing next year’s year-end bonus in advance.

Thinking about this matter, Assistant Tang’s heart ached.

Putting aside other petty profits, the company made a net profit of 150 million last year just from “Hongbai Xixi”, and together with Qin Ke, a money-maker who signed many commercial endorsements by the end of the year, Xinghe finally achieved its first yearly profit.

Song Yunran is a generous president, and in order to reward everyone for their hard work throughout the year, he gave a substantial bonus to every employee except Assistant Tang, and not even the janitor was left out.

When the year-end bonus was handed out yesterday, there was a joyful atmosphere all over Xinghe, but Assistant Tang only felt that they were making a lot of noise.

Seeing him stammering, Song Yunran became more and more suspicious inside.

Could it be that there were some loopholes in his remarks just now? Or did Assistant Tang have a grudge against him despite his apparent admiration?

He recalled what he had done since he took over Xinghe, and finally remembered what he had said to Assistant Tang last summer.

This is my fault, Song Yunran reflected deeply.

Assistant Tang was obviously on the front line of setting him up with Qin Ke, how could he suffer the loss of money for nothing.

It’s not too late to mend the fold.

Song Yunran asked, “By the way, you didn’t get your year-end bonus, right?”

The assistant Tang nodded with tears.

“I’ll remind them later.” Song Yunran kindly said, “Next month, I’ll put it on your card, is that okay?”

That’s simply too good.

The light reappeared in Assistant Tang’s eyes, and the pace at which he left the president’s office was much more confident.

As soon as the confident Assistant Tang left, He Ziyou’s phone call came right after.

As Song Yunran’s dog-headed military advisor, He Ziyou waited at home for a day, but was unable to wait for the feedback from his little one, so he finally couldn’t hold back his curiosity and took the initiative to ask about the developments last night.

After knowing the result, He Zi You was very angry: “I want to cut off friendship with you, thanks to my painstaking planning for you, and after the completion of the task you actually want to hide it from me.”

Song Yunran thought to himself that He Ziyou was really childish, but Xiao Song was in a good mood today and decided not to bother with him, so he explained, “I was just happy and forgot about it by accident, I definitely didn’t hide it on purpose.”

He Ziyou was even more angry: “Then you’re forgetting your friends when you see sex.”

Song Yunran: “……”

It seems like there is no strength to retort.

He Ziyou criticized him righteously, “Can you be a little bit more ambitious, take out the appearance of the president and talk about a mature relationship in a light-hearted manner, don’t be like an elementary school chicken who is so happy to be in a relationship that he is overwhelmed.”

Song Yunran grunted a few times, and was even more unable to retort.

He didn’t even listen carefully to Assistant Tang’s report on his work today, so he was indeed like a elementary school student who hadn’t seen the world.

“I say, it’s advisable to take a closer look, friend.”

He Ziyou advised, ” Since you still say you are Qin Ke’s father, go online and see what people say about you guys, okay.”

Song Yunran was shocked and thought, Did the netizens mistakenly think that Qin Ke was his father?

He couldn’t sit still, he hung up the phone and switched to the small account for the first time in a long time, and deliberately avoided the CP fans who only wanted to get high, and focused on patrolling passerby comments.

Looking at it, Song Yunran’s heart went cold.

[Xinghe group is not at all like what I imagined the president to be with the artists. Song Yunran was like a brat throughout, Qin Ke had been simply worried about him.]

[If I had such an unreliable boss, I would want to jump ship in a minute.]

[But now that Xinghe is getting back on the right track, maybe he’s reliable in the big things?]

[It’s definitely a credit to the staff, he’s a dumb idiot who knows nothing about investment.]

“……”

What to say, Song Yunran is quite speechless.

He wanted to go up and say, “You’re the Song Yunran who knows nothing about anything,” but in the end, due to his sanity, he didn’t fight with the netizens.

For one thing, it’s a disgrace, and for another, it’s really hard to clarify this matter.

The company can’t just issue a statement saying that the reason why Xinghe has achieved what it has today was because of our wise and great President Xiao Song, that would be a real joke.

That’s it, Song Yunran clicked on a file on his computer desktop, thinking I’m not going to bother with them.

After a few seconds, he grunted angrily again.

I’m afraid I still care!

Early in the morning, Qin Ke finally returned home from work.

It was late, so he didn’t go upstairs directly to find Song Yunran, but first sent a message asking him if he was asleep.

Then Song Yunran popped a video call to him.

Qin Ke clicked on it and was shocked by the image displayed on the screen.

