Facing this question, Qin Wei's answer was—
"It doesn't matter if I'm popular or not, I don't matter either. What matters is the drama, and most importantly, all that matters is that you guys like it."
Host:
"Weiwei is very modest! I'm currently watching it myself and I feel it's very good. I also hope everyone can support Weiwei's new drama."
Next up on the red carpet is the actress we all know, Qiao Sixiao. She is also the female lead of Starlight.
Weiwei, I heard that you two have an exceptionally good relationship. Do you want to wait for her at the end of the red carpet?"
Live comments:
"The host really understands the needs of humble cp fans. She might be an ally. I'm going to follow her now!"
"For them to appear on screen together now is already considered feeding us sugar"
"Just seeing them together makes me satisfied..."
"This is amazing! And then Xiao Qiao's dad leads her by the hand, and walks with her to the end of the red carpet, and then hands Xiao Qiao over into goose's hands! Today is their wedding!"
"???"
"Don't you know the proper etiquette? What are you dancing around for? We already said cp fans can say whatever they want in the group chat and on social media, but in front of the celebrities themselves, unless they are the ones who actively feed us sugar, don't go around dancing. Did you forget? What will outsiders and passersby think? Do you think the awards show is your own territory?"
"Their cp fans are so strict!!!"
...
Qin Wei showed a polite smile. Her roommate was still angry at her, so if she stubbornly stayed, wouldn't she just be freeloading of her popularity and getting in her way? It would be a fruitless endeavor.
"Teacher Qiao's segment is next. I'll head over to take photos first."
After Qin Wei finished speaking, the host could not force her to stay either. She let Qin Wei leave with the staff members and head backstage to continue working.
As Qin Wei walked down the stairs, she heard the host start interacting with Qiao Sixiao. They were very close, but Qin Wei didn't look back. She followed the staff down a hallway and started taking photos.
"Qin Wei look over here!"
"Qin Wei smile for us!"
"Qin Wei, this way, this way!"
...
She cooperated with taking photos for two minutes, but when time was up, all sorts of media outlets tried to get her to stay longer with various excuses. Even a fool could guess what kind of photos they actually wanted to take.
While the media stubbornly clung onto her refusing to let her leave, the next celebrity had already arrived.
Qiao Sixiao wore a white one-shouldered satin gown. It was carefully designed with an elegant yet alluring style.
Their eyes met, but neither was very happy.
"Look over here, you two!"
"This way, this way!"
"Ma'ams! Please give our side a chance too!"
Both of them were stone-faced, but still tried their best to cooperate with the media's requests—but they only cooperated separately:
You're facing left? Alright, then I'll face right.
"Ma'ams, please get closer, be more intimate. Ms Qiao lean your head towards Ms Qin and hold her arm..."
The two automatically ignored such excessive demands and refused to cooperate.
After she arrived, Qin Wei only lingered for thirty more seconds. Then regardless of how the media personnel tried to make her stay, she had to leave. Everyone could tell if they didn't let her go soon, she was going to lose her temper.
Compared to before, she was already being exceptionally calm and cooperative right now.
Even though there was practically no "appearing together" in this appearance, no one dared to complain either.
Qin Wei had walked several steps away but then suddenly turned back with a imposing manner. The lively backstage instantly quieted down, with all eyes fixed on the returning Qin Wei.
Even Qiao Sixiao was surprised and didn't know why she had returned.
Everyone assumed she returned to confront Qiao Sixiao, but instead she stopped in front of an inconspicuous cameraman and said in a cold voice:
"Open up your camera's photo album and let me see."
Everyone froze in shock, including the cameraman who had been asked to do this. His face immediately flushed in embarrassment.
"Ms...Ms Qin? I didn't mean to take bad...photos..."
Qin Wei's face was ominous. "But the angles you used to take photos were very strange. Why did you need to hold your camera so high up? And what photos required you to crouch on the ground?"
Upon hearing this, everyone else was in the industry, so they understood what had happened.
What they thought was Qin Wei being unreasonable turned out to be the other party harboring malicious intents.
The cameraman grew even more embarrassed but did not refute her or cooperate.
"Be quick about it."
Qin Wei was out of patience to drag this out with him. Seeing that he didn't budge an inch, she reached out to grab the camera from him.
"That's enough."
Qiao Sixiao walked over and held onto her hand. She then signaled the security personnel to come over and check the camera for inappropriate photos.
Sure enough, there were many oddly-angled shots inside.
And it wasn't targeting any particular female celebrity either.
Many female celebrities invited to the awards show wore rather revealing gowns. Photos taken at normal angles wouldn't be inappropriate, but shooting from overly high or low positions could capture somewhat indecent images.
Unscrupulous media could then use such photos to gain attention and smear these female celebrities for wearing inappropriate outfits at public events just to garner attention.
They would deliberately manufacture some "slip" photos purely to gain more publicity. These were common tricks of the trade. Aside from condemning and clarifying, there wasn't much the photographed female celebrities could do.
Did the crowds eating melons online care about their well-being? They only cared about the gossip.
The cameraman who was caught looked very awkward. The other colleagues also looked down on him in contempt.
"Ugh! We were invited here as proper media personnel! We were worried people like you mixed in. Guys like you have ruined the reputation of this industry!"
"Hmph! Ill-omened!"
Qiao Sixiao looked at the time. The next celebrity would come soon. She arranged for Xiao Wang and the security personnel to report this to the police, then ushered Qin Wei to leave first.
"Everyone else was taking perfectly normal photos. Only he had wandering eyes and was running around like he was up to no good. I found it odd initially and walked away a few steps, but then I thought of your dress and realized what kind of photos he was trying to take..."
As they walked, Qin Wei was still resentful.
"It's fine now that you caught him. The various teams can notify him later. They ought to say thanks to you afterwards."
Qiao Sixiao gently stroked her back to placate her anger.
"If you make that kind of expression on camera, the media will say your were throwing a tantrum and acting like a diva the entire time."
Teacher Qiao made an accurate prediction. One media outlet did manage to capture photos and wrote an article:
【Shocking! Once cp now be, Qin does this to her!】
Qin Wei was easy to appease. After being consoled for a bit, her anger dissipated. As they walked towards the main event hall, she asked:
"Didn't you have a red gown? How come you didn't wear it?"
"Oh, I just didn't want my dress to clash with the red one D Entertainment got for you. It would make you look inferior."
"Thanks, but you didn't need to do that."
Qin Wei pointed to her own black gown. What a coincidence, she also didn't want to clash outfits.
Qiao Sixiao sighed. She didn't argue with her further and muttered to herself:
"If I had known, I would've worn that one. Then I wouldn't have given people with ulterior motives a chance to look for angles to shoot..."
"No, it wasn't your fault. You have the freedom to choose what to wear. It was the fault of the photographer. What gives him the right? Next time we'll both wear red again!"
As she spoke, she sneakily glanced at Qiao Sixiao again, "But to be honest...white, really..."
Qiao Sixiao's face darkened. She fiercely hammered Qin Wei's back.
Qin Wei rubbed her back with a pained look, "I meant...your gown!!!"
