Chapter 13 - The Movie Queen's Domineering Fan (13)

Qiao Zixin’s film was finished after two months of filming. The news received from the outside all questioned the new Director’s competence. What good film can be made in such a quick and hasty manner? But what they don’t know is that this production team has advantages that no one else has. They are united in their efforts, not afraid of hardship or fatigue. They often work 18 hours a day and sleep directly in the production studio when time is tight, thus minimizing the shooting time and saving a lot of money.

After filming the movie, everyone lost a lot of weight, but everyone was in high spirits, and they were just waiting for the movie to win an award and start the first steps for their team!

Xu Zifan took a couple of editors and rotate their shifts. It took only half a month to finish the last editing, which was quicker than normal. Then immediately sent to the state for review, sent to participate in awards, and the running scheduled for release. He was so busy that even Qiao Zixin hadn’t seen him around. Thanks to the fact that the film is only a feature film without any special effects, otherwise it would take months no matter how quick they worked, and it would not be able to catch up with the awards at the end of the year.

(TNote: State review= It means that he sent it to a government office where films and other works like books etc etc, are reviewed by the government before they are deemed ‘safe for public consumption’. Some are rated, some are banned entirely.)

At the same time, the promotion of the film was also in full swing, and the trailer was well received as soon as it was released. At first, Qiao Zixin was cowardly and incompetent, with hunched over shoulders, a close-up of her eyes made people feel her despair through the screen. The man’s iron fist gave her goose bumps. Then the camera turned and the child ran out. Qiao Zixin cried frantically for help from the police and fought with people. She was looking for her child everywhere, on the streets and lanes. Suddenly there was a scene where she was pressed on the ground by several men. Xu Zifan rushed in and had a big fight with several men. He took Qiao Zixin’s hand and ran as fast as he could. After that, Qiao Zixin squatted on the ground crying loudly and broke his heart.

Then the camera turned again, Qiao Zixin’s face showed a determined expression. No matter what she did, she was full of fighting spirit, positive and upward. She suppressed the depression deeply inside her heart, and Xu Zifan was watching her silently not far away. Then a skinny child cried ‘help’ to the camera. Xu Zifan hugged the child and fell to the ground with his head broken. Qiao Zixin rushed over to him and panicked. tears kept flowing and despair appeared in her eyes again.

The trailer came to an abrupt end here. Many netizens were shocked to find themselves in tears, but they could not help wiping away their tears. Their first reaction was to rush to the official blog and ask what happened after that. What was the outcome? Did Xu Zifan die or not? Did Qiao Zixin save the child? Will justice come at last? Have the villagers been punished?

Netizens have countless questions, all of which are generated around the trailer. Others went to the website to buy the original novel, but the plot in the trailer has obviously been adapted, which is different from the original. They are worried and eager to see the follow-up of this story. Because, no matter when, domestic violence and human traffickers are the objects of people’s extreme disgust. Did a tragic character like Qiao Zixin finally get saved?

On the same day, #Qiao Zixin was hit in the first scene by domestic violence#, #Qiao Zixin’s desperate eyes#, #Qiao Zixin’s new movie#, and it was only at this time that people learned that the name of the new movie was ‘A Strong Mother’. A very common sentence, a very easy-to-understand name, but when applied to a weak and incompetent woman, it can make people feel its meaning even more deeply.

At the same time, there were also #the most shocking cases of domestic violence#, #why no death sentence for buying and selling people#, which suddenly gained much more social attention, and also made ‘A Strong Mother’ one of the most popular movies in recent years; Stealing all the limelight from Xingchen’s new movie ‘Double Agent’, which they are trying to promote. Xingchen’s Lady Boss once again blogged a statement that insinuated ‘A Strong Mother’, even if it’s a good film, it would be ruined by Qiao Zixin, she is not an actress of that style.

This time no one was on Xingchen’s side at all. They all ran to scold her for not speaking kindly. At least she used to be the god-sister, but she stepped on her sister endlessly. How could she have any grace of a President’s wife? Indeed, as expected, she has passed through too many scandals when she was young, even if she becomes the wife of the President, she can’t change the shameless despicability in her bones!

Xingchen’s Lady Boss and netizens battled off a wave of words about Qiao Zixin. However, this time Qiao Zixin didn’t come. Xu Zifan didn’t hire a water army to hype it. The netizens’ spontaneous care alone, left Qiao Zixin in an invincible position! This is all because Xu Zifan’s previous successful mechanism, it gave netizens the impression that Qiao Zixin had been bullied innocently and fought hard. At this time, they were willing to defend her. Moreover, this is not a fake set up, and this is what Qiao Zixin really seems like. In the future, more and more people will be on her side, because she will never collapse.