Song Yunran was actually reading a book, and there was a tablet computer next to the thick book, he was flipping the pages, while writing and drawing on the tablet with a pen, as if he was taking notes.

Qin Ke asked strangely, “You’re not home?”

“This is my home.”

Song Yunran raised his eyes in confusion and froze for a moment before saying, “Oh, you haven’t seen it, have you? This room is my study, and it’s usually not used.”

Qin Ke nodded his head, the doubt in his heart still had not been resolved.

He poured a glass of ice water, swallowed a mouthful, then continued to ask, “Can I come upstairs to look for you?”

Song Yunran’s pencil was tipped, and he wanted to nod immediately.

But he remembered the mockery on the Internet and could only harden his heart and refuse, “Can’t you see that dad is studying? Let’s just talk for a while, otherwise I will not be able to do anything once you come.”

Qin Ke: “…… what are you studying?”

Song Yunran put the book up and showed the cover: “Assistant Tang recommended it to me, the textbook of investment.”

He thought about it today and thought that he might still lack some basic theories of being a president, wanting to convince the netizens about him, he must first enrich himself, and then find the opportunity to show his hand later.

He majored in art in a foreign country, so he suddenly wanted to make up for it, but he didn’t know where to start, so he asked Assistant Tang for advice and got some basic textbooks from a bookstore.

Qin Ke put down his glass of water and fell into silence.

On the first day of their relationship, Song Yunran left him behind to study economics.

Song Yunran thought he was tired: “Don’t you have work tomorrow, go to bed early.”

Qin Ke looked at him and slowly said, “I don’t want to sleep now.”

Song Yunran: “?”

What kind of playful tone is this, do you need me to go downstairs and tell a bedtime story before you will go to bed?

Qin Ke’s eyes were downcast and his voice was very low: “I want to see you.”

Even before the words left his mouth, Song Yunran’s enthusiasm for studying was instantly extinguished.

Clearly when he came home, he had made up his mind to learn him a lot today, but as soon as Qin Ke said he wanted to see him, his resolve began to falter precariously.

Anyway,……, it doesn’t matter if you learn …… tomorrow, right?

Song Yunran put down his pen: “Since you want to see me so much, then, then you come up.”

Soon, the doorbell rang at the entrance.

Song Yunran, who had waited there for a while, immediately opened the door, and at the same time he did not forget to put up his father’s frame, while jumping into his arms and saying, “No such capriciousness in the future, you can’t delay my study anymore.”

Qin Ke embraced him, “Okay, this will not happen again.”

Song Yunran nodded in satisfaction, and after thinking about it, he kissed Qin Ke’s lips loudly before retracting his arms: “Come in quickly. But first, we both have something to do tomorrow morning, so we can’t stay too late tonight.”

Qin Ke gave a “hmm”.

In fact, according to his personality, it is not necessary to meet every day, but just now in the video, he felt that his Xiao Song looked a little wilted, like a puppy that was bullied outside, completely lacking the usual energy.

This is the reason why he had to come up and take a look at it no matter what.

Song Yunran brought Qin Ke into the study: “Look, these books are all new today.”

Qin Ke looked at the tower of textbooks on the desk and asked slowly, “Why do you suddenly want to learn investment?”

He didn’t object to Song Yunran using his free time to enrich himself, but this happened too strangely, a phenomenon he couldn’t understand even if he already knew something about Song Yunran’s strange brain.

Song Yunran sat on the swivel chair and talked about the remarks he saw today: “You say, aren’t they infuriating? So I’m going to quietly learn and then amaze everyone.”

In fact, Qin Ke was now ruthlessly amazed.

Sometimes he really wanted to pick apart Song Yunran’s head to see if this person’s brain circuit was different from ordinary people, otherwise how could he come up with the routine of using hard study to make a name for himself.

Seeing that he didn’t say anything, Song Yunran got anxious and slid the swivel chair directly before him with his feet in the air, raising his head and asking, “You think I can’t do it?”

“…… not really.”

Qin Ke lowered his head and rubbed his head, “But don’t you think it’s a little too twisted?”

Song Yunran said bitterly, “I also want to achieve the effect immediately, but I can’t let all the Weibo groups collectively retweet to praise me again.”

Thinking about that image, he himself felt embarrassed.

Qin Ke laughed a little and coaxed him, “Let me praise you in public, okay?”

“??”

Song Yunran looked bewildered, “Yes, but how do you plan to praise?”

Qin Ke picked up the pen on the table and slowly turned it around a few times, “Have you forgotten what day tomorrow is?”

