Gu Jinmian’s premonition came true.
Their secret was exposed during the film shoot.
It’s hard to hide such things on a film set. Even if the screenwriter didn’t show their face, the creators couldn’t possibly not know who they were, let alone if they showed their face.
Accompanying someone named Gu Jinmian to watch a movie.
Yes, his name was Gu Jinmian.
Exactly the same name as one of the movie’s main characters.
If they still didn’t realize what’s going on, then they’re really clueless.
And even though He Shumo rarely appeared in the media and rarely attended gatherings, his identity was known within the industry. There were always a few well-informed people on the set who could recognize him.
It’s really scary.
They dare not say anything, and the pressure was overwhelming in an instant.
The director looked at Tang Yiran’s scenes again and felt that they’re not good enough, demanding even more from him.
Tang Yiran: “?”
The director was already famous for being strict in the industry. Who could handle even stricter demands? After filming this movie, Tang Yiran might lose a layer of skin.
What’s even more uncomfortable was the comparison. Both were male leads, but Bai An was much more at ease. The director doesn’t say anything to him because of someone that was talking to him.
Sometimes when He Shumo wouldn’t come, Gu Jinmian came to watch them film. After Bai An finished shooting, he would be called over by Gu Jinmian, who talked to him about the scenes.
Tang Yiran didn’t know exactly what Gu Jinmian did, but he knew that Gu Jinmian was not from the entertainment industry. At first, he was curious about what an outsider could say about acting, but when he saw how serious Bai An was, he went over to listen as well.
Surprisingly, it made a lot of sense!
It was different from what the director said, but there were a lot of insights from the perspective of the audience, producers, and others.
Later, when He Shumo came, after watching the movie, he called Bai An over again.
Tang Yiran thought: Could it be that someone as big as you, a CEO who deals with billions of business every day, also understands acting?
Then he thought: A CEO who even writes novels and can be a screenwriter might actually understand.
So he secretly went over to eavesdrop, and he was shocked by what he heard, benefiting a lot.
He was listening attentively when he suddenly saw a menacing figure.
Bai Yuxin coldly said, “You outsider, don’t get close, stay away from our family.”
Tang Yiran: “…”
Bai An’s acting skills improved rapidly, and Tang Yiran felt a sense of crisis, becoming more serious about acting. The rest of the crew, under tremendous pressure, worked meticulously, and the filming progressed efficiently and orderly.
There were no secrets in the world. There were insiders leaking information anonymously, fans taking astonishing photos during set visits, and gossip updates on forums.
[I heard He Chumian is a big shot, a kind we’d never expect.]
[A big shot writing on Jinjiang? And updating every day? Why? To collect Jinjiang cards? To collect Jinjiang coupons? Is Jinjiang a small alley?]
[I also find it impossible. Jinjiang is indeed famous in the online literature circle, selling the most copyrights. But does a big shot care about money? Unless this big shot is a bit eccentric.]
[I heard that there is a person named Gu Jinmian visiting the set.]
[???]
[I believe a big shot is writing on Jinjiang. Why? For love.]
[When will it end?] The group went crazy @Gu Jinmian].
“Crazy, what’s going on [frustrated.jpg]”
“Gu Jinmian, come out and tell us about the leaked information from the set.”
Gu Jinmian thought, “I can only tell you guys that my nickname in the group is Gu Jinmian, not the perverted name from ‘Entertainment Supreme,’ but my real name is Gu Jinmian.”
“???”
In the group, Yin Moshu, Bai Xinyu, Du Bai’an, Shi Yi, and others found it unbelievable!
Gu Jinmian: “Yes, the name Gu Jinmian in the story has nothing to do with me in real life.”
“???”
“Gu Jinmian, I want you. Where are you hiding? On the set, right!”
“Come on!”
While the movie was being efficiently and orderly filmed, preparations for the wedding were also underway.
One day, Gu Jinmian saw Secretary He standing outside the study looking perplexed. Gu Jinmian asked, “What’s the matter?”
“The wedding guest list that Director He proposed is quite different from mine,” Secretary He said, looking troubled. “I don’t understand why people with distant relationships are being invited to the wedding.”
Hmm?
Gu Jinmian: “For example?”
Secretary He said, ” Xi Gujun.”
Gu Jinmian: “…”
His little mind twisted around for a moment before figuring out that Xi Gujun was rearranged to become Gu Xijun.
A smile gradually appeared on Gu Jinmian’s face as he understood He Shumo’s invitation rules.
He happily pushed open the study door. “He Shumo, are we going for electronic invitations or paper ones?”
He Shumo had originally planned for electronic invitations.
The ones used for the wedding in the book were handwritten, and He Shumo personally sent two copies, one of which he didn’t want to remember at all.
He didn’t have much sense of ceremony in this aspect, so he was thinking of going for the electronic version directly.
Listening to Gu Jinmian, He Shumo understood his thoughts and said, “Both electronic and paper invitations are fine.”
Gu Jinmian, upon hearing this, grinned and sat on his lap, kissing him. “I think it would be interesting to personally deliver the invitations. I want to do it.”
He Shumo was about to speak, but Gu Jinmian covered his mouth with his hand. “It’s not about randomly delivering them; we need to choose the right people. If Xi Gujun has been your opponent for so many years, he must be formidable and not easily provoked, right?”
