Chapter 594: Chapter 594
While Luo You and Zhang Ming were still exchanging their experiences on how to handle their unruly children, outside, at the red carpet area, a small frenzy suddenly erupted.
After a foreign film crew had passed by, Duan Yu and others officially stepped onto the red carpet!
Leading the way were three directors walking in front, making their appearance first.
When the media journalists saw a new crew arriving, they symbolically snapped a few photos and were about to put their cameras down when, suddenly, the Huaxia media beside them became excited, their cameras clicking non-stop!
The foreign reporters were stunned for a moment, glanced around, and realized that it wasn’t just the Huaxia journalists beside them who were excited—every journalist from Huaxia was very excited.
Huaxia journalists were easy to recognize because of their yellow skin color, which is unique to Asians.
And, since few Asian films were nominated at the Berlin Film Festival, there were also very few Asian journalists present, making them stand out among a crowd of white-skinned reporters.
The foreign reporters subconsciously picked up their cameras to take photos again, still looking rather clueless as they couldn’t understand what the Asian media was so excited about.
"He Jinxia, look here! Look here!" shouted a journalist who couldn’t get a proper shot of He Jinxia’s face.
His shout seemed to set off a chain reaction, as more and more journalists joined in, calling out He Jinxia’s name.
"He Jinxia! He Jinxia! He Jinxia..."
Influenced by the enthusiasm of the Asian media, foreign media journalists also began taking pictures, even though many of them didn’t know who He Jinxia was.
Xu Xiuzi and Xi Jing, standing to the left and right of He Jinxia, could feel the atmosphere of adoration for He Jinxia the most, with the flashlights creating a blinding sea of white everywhere they looked.
Having never experienced such a large-scale event before, they were practically scared.
For the first time, they directly felt how terrifying He Jinxia’s popularity in Huaxia was and how welcome she was among Huaxia media journalists!
Xu Xiuzi resolved in her heart that one day, she would surpass He Jinxia and become even more popular than she was now!
No matter what others thought, He Jinxia walked through the center with elegance and composure, neither hurriedly nor slowly, a peaceful smile on her face.
Unlike Xu Xiuzi and Xi Jing who seemed somewhat overwhelmed, He Jinxia was used to these occasions and thrived in them.
She raised her hand, pausing for a moment amidst the shouts of the journalists, and swayed from side to side, slightly stopping her movement, posing in a way that made it easier for the media journalists to take photos. Read complete versıon only at novel★fire.net
Every crew has a set time on the red carpet during which its members can pause for the media to take photos.
As He Jinxia stopped, Xu Xiuzi and Xi Jing could not help but pause as well, standing on both sides of Jinxia. Seeing Jinxia pose, they subconsciously followed suit, imitating her.
The media wanted individual photos of He Jinxia alone and were not interested in other stars. After taking a few group photos of the trio, some journalists shouted, "Excuse me, make way. Let me take a few solo shots of He Jinxia!"
The journalists were passionate as they shouted and gestured for the two women to quickly move aside.
Xi Jing heard their voices and her face flushed with embarrassment.
She quickly stepped aside to put some distance between herself and He Jinxia.
Xu Xiuzi’s eyes twinkled, and after only a second’s hesitation, she made up her mind, decided to act as if she hadn’t heard the media, and forcefully attempted to squeeze next to He Jinxia to take photos together!
Clearly, Xu Xiuzi was openly trying to ride on He Jinxia’s popularity!
Her behavior dissatisfied the media, but they were powerless to do anything about it. After all, even though they had verbally shooed people away, if someone refused to leave, what could they do?
Even He Jinxia couldn’t say anything about it.
Although she didn’t kind of behavior, in the entertainment circle, there were plenty of people who did it. As long as it made them famous, this little bit of clout-chasing counted for nothing.
For now, it was just about photobombing, which was still manageable. What she feared most was after the closing ceremony, during the group photo shoot, Xu Xiuzi might brazenly fight for the center spot and even resort to shoving. Such incidents could happen.
Taking photos meant dozens of high-definition cameras were aimed at the stars, capturing every move they made, even if it was just a flick of their hair or talking with someone.
He Jinxia remembered that last year at a major music event, an up-and-coming female star had caused a stir by shoving the person in front of her to compete for camera time. Seizing the moment a gap opened in front, the female star squeezed in.
The entire scene was recorded by the cameras. When she pushed the person, a gentle smile was on her face, and when she took the opportunity to squeeze in, the smile remained, truly a case of an angelic smile with a devil’s heart.
The music event had been quite grand, with live streaming, and this scene was not only captured by the cameras but also inadvertently recorded by the live stream.
Even though the live camera wasn’t focused on them at the time, the female star’s jostling just on the edge of the frame, but even that edge was noticed by sharp-eyed netizens.
Consequently, a barrage of mocking comments erupted. Many netizens demanded, through live comments, that the female star leave the entertainment industry! They criticized her for disrespecting the aging stars in the circle, forgetting everything upon becoming famous!
Although Huaxia’s entertainment industry doesn’t have as clear-cut star rankings as some other countries, where regardless of fame, juniors must bow and salute upon meeting their seniors in the circle,
openly, all stars were trying to create an atmosphere of harmony and friendship.
If a star broke this unspoken rule, they would face severe punishment.
Indeed, it was proven that after the event, within just three days, the endorsements of the female star who climbed up by pushing others were canceled.
Having no other choice, she took to the internet to issue a public apology letter, and even recorded a video of herself crying and admitting her mistakes, to no avail.
Within just a week, this female star disappeared from the entertainment industry, unable to make even a ripple ever again.
He Jinxia was multitasking, thinking about things while outwardly responding to the media’s requests with a warm and polite smile.
The splendid red carpet moment was brief. The journalists felt they hadn’t taken enough photos when it was almost time. He Jinxia and the others orderly exited the scene, entering the awards ceremony venue.
The male directors who were ahead of them had already been waiting at the entrance. Duan Yu joked,
"You female stars really have it good. Not like us old guys—the media doesn’t even bother to pretend, just snaps a few photos and ignores you, waving us off without taking a cloud with them."