Chapter 91: Blooming Nebula

Xia Xiqing never thought that Zhou Ziheng would return the painting to him on his twenty-sixth birthday. Looking at his name on the nameplate of the picture frame, his eyes were slightly astringent. This painting disappeared for many years, and he almost held a kind of escape mentality, not looking for it, not thinking about it, as if as long as it didn't exist, he never cared about the so-called family, and he never got hurt.

But escape is escape after all. He cannot deny that there are too many emotions that are too complicated to express in this painting, and this emotion contains love. Zhou Ziheng understands this, so he will help him find it and repair his broken heart.

Zhou Ziheng is always able to find his weakness with great precision, and then protect it with his warm palm, regardless of whether he likes it or not, he is always idealistic. But he had to admit that he hit the heart every time.

Seeing that the event started in an orderly manner, Xia Xiqing's originally nervous heart also relaxed a lot. Among the guests, there were originally many media from the literary and art circles who reported on the event, and Xia Xiqing also accepted an interview accordingly.

"How did you get on the road of artistic creation?"

This question is not very level. Xia Xiqing smiled at the female reporter who asked the question, "I am so impressed."

"So you mean that your family is also engaged in this profession?"

"I think the activities of this art museum have little to do with my family." Xia Xiqing began to doubt the purpose of the female reporter. He tried to escape from it, but found that he was surrounded by another part of the media.

"Excuse me, how did you get into the "Tracking" crew?"

"There are rumors that you brought money into the group. Could you please clarify the relationship between the investors of the "Following" crew and you?"

It turned out to be for the movie. Xia Xi should have thought early in the morning that the huge response after the release of the trailer for this film will make some people jealous sooner or later. It seems that he feels that there is no breakthrough from Zhou Ziheng and the director, and he can only start from himself. Although Xia Xiqing is not a member of the entertainment industry, after being splashed with dirty water so many times, he is already very familiar with the routines of this circle.

Under the timely response of the assistant, the security personnel came to control the scene.

"Excuse me, please leave the exhibition hall."

"We are the invited media, how can you expel us casually?"

With a smile on his face, Xia Xiqing held down the arms of the security guards beside him, "It's alright." He gave these reporters a professional smirk, "As long as you don't ask anything unrelated to this event, of course you won't be expelled. Anyway, we also have video recordings here, if there is any discrepancy between your reports and the situation at the scene, we will of course pursue legal responsibility according to law." After speaking, he added as if joking, "I am a person who pays close attention to money. I'm sure everyone knows that."

Seeing the embarrassment on the faces of those reporters, Xia Xiqing smiled innocently, "Don't you want to interview? Shall we talk about El Greco's dark colors first? Or the fluid light in William Turner's pen?"

After dismissing the headless entertainment reporters, Xia Xiqing walked to the second floor and poured a glass of champagne. When he calmed down, he felt that this matter was not so simple. Just now, those entertainment reporters kept talking about the investment of "Tracking". Could it be that the competitor deliberately took advantage of the fact that the investor did not disclose it, and set up a name for bringing his own capital into the group?

He actually wanted to bring funds directly into the group, but he didn't give him this chance.

Tried to dial Jiang Yin's phone. While the line was busy, Xia Xiqing thought for a while, originally wanted to call Zhou Ziheng, but finally gave up. He said earlier that he was shooting a perfume commercial, but it should not be over yet.

In order to understand the situation, Xia Xiqing took a look on the Internet. For the time being, there were no hot searches related to the investment of "Tracking" on the hot search list, but when he clicked on the hot search about "Tracking", some marketing accounts had already started to pick up investors. When Zhou Zijing invested in the name of a media subsidiary he acquired before, and signed a non-disclosure agreement, netizens could not see the publicity of this part of the investment.

There are similar comments under the Weibo of several marketing accounts. One wave is that this semi-anonymous investment is tricky, and the other wave is directed at Xia Xiqing himself.

[@eat melon masses No. 1: How can there be melons when there is Xia Xiqing? Xia Xiqing is really a "treasure boy". ]

[@waiting for you 333: I think this kind of thing has something to do with bringing money into the group. Xia Xiqing, a student of painting, can now act in a play. What about those actors who came from a professional school but can’t act? It’s really ironic. ]

Such rhetoric abounds, and the purpose of the rhythm couldn’t be more obvious. To Xia Xiqing's surprise, the response of the filmmakers was astonishingly fast this time. He refreshed the homepage and read the clarification issued by the film's official Weibo.

[@Movie Tracking Official Weibo: Recently, speculations about the investment of "Tracking" on the Internet are all untrue. The following is the investment agreement. We will definitely investigate the fraudulent behavior. ]

The important parts of this investment agreement have been coded, but the amount of 85 million and the full name of the investor Xingye Media are reserved. In addition to this one, it also includes the investment agreement of the director himself and producer Jiang Yin.