Song Yunran froze, and then suddenly realized.

Tomorrow is the day when the finalists of the Chinese Film Awards will be announced!

At noon the next day, the annual Chinese Film Awards shortlist began to be gradually announced on Weibo.

The netizens have been waiting to see the buzz for a long time, and Qin Ke’s fans are even more on edge, constantly refreshing their microblogs.

Hongbai Xixi made 3 billion at the box office and Qin Ke’s performance in the movie was remarkable. Many people thought he could be shortlisted for the Best Newcomer Award with this movie, but before the list was officially announced, everyone still felt a little apprehensive.

It was not until the moment that the finalists for the Best Newcomer Award were released, and when Qin Ke’s name appeared in the picture, and they finally let out a long sigh of relief.

At the same time, Qin Ke, who was attending the event, also received the news for the first time.

Today was the launch of Ning Dong’s clothing brand’s spring collection, and when the Best Newcomer Award list came out, Qin Ke just happened to be on stage, and the host of the event heard the instructions from the backstage through his headphones, and immediately announced the news through the microphone.

There was instant applause and congratulations all around.

Qin Ke had already experienced the same situation once in his previous life.

He took the microphone, thanked everyone indifferently, and continued to follow the pre-controlled process, cooperating with the host to introduce the design concept of this spring collection.

A few minutes later, the smiling host suddenly looked puzzled.

The expression on her face was magnified by the screen behind her and was immediately caught by the audience on stage.

They looked at each other alongside their companions, no one knew what was going on.

And among the media reporters sitting in the front row, there was already the sound of fine discussion.

A total of just a few seconds of blankness was enough to freeze the atmosphere at the scene.

Qin Ke looked at the countless lines of sight directed at him, and already had a premonition in his heart.

He took the microphone and asked, “Did something happen?”

“Excuse me for interrupting again.”

The host confirmed that she didn’t mishear the words in the headset and looked at the calm-faced youth, “Once again, congratulations to our spokesperson, Qin Ke, who has been shortlisted for Best Actor in this year’s China Film Awards for his work ‘Hongbai Xixi’!”

There was an uproar all around.

The reporters kept pressing the shutter in their hands, trying to record how ecstatic the young artist would look.

However, Qin Ke only raised his eyebrows: “Thank you.”

“…… That’s it??”

The host made an incredulous sound instead of the audience, “The best newcomer is fine, this time it’s the best actor, your first movie was selected for such a heavyweight award, isn’t it a surprise at all?”

Qin Ke was indeed not too surprised.

He was already acting for the second time in “Hongbai Xixi “, he already knew that compared to the first time, his acting skills had already improved enough, not to mention that he was also aware of which films would enter this year, to be able to stand out from dozens of films and become one of the most favored male actors by the organizing committee, to him, it was just an answer that could have been predicted.

In terms of acting prowess, he has always been confident in himself.

Only when confronted with the host’s question, Qin Ke could only smile cooperatively and say, “I just covered up the accident better.”

He pointed down to the brand logo behind him, “But I guess the main character today is not my movie.”

The host said, “That’s okay, the Golden Dad won’t mind.”

A good-natured laughter rang out from the stage, and the brand’s executives raised their hands, signaling that he could make his acceptance speech on the spot.

The spokesman received the finalist notice at the new product launch, which is a professional planning can not do the effect, such a once-in-a-lifetime publicity opportunity, naturally more sensational than just the introduction of new products, they will not mind the temporary interruption.

Some reporters already stood up and said, “First a few words, let’s grab a headline.”

Qin Ke smiled, “Okay.”

He looked towards the flashing lights that kept flashing off stage, his dark eyes rippled with star-like light, and his habitually cold expression became gentle.

“Then I’ll ……”

The magnetic voice, clearly transmitted by the microphone to every corner of the venue, “First of all, I would like to briefly thank the investor of ‘Hongbai Xixi’, Mr. Song Yunran.”

The reporters who thought they would hear a thank you to the director or to the company, froze.

As if afraid that someone could not hear clearly, Qin Ke’s speech speed was slow: “Thank you for your pursuit of art and business acumen, which saved the crew from the crisis of dissolution. You are a very professional investor, thank you for being optimistic about ‘Hongbai Xixi’.”

The unexpected statement left the host stunned before he commented with a smile, “Why do I hear that this is not just a thank you, but more like a compliment to our Mr. Song?”

Qin Ke nodded: ” It was complimenting him.”

T/N: My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors. But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative. If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.