That night, the owner of the blogging website took out a nitro pill several times in preparation to use it any given second. Watching the supporting OS on the edge of collapsing several times, he himself almost collapsed several times as well.
Good thing the website persevered. Even the explosive news and all of the activity tonight didn’t manage to take down the website.
Finally, he was able to let out a breath of relief.
Meanwhile, other than the hosting party Rong Corp, the person who benefited most tonight would be Lin Ji, the man who was given the title of Koi King.
Pretty much one hour after winning the prize, Lin Ji’s picture was edited with Koi designs and then started to spread all over the internet.
This was the man who won a Maybach! It was even more impressive than winning 5 million dollars okay ahhhhhhh! So lemon!
Originally when Gao Ning saw Rong Qing wearing the ring on stage, her heart jumped. She thought that she’d have to stay up all night to do damage control.
Who would have thought!
Now she was staying up all night to manage the huge wave of new fans that Lin Ji gained!
Although beyond of her expectation, she still quickly ordered a huge nighttime snack and coffee over, and started working hard to solidify the fans.
This was a once in a blue moon opportunity!
Even if they only manage to keep 1%, it’d still increase Lin Ji’s fan base by a lot!
After ‘koi’ rolled its way on trending search, New Years quietly arrived. And Lin Ji got on a plane and flew to the foreign country where <<Mr.Wilson>> was being filmed.
Getting off the flight, the director of the production group actually arrived in person to welcome him. Not only that, several people also came with the director. This made Lin Ji rather surprised.
He just revealed a surprised expression when this clearly middle aged but exuberant director with a large beard faced him and shouted loudly: “Wilson!”
As if on instinct, Lin Ji called back his smile, straightened up his back and legs to stand as if he were nobility. The pinky of his right hand curved slightly. His eyelids lowered faintly to create a rather enigmatic and elusive expression. The warm, polite and modest young man moments ago disappeared without a trace, only leaving behind a handsome yet mysterious Asian man.
In a mere second, he already changed from Lin Ji into ‘Wilson.’
The people following the bearded director all opened their mouths wide in surprise and then carefully casted their gaze at a black haired young man that was standing close to the front.
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The young man also had an astonished expression. His facial features looked a little more pronounced than an Asian, and had a similar body structure as Lin Ji. However, his left shoulder was somewhat tilted. The shirt on this shoulder slid down and revealed an area of white skin, making him seem somewhat sloppy.
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He made a blunder. Originally he thought this Asian man was only picked by Uncle Wood because of his reputation and popularity in the Asian market. Who would have thought, his acting skills were outside of his expectations! It was actually passable!
Lin Ji became aware of the gazes of these people in front of him. He swept the corner of his eyes across the young man with black hair, pondered for a moment in his head and pretty much knew what’s going on.
He silently rejoiced that he didn’t let Rong Qing bring him over. Or else with Rong Qing beside him, how could he have turned into the extremely self-restrained Mr.Wilson.
However, with the situation at hand, it looks like his filming processes might not go as smoothly as he thought.
Lin Ji’s assumptions were correct.
Under Director Wood’s lead, Lin Ji arrived at the movie set. Director Wood arranged a residence specifically for him.
Thinking for a moment, Lin Ji decided to first stay for two days. If there were no problems, then have Rong Qing find another place for him.
Director Wood really did what he said. After making sure that Lin Ji didn’t need to adjust to the time difference, he immediately entered filming mode.
Lin Ji already thoroughly looked through the entirety of <<Mr.Wilson>>’s script. Nevertheless, at the initial stages of filming, because he was filming abroad, he still suffered a bit.
After NG’ing 3 times in a row, Lin Ji asked Director Wood for a moment to rest and directly walked over to start chatting to him about something.
The other people naturally stood idle where they were. Some people began to whisper quietly amongst themselves: “Oliver, are you just going to watch some Asian guy come and steal your spot like this? This is Mr.Wilson. Does your uncle really dislike you this much to let some unknown smock who can’t even act into your role?”
A woman with a big wave of gold hair stood gracefully next to the black haired young man, looking towards Lin Ji’s direction, revealing a hint of disdain in her eyes.
The black haired young man, Oliver, remained silent for a second: “Since Uncle Wood picked him, I have nothing to say. And plus, right now the entire world knows that this Asian man is coming to perform as Mr.Wilson.”
With this said, he was still unwilling to accept it. If it weren’t for this Asian, he would be the best candidate in front of Uncle Wood.
The woman gave him a surprised look and then suddenly sneered: “What, don’t tell me you’re scared, Oliver. A mere skinny Asian. Don’t tell me you didn’t see his shitty positioning just now. If even this kind of person was suitable, then the Mr.Wilson series might conclude with this movie. The entire world would scold Mr.Wilson for his foolish maneuvering. He clearly can’t even distinguish if he should face forward or backwards! Your uncle will be scorned because of this person!”
Oliver’s face color darkened as he turned to look at her: “Jennifer, you better watch what you’re saying. Although I can’t act as Mr.Wilson, I only need to have a brief chat with Uncle Wood and your little unimportant role can instantly switch to someone else.”
Jennifer’s face turned white. Lips trembling, she laughed coldly: “I really want to see if you can maintain this stubbornness of yours! With his positioning, every scene today will probably have to be redone!”