The purpose of publicizing the investors is to block those rumors that claim to be "black water investment", but to be honest, it does not prove Xia Xiqing's innocence. He knows all too well that these marketing accounts can completely link his name to any of these investors, whether it is Xing Ye, who is the most important, and Zhou Zijing behind him, or the director, or even Jiang Yin, who can become his patron. That's the tricky part.

Jiang Yin's phone call came in suddenly, and Xia Xiqing answered it quickly. The other party sounded calm, but seemed to be looking for a way.

"Xi Qing, you should have been harassed by reporters."

"Yeah. A group just came and was driven away by me. Did you find out who stabbed in the back?"

Jiang Yin said with anger, "After tracking the postponement of the release, I ran into a movie with a big investment, and the other party was also a double male lead, but the topic level couldn't catch up, so I thought about ruining the reputation before the release, so that everyone would not Go and see."

Just know. Xia Xiqing stood in front of a window in the corner of the second floor with his mobile phone in his hand, thinking.

There was no other way, even though Xia Xiqing never wanted to do this.

"How about this, Sister Yin, you should have some marketing accounts under your control? Pretend to tell me about my background, and I will give you the information when the time comes, but I won't be able to get it out." Xia Xiqing's tone was completely indifferent. , "Just spread it out for everyone to see and see who can take care of me."

I have a birthday at the end of the year, and have to expose family background for the movie. The stalk of self-exploding players can't be taken off for a lifetime.

Three hours later, a video was reposted wildly on the Internet. It was the funeral of Xi Hewei, a domestic sculptor, and the one standing in the front carrying the coffin for Mr. Xi was the traffic painter Xia Xiqing who was on the cusp of the storm every day.

[@Gossip Visit: Some netizens picked up the funeral of the sculptor, Mr. Xi, isn’t the little brother who carried the coffin Xia Xiqing? In addition, some people found the shareholding of Media Asia International on the Internet (true or false to be verified). The boss of Media Asia is Xia Yunkai. If you think about Xia Xiqing's name, I dare not write such a novel of net worth. Bar……]

[@The person I like is a little painter: My ID name should be changed [kneel down] Happy birthday to Xi Qing! ]

[@Passing by Little Fairy: So Xia Xiqing is the son of Huanya? The mother's family is still the descendant of an art master, why doesn't he like women! ]

[@12345 Going up the mountain to fight tigers: ... I said before that the people who are kept are all brainless blacks. Media Asia, it's too late to ask for support. ]

[@SSS Warning: I now suspect that Xia Xiqing really brought money into the group hahaha, brought his own money. ]

[@My son is the cutest: No, Media Asia did not invest in this movie, the biggest investor is Xingye, you go and find out who Xingye was acquired the year before and will come back to thank me. ]

[@Pushes is your tower reply @My son is the cutest: I just went to check, it's Jingming! Isn't Jing Ming's major shareholder his brother? It's not the second male that I rely on to actually bring money, but the first male. ]

[@My son is the cutest Reply @Tweet is your tower: The first man can't be said, his background is not something you can discuss, close the wheat and close the wheat. ]

[@Self-study girl cute: Happy birthday to Xi Qing! What the hell, what kind of fairy CP? ? [ps faintly smelled the breath of self-destruction...]

[@Xia Xiqing1221 Happy birthday: Wait for me to explode! Xi Qing: I will explode if you spread rumors again! ]

Now the direction of eating melons for the whole people has become to pick up Xia Xiqing's net worth again, all kinds of jokes are flying all over the sky, and even a lot of unreliable sisters began to shout Xia Xiqing's husband on Weibo, almost occupying his Weibo, making Xia Xiqing unable to laugh or cry.

When refreshing again, Xia Xiqing saw a Weibo post by Zhou Ziheng.

[@Actor Zhou Ziheng: For you.]

This Weibo has two accompanying pictures, each holding a bottle of perfume. The bottle bodies are all very simple prismatic designs. The perfume liquid in the first bottle is deep black, mixed with a little blue quicksand, which makes people think of the vast universe and the twinkling but tiny stardust in it at first glance.

The liquid in the other bottle is transparent, and it also contains quicksand, but it is a rich dark red. The design of the bottle is very special. The quicksand is fixed in the center of the bottle, and a small eternal red rose is hidden inside.

Xia Xiqing recognized Zhou Ziheng's hand holding the perfume bottle almost immediately. Not only was he familiar with him, but also the small rose tattoo on the inside of the ring finger was revealed behind the translucent bottle.

The forwarding is the official blog of the luxury brand of this cooperation.

[These two fragrances will be released globally as our Christmas limited edition, @actor Zhou Ziheng participated in the fragrance and concept design throughout. The main fragrance of rose mixed with pink pepper, supplemented by the pure desire of white musk, presents the ultimate romance of starry sky and rose. The fragrance name will be announced at 23:59 tonight. ]

This wave of publicity was done with all my heart.