Xu Zifan handed over the online affairs to Luo Fenfen. Luo Fenfen has been with him for so long that she has learned about how to deal with emergency situations. She is responsible for the internet marketing when there is no big deal. Xu Zifan turned the rest of the team into Public Relations and the Marketing Department. Luo Fenfen led public relations to steer the direction of public opinion in all fields, and to direct it once anything was found wrong. Lan Gui led the marketing department and used all kinds of free publicity methods to publicize the movie. The team took action again.

However, the simplest marketing method is actually to let Qiao Zixin accept an interview. She hasn’t responded to those things directly after the incident. If she makes a wave of sympathy during the interview and then launches the movie, the marketing effect will be at its best.

Today, Xu Zifan came home late at night and found Qiao Zixin still awake, sitting on the sofa watching TV. Qiao Zixin came forward to help him with his coat as soon as she saw him. Xu Zifan gave a wave of his hand, “I came by myself. I’m drunk. Why haven’t you slept?”

Qiao Zixin pursed her lips and said, “I’m waiting for you. I need to talk to you.”

Xu Zifan looked up at her after changing his shoes. She didn’t feel relieved when she came across something difficult. He smiled and said, “I’ll wash first. I’ll come out and talk to you in a moment.”

“Hmm.” Qiao Zixin watched him enter the room and she went to the kitchen to bring out some warm sobering soup. She made this by reading the recipe on the Internet and tried it many times. Although it is not very delicious, it should be able to relieve alcohol effects when reading the reviews of some people on the Internet. She brought another plate of cakes from the pot, which she bought from the hotel in the afternoon, and it was still delicious.

Xu Zifan came out after a quick shower, wiped his hair, picked his eyebrows when he saw what was on the table, he went over and sat down. Qiao Zixin pushed something in front of him. “This is the sobering soup I made. It’s not as good as yours. Just drink it. You’ll have time to teach me how to do it some other day.”

Xu Zifan looked at her hand and saw a red spot on the back of her hand and two small cuts on her fingertips, which should have been hurt when she was making sobering soup. He said nothing, picked up the sobering soup and drank it all. Qiao Zixin saw this and said, “you didn’t eat well outside, did you? I bought this from the hotel on the south side of the community. It’s not sweet at all, and it isn’t too soft. Why don’t you try it?”

Xu Zifan picked up a small white cake and ate one after the other. It was really not sweet, but it had a clear fragrance and was very suitable to his tastes. He nodded and smiled, “It’s delicious. I was hungry. Thank you.”

Qiao Zixin smiled and said, “you’re welcome. You’re busy, and came back so late because of me.” She hesitated for a moment and said, “In fact, I also know some people. Although I don’t have any contacts, shouldn’t it be easier for me to go to dinner with you and have drinks with you?”

Xu Zifan picked up another piece of cake and put it in his mouth. He smiled and said, “No, I won’t let you go drinking with others.” He looked at Qiao Zixin. “Is this what you want to tell me?”

Qiao Zixin shook her head. “No, I wanted to say that I can take an interview. Since my incident, I have never responded positively to those remarks about me. Now everyone wants to see me. If I accept an interview, tell them something they want to know, and then push the movie, wouldn’t it be better for publicity? I’m sure I can get a lot of attention, don’t you think?”

Xu Zifan thought for a moment and analyzed her: “Although many people think that you are innocent now, your position has already gone down. Whether you can turn over or not depends on the box office results of this movie. Before the movie is broadcasted, your attendance at any program will not be taken seriously. On the contrary, the program team will use you as a gimmick to attract the audience and ask you some questions you are not willing to answer regardless of your wishes. Therefore, if you go on a show, we must wait until the results of the movie come out. As long as your box office influence is still there, you will still be the top actress and no one will dare to neglect you. ”

Qiao Zixin gave him a look, lowered her eyes to the table top, her hands entwined unconsciously under the table, and whispered: “I just think you are too busy. I want to use a simple method to prevent you from being so tired.”

Xu Zifan laughed lightly: “I’m not tired. I said I would help you get back to the top. How can I feel tired when I’m just getting started? Don’t worry, I won’t let you be wronged again.”

He ate all the remaining cakes and brought out the medicine kit from a cupboard. “I’ll smear some medicine for you, or the wound will hurt and heal too slowly.”

He sterilized Qiao Zixin’s wound and then gently dabbed it with a cotton swab with ointment, looking serious and attentive. Qiao Zixin quietly looked up at his side face, and a smile flowed inadvertently from the corners of her mouth. He is obviously a man who looks very powerful, but the movements of his hands are so gentle, just like him. He always arranges everything silently, thoughtfully and carefully.

Xu Zifan gave her some medicine and told her not to get it wet at night and to go to bed early. Qiao Zixin nodded in response. After she returned to her room, she raised her hand and pressed it against her heart. She felt her heart beat much faster than usual. She bowed her head and smiled. If it was this person, it must be the right person, right?