Everyone Says I Ride on the Movie King's Fame, Only the Movie King Knows I'm His Creditor - Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Before Dark Tide premiered, the production side was worried.
They were afraid the public opinion surrounding Shen Yan and me would affect the box office.
The director called me into the editing room and hesitated for a long while.
In the end, he said, “Jiang Tang, don’t look online.”
I said, “I do.”
The director froze.
“Doesn’t it hurt?”
“It does.”
I smiled.
“But the people cursing me bought tickets.”
The director was silent for a long time before giving me a thumbs-up.
On the first day Dark Tide hit theaters, I went to the midnight screening.
I didn’t tell anyone.
I sat in the last row, wearing a cap and a mask.
Shen Yan sat beside me.
I looked at him.
“How did you know I was here?”
“Sister Chen told me.”
Great.
The people around me were getting easier and easier to buy off.
Once the movie started, I didn’t speak again.
Dark Tide was a suspense film.
I played the third female lead, a taciturn witness.
I didn’t have many scenes.
But I had one major scene.
On a rainy night, she discovers the male lead isn’t the killer, but because she’s afraid of losing the life she has now, she chooses to stay silent.
In the end, she stands in court and tells the truth.
When we filmed that scene, the entire internet had just been cursing me for clout-chasing.
The director asked if I wanted to take a break.
I said no.
Because I understood that feeling all too well-the feeling of wanting to speak, but fearing you’d be swallowed whole the moment you opened your mouth.
On the big screen, I stood in the witness stand.
The camera pushed in on my eyes.
I said, “It isn’t that I only saw the truth today.”
“It’s that today is the day I finally dared to say it.”
The theater was very quiet.
Beside me, Shen Yan’s breathing went light for an instant.
After the movie ended, the audience filed out one after another.
In the row ahead, two girls were discussing in low voices.
“Jiang Tang’s acting is actually pretty good.”
“How come she never got popular before?”
“No idea. Maybe she didn’t have the resources.”
I lowered my head and smiled.
Shen Yan looked at me.
“Happy?”
“A little.”
“Only a little?”
“I’m afraid if I’m too happy, it’ll make me look like I’ve never seen the world.”
He was very serious.
“Then see it a few more times.”
On the third day after Dark Tide premiered, I became a trending topic.
Not with Shen Yan.
It was:
#JiangTangWitnessStandScene#
At last, a lot of normal voices appeared in the comments.
[Her gaze has so many layers.]
[I only knew she was always getting dragged before. I didn’t expect her acting to be this solid.]
[Help, when Jiang Tang said, “Today is the day I finally dared to say it,” I got goosebumps.]
Of course, some people were still being sarcastic.
[Stop trying to whitewash her. She’s still just clout-chasing.]
But this time, even more people replied to him:
[Did she clout-chase your Movie King’s acting skills?]
I looked at that comment and laughed in a very undignified way.
Shen Yan sent me a message.
Shen Yan: Congratulations, Teacher Jiang.
I replied: Thank you, debtor.
His reply came very quickly.
Shen Yan: Is my creditor free tonight?
I asked: For what?
Shen Yan: To pay interest.
I stared at the screen for a long time.
Finally, I replied: Bring the contract.