While complaining about the advertising ambassador, he received a WeChat message from the other party.

[Renaissance: Is it over? I am waiting for you at your house. ]

As for the so-called birthday surprise, Xia Xiqing actually didn't have much expectation, because the previous painting was of great significance to him. But seeing Zhou Ziheng's news, he still had a desire involuntarily. I want to go back early, I want to see him, and I want to celebrate the day I came into this world with him.

There is nothing to celebrate when he comes to this world. What is worth celebrating is that he was lucky to come to this world, so he didn't miss Zhou Ziheng.

When he left the art gallery, many fans saw that he was leaving, and finally couldn't help but whispered his name. Xia Xiqing walked out while sorting his coat, saying goodbye to them with a smile.

"Happy birthday to Xi Qing."

"Happy birthday!" one of the girls asked, holding the flower in her hand, "Brother Xiqing, why did you buy pink roses?"

Xia Xiqing turned to face them, took two steps backwards, smiled softly, "Pink roses are the best accessories for girls."

After getting out of the elevator in the apartment, Xia Xiqing went straight to the door of his house. But the moment he opened the door, he couldn't help but have some doubts, it was pitch dark inside, and not a single light was left.

This is not like Zhou Ziheng's style. If he is at home, he will definitely keep the lights in the entrance for himself, or simply turn on every light.

Could it be that he hasn't returned yet?

Although he now dares to recall the past, the fear of the dark has almost become a physiological response. Xia Xiqing stretched out his hand, groped for the switch of the living room light at the entrance, and pressed it with a snap.

Strange, the touch of this switch is not the same as before...

It was too late to check carefully, and even too late to find that the lights in the living room were not turned on at all, and Xia Xiqing just froze in place.

The icy darkness in the empty living room was suddenly rubbed into countless tiny dazzling stardust, floating in the vast universe. It was so quiet at this moment, as still as a vacuum, but he could hear his heartbeat again, beating at an ever-increasing frequency, reaching his eardrums, like a radio frequency emitted by loneliness in the quiet universe.

Taking a step closer, Xia Xiqing tried to call out his name, like a teleportation across a light-year distance.

"Ziheng?"

At the moment when he opened his mouth, a very bright spot of light suddenly erupted in the center of the quiet star sea, as if to indicate the arrival of a young star. Point annihilation and rebirth, gradually gathered into a red nebula, slowly unfolding.

Like a blooming rose.

He couldn't describe everything in front of him. This great shock seemed to come from the primordial awe and longing of small humans for the boundless starry sky.

Zhou Ziheng finally appeared at the other end of the Rose Nebula, with a gentle and calm smile on his face, holding a small controller in his hand.

"Someone once asked me, there are so many beautiful things in this world, if you were asked to choose one to give to the most precious person, what would you choose?" He showed a slightly embarrassed look, "Before I met you, I I feel that the most macroscopic beauty in the world is the universe. In essence, we are no different from these stardust, we are all children of stars and children of the universe.”

He lowered his head and smiled, "But after meeting you, I found that a rose stained with soil is also beautiful. Microscopic beauty is equally shocking."

His gentle gaze traveled through the entire nebula, reaching Xia Xiqing's star-filled eyes.

"When I finally got to this day, I started to struggle because I wanted to give you both the universe and the rose. So," he held out his hand, "allow me to introduce you to the nebula NGC 2237. Or We can call her, the Rose Nebula." Zhou Ziheng stepped over the stardust, passed through the magnificent star cluster, walked to Xia Xiqing, and hugged him.

"It took me half a month to photograph it." Zhou Ziheng took out a photo and put it in Xia Xiqing's hand, "Then I asked Zhixu to model and make holograms together, and then we have what you see now. ." He smiled and kissed Xia Xiqing's forehead, his voice softer than the universe.

"Happy birthday. Thank you for coming to me."

Xia Xiqing finally understood why Zhou Ziheng was hiding on the rooftop with a lot of astrophotography equipment. But what he didn't expect was that he could actually show the nebula hundreds of millions of light-years away in front of him, so that he could feel this solemn and romantic everything with his own eyes.

He also finally understood what the two perfumes Zhou Ziheng personally designed represent. The combination of black quicksand and immortal rose is everything in front of you.

Holding the photo, he raised his eyes to look at Zhou Ziheng, behind which was a majestic crimson nebula.

He wanted to speak and express, but all the signals he could send out had been plundered into another heartbeat that was just a short distance away.

The most beautiful rose in the world, the stardust is the mud, and the galaxy is nourished. Never wither, always bloom in the quiet universe.

"This is what I want to give you, a cosmic level of romance."

***The driving part is on the 120th floor***