After speaking, she turned and left. Oliver’s complexion remained ugly. Although he didn’t want to acknowledge those worlds, he knew it’s the truth.
After Lin Ji and the director conversed for half an hour, he finally nodded his head. Director Wood indicated for him to watch the others first. Lin Ji also agreed with a nod of his head and found a suitable spot to the side. There weren’t any extra seats so he just casually squated there.
Oliver glanced at him. Deliberating over and over, he finally picked up his foot and walked towards Lin Ji. He squatted next to Lin Ji and waited for Lin Ji to start a conversation with him actively.
Afterall, normally when someone squatted next to you, you’d start saying something, right?
Especially since this Asian man came abroad alone. He definitely would want to find some people in the production group to become his friend.
Like this, Oliver waited a total of ten minutes. Lin Ji still didn’t look like he planned to greet him at all. Oliver gradually started to feel a bit gloomy. What’s wrong with this Asian man?
He turned his head and saw Lin Ji was currently concentrating all his attention on the film set. His focused appearance looked extremely single-minded.
Oliver was stunned briefly. He swore that even when he looked at the prettiest girl in the world, he never used such a serious and focused expression.
What was this Asian man doing?
The two crouched together for about 15 minutes. After this scene passed, Director Wood immediately called out to Lin Ji: “What do you think? If there’s no problem, then you can come start filming!”
Oliver was somewhat surprised. Didn’t this Asian just NG 3 times recently? Why would Uncle Wood be in such a hurry to get him on the set again? Wasn’t he afraid to waste film?
While he was still stunned, Lin Ji already stood up, mumbling something under his breath. Very quickly he got ready to perform.
“Action!”
The assistant clapped the clapboard. Lin Ji immediately matched with the camera lens and slowly walked down the stage prop airplane, step by step, looking casual like the light breeze and clouds floating by. With the last step, he suddenly turned his face and gave a deep and mysterious expression.
“Very good! Pass!” Director Wood instantly yelled in pleasant surprise. He walked over to Lin Ji in a few strides and laughed boisterously: “Not bad. Your learning ability is very impressive. Very on point. This is just what I wanted.”
Lin Ji let out a breath of relief. The corner of his mouth curved as he smiled widely. His 30 minutes of serious studying with the director was not in vain. He also observed the other actor’s outstanding positioning. This was the filming progress that he was used to.
As for the other people? They were all stunned!
Was this Asian man and the one that just NG’d 3 times before really the same person?
Especially Jennifer. She covered her mouth, her eyeballs were practically falling out of her eye sockets!
This was inconceivable!
Meanwhile, Oliver, who was still squatting in the same position, felt his complexion turn blue, then purple, then back to blue. He wasn’t dumb. He knew clearly that this Asian man had such a huge change because he was learning through observations from the side just now!
But, wasn’t this ability too strong?
However, Lin Ji continued to astonish them all.
This Asian actor was just like a real Mr.Wilson. He was smart, introverted, and mature. Not only his acting. His every single movement was brimming with an uniquely Asian charm!
Gradually, many disdaining gazes changed and started to chase Lin Ji’s every move with fascination.
Oliver… Oliver also watched Lin Ji’s figure dumbfounded. Before he didn’t understand why his uncle said that an Asian Mr.Wilson would inject a stimulant into the tired viewers of this series.
But now! He understood!
Was this the mysterious and infamous Asian charm? He never met any Asian like this before! But he simply can’t deny that he couldn’t move his gaze from this fascinating and charismatic man at all!
Especially when they reached a scene that required Mr.Wilson to rescue someone out of the water, and that thin shirt appropriately stuck to and displayed Lin Ji’s perfect body figure. Oliver inexplicably felt dry mouthed and irritated.
“Very good! Cut! Today, we’ll stop here. Lin, you’re very awesome!”
Lin Ji smiled, and accepted a big towel to wipe down. Thanking the director for his praise, he returned impatiently to his resting lounge and grabbed his phone.
Rong Qing, who knows if he missed him.
In three days will be the end of their two year agreement.
“Um…” Oliver, who followed him in, immediately saw Lin Ji reveal an expression that everyone understood well towards his phone.
Instantly, he felt an ache to his heart.
His unrequited love hasn’t even begun yet, and it’s already ended like this?
It was the fastest “from hate to love” what I see
Thank you for your translation 💙🤍💙🤍
And with the fastest ending too haha
+1 😂😂
+2 LMAO
From enemies to frenemies to nothing. U have no chance Oliver
Back lad, he’s taken by shameless devil Rong 👹👺
Sucks to be you, Oliver :/
This “mysterious Asian charm” Oriental Mystique thing is so cringe ☠ Embarrassing when authors blatantly project their racial insecurities into these Mary Sue wish fulfillment fantasies, why can’t he be impressive on his own without all this OMG AYY-ZHANN nonsense
Same, it’s off-putting when they do that
I feel like this is a very Western view because the author is definitely proud of their culture here and its uniqueness. This is not a white person writing about how exotic Asians are. It’s a Chinese person writing about how Chinese ppl are better than Westerners because they have a certain Asian flair. 😀
Thank You for the new chapter (ꈍ꒳ꈍ)♡