Chapter 1005: Why Should She Render Good for Evil!
This was the principle the veteran Gu Qingliu lived by all these years, which was why his reputation within and outside of the entertainment industry was unanimously good!
It would be apt to call Gu Qingliu a person of n.o.ble character and high prestige!
Lin Nuan’s opinion, however, was that if others treated her coldly, why should she render good for evil!
One quoted the cla.s.sics and ancient works, resulting in many memorable lines!
The other loaded her speech with references, every word a gem!
It was fascinating watching them!
The audience had clearly come to watch a recording, but for some reason, they ended up viewing a mild-looking yet tension-filled debate with their hearts raised to their throats.
Although the atmosphere was tense, Gu Qingliu and Lin Nuan chatted rather harmoniously. At the end of the show, he even invited Lin Nuan to his place when she was free!
Gu Qingliu said that he had no wife or kids and had never been good at befriending others. The only friend he had good chemistry with, despite the great difference in age, was the winner of the Best Actor Award, s.h.i.+ Hanchu! In the future, he hoped to be able to count the young Lin Nuan as his friend too!
After all… it was indeed rare to find a person as wise and intelligent as Lin Nuan. Gu Qingliu wasn’t stingy with his praise in front of the screens. He said that s.h.i.+ Hanchu kept telling him that Lin Nuan was very talented and intelligent, but it was only after meeting Lin Nuan personally today that he found out how much more knowledgeable Lin Nuan was than s.h.i.+ Hanchu had described her to be!
Gu Qingliu was a near-perfect existence in the entertainment industry, so by saying this, he was giving Lin Nuan his endors.e.m.e.nt…
It was rumored that when Gu Qingliu once played the role of a pianist in a TV drama, he got a Grade 10 certification in piano and was invited by the famous pianist Vladimir Vorobyov to perform onstage together.
When he played the role of a neurosurgeon, after reading thick medical books and theses published on the topic of neurosurgery, he nearly became half a doctor.
When he acted as a painter, Gu Qingliu learned oil painting and even personally consulted Ji Zibai, a G.o.d-like existence in the art world. Ji Zibai even praised Gu Qingliu, saying his painting skills had reached the peak of perfection. Because of Gu Qingliu’s fame and name, the oil painting he painted in the drama even fetched a price of 30 million at auction!
When he was asked to act as an emperor, Gu Qingliu perused the “Records of the Grand Historian”[1] and folklore concerning that period of history. During filming, he was able to point out the wrong usage of several terms, as well as some errors in the aesthetics and costumes.
Gu Qingliu wasn’t merely being polite when he expressed his hopes for Lin Nuan to visit him. When the recording ended, before leaving, Gu Qingliu shook hands with Lin Nuan, reminding her yet again to visit him, even enthusiastically fixing the date right then and there.
Lin Nuan laughed and said, “I’ll visit you with my husband during the Chinese New Year!”
Gu Qingliu had heard of Fu Huai’an. Although he didn’t really a.s.sociate with businessmen, since Lin Nuan said this, Gu Qingliu couldn’t very well reject. He smiled and nodded.
After recording “Talking with Lin Nuan” in the morning, Lin Nuan had to rush to film “After Heroes” in the afternoon…
This morning’s recording was too free from inhibitions and exhausted too much energy, so Lin Nuan’s throat felt like it was on fire. After gulping down some water, she rushed to the next filming location. On the way there, she fell asleep in the car.
“I think after this episode with Gu Qingliu is broadcasted, Nuan Nuan will be plastered with another label!”
Fang Yan, who was seated beside Lin Nuan and reading emails on her phone, suddenly said with a smile.
You Nainai, who was in the front pa.s.senger seat, looked unconcerned. On the other hand, Mu Taotao, who was seated in the last row, edged forward, grabbing Fang Yan’s backrest. “Is it because Sister Nuan fought the knowledgeable Gu Qingliu to a draw in a debate?”
“If Nuan Nuan didn’t have some substance, would she be able to talk about the ancient and modern with Gu Qingliu? Look at how Gu Qingliu’s att.i.tude changed from one of indifference at the start to pa.s.sionate towards the end.”
Fang Yan locked her phone screen and looked out the window. “All these years, who has Gu Qingliu acknowledged? But all of those whom Gu Qingliu acknowledged back then have either attained a lofty position now or have boundless prospects!”
“That means our Sister Nuan will have boundless prospects in the future too!” Mu Taotao’s eyes lit up as she said this.
Fang Yan smiled, looking pleased…
Her phone vibrated. Lowering her head and seeing that it was an unknown number, Fang Yan didn’t answer it!
She knew that it must be her ex-husband!
Recently, Fang Yan’s ex-husband had been calling and sending messages to hara.s.s her. If Fang Yan didn’t answer his call, he would bombard her with messages. After she blocked his number, he would switch to a different number…
Indeed, shortly after, Fang Yan received a text message from her ex-husband. He asked to reconcile, shamelessly claiming that he harbored old feelings for Fang Yan. He badgered her to get back together with him on account of their kids so that their kids wouldn’t have to grow up without a father!
Fang Yan looked coldly at the incoming messages, then blocked the new number.
Her work number rang. Fang Yan adjusted her emotions and answered the call. It was a call from the agency!
After Fang Yan gave detailed instructions, she said, “When Nuan Nuan and Gu Qingliu’s episode is broadcasted, there will surely be people who nitpick on her speech and make a fuss of it. You guys need to be prepared!”
Fang Yan had always been one who took precautions beforehand. She was never one to fight a battle she wasn’t confident about, preferring to be fully prepared before the storm struck.
Although Lin Nuan’s line—why should she render good for evil when someone treated her coldly— was correct, there would surely be people who harped on this. Since Lin Nuan was debating the highly-esteemed Gu Qingliu, there was a greater likelihood of her getting attacked.
But Fang Yan wasn’t worried at all, because she was confident that after this, Lin Nuan’s image would be fuller and more three-dimensional.
No matter how perfect a person was, they would have their own edge. She wanted the media and public to know that Lin Nuan was a person who wasn’t afraid to love and hate, as well as someone who clearly distinguished between kindness and hatred.
In today’s society, saints and white lotuses[2] were no longer in fas.h.i.+on. Instead, girls like this that had some edge to them were more popular…
Maybe it was because humans’ self-consciousness had elevated, as they now thought more importantly of themselves!
Fang Yan had seen the fickleness of the world!
She knew that there were plenty of incidents where people requited kindness with ingrat.i.tude, but those who repaid evil with good mostly ended up hurting themselves and ended up pleasing no one!
The reason Gu Qingliu could speak in such a relaxed tone about this was that he had achieved a certain status and because of his ident.i.ty…
But how many people with Gu Qingliu’s status and ident.i.ty existed in this world? There were too many ordinary people in this world. Sometimes, these kind people would be made use of by the ill-intentioned, and the good people ended up being the ones who were doomed eternally.
Fang Yan had it carved into her heart that humans could be vicious.
This was everyone’s first try at being human in this lifetime, and everyone had only one life, a life span of at most a hundred years. Why should one repay ingrat.i.tude with kindness just to appear more charismatic!
From how Fang Yan saw it, true charisma was being able to live freely and at ease!
[1] a monumental history of ancient China and the world, which was finished around 94 BC
[2] a term used sarcastically to refer to girls who seemed nice on the outside but who were actually rotten on the inside