He also knew He Shumo’s concerns, so he clarified in advance.
He Shumo kissed the palm of his hand, took his hand down, and casually said, “Who knows? After all, he’s an old bachelor.”
Gu Jinmian: “…”
It seemed like the relationship wasn’t very harmonious.
He Shumo still decided to take him to deliver the invitation to Xi Gujun on a chosen day.
Their residences were not far apart, and Xi Gujun lived nearby, just a few minutes away.
It made sense; the relationship couldn’t be solely based on business conflicts.
Xi Gujun was surprised when he heard that He Shumo was coming to see him. “He Shumo, he came to see me in person? What does he want?”
“He said he’s here to deliver an invitation to you.”
“He’s getting married?” Xi Gujun was even more surprised and followed with mockery, “Oh, he’s willing to have me appear at his wedding?”
Because he was so surprised, he directly came out to see He Shumo from a distance. “He Shumo, what are you up to?”
As he approached, a brightly smiling young man jumped out from behind He Shumo, holding a red festive invitation in his hands, and said with a beaming smile, “He Shumo and I are getting married!”
He had clean and beautiful almond-shaped eyes, and the curve of his smile was particularly cute. His cat-like lips were naturally suited for smiling, making his face radiant and captivating.
Like a little sun, he could dispel the gloom in people’s hearts and bring a bright sense of joy.
By the time Xi Gujun reacted, he had already taken the invitation.
Gu Jinmian said to him, “You have to come when you take the invitation.”
Xi Gujun: “…”
Unlike Bai Yuxin and He Shumo, Xi Gujun didn’t look exactly like the Gu Xijun in the book.
It couldn’t be helped; in the book, they were brothers, born to the same parents, and looked very similar. Now they couldn’t possibly have the same father.
However, when He Shumo wrote it, choosing a brother should have been considered. Xi Gujun and Gu Xijun still resembled each other, so there were some similarities in their appearances.
Gu Jinmian felt familiar as soon as he saw him. Even with the aura of a superior, he didn’t feel any distance. He kept smiling at him.
Xi Gujun paused for a moment, then turned to He Shumo with a slight sneer. “What were you thinking, inviting me to your wedding?”
He Shumo smiled but didn’t say a word, appearing uninterested in responding.
Gu Jinmian tilted his head to meet his gaze. “I wanted you to come.”
“…,” Xi Gujun pushed up the glasses on his nose and gave him a cool look. “Why?”
Gu Jinmian thought for a moment and said with a typical answer, “You’re my idol.”
Xi Gujun didn’t respond immediately; after a while, he said, “Come in and sit down?”
Gu Jinmian shook his head.
Gu Jinmian knew that He Shumo had shadows from the last invitation delivery. He was already happy that He Shumo could bring him along; he didn’t want to stay too long and make him uncomfortable.
Since their relationship wasn’t good, going inside wouldn’t be pleasant.
Gu Jinmian smiled and said to him, “I just wanted to personally give you the invitation, wanted to see you, and seeing you satisfies me.”
After the two left, Xi Gujun walked away with the invitation held against his head. After a few steps, the butler said, “Am I not as good as He Shumo?”
The butler didn’t understand how the topic shifted but nodded.
It seemed like Xi Gujun was stimulated. “Why does he have such a cute fiancé?”
He didn’t have one yet.
The butler: “…”
After delivering the invitation to Xi Gujun, they didn’t go to deliver to others, including several familiar yet awkward names on the list. Anyway, he would see them at the wedding.
The wedding took place a month after the completion of the movie shoot.
At that time, the movie had just been scheduled, with the highest promotion intensity and popularity.
Most movie premieres nowadays were held in major cinemas across the country on the first day. However, “Different Paths, Same Fate” adopted an early type of premiere, inviting a small audience in advance.
Typically, they invited professional film critics and other media friends, serving as another form of publicity and promotion.
People interested in the movie were waiting for feedback from a few authoritative film critics, only to find that none of the renowned critics had been invited.
“?”
None of the usually invited media were invited, and only one marketing account claimed to have been invited, only to be later rejected by the crew.
“??”
What’s going on?
This unusual situation sparked heated discussions on forums, as well as among Weibo fans and movie enthusiasts.
The movie and the novel had already given them plenty to think about and feel deeply about. Fans and readers, united through Weibo and forums, were determined to get to the bottom of this.
It wasn’t until the day before the wedding that they finally learned what had happened.
A reader, who had also been deeply affected by the story, was having dinner with relatives the day before the wedding. They witnessed their relative receiving the program card for the next day’s wedding, with the names of the two grooms at the top. The most crucial part of the schedule below was watching a movie, titled “Different Paths, Same Fate.”
“…”
[“Different Paths, Same Fate” premieres at the wedding of He Shumo and Gu Jinmian, exclusively shown to friends and family in advance!]
[???]
[Wow! The information in this sentence is too much; it scared my brain into non-functioning.]
[What the heck! Gu Jinmian is marrying Yin Moshu, no, He Shumo? Wait, who is He Shumo?]
[I guess He Shumo is He Bujin, also known as He Chumian!]
[If you don’t know who He Shumo is, just Baidu it.]
[I Baidu-ed it, and now I’m feeling very confused.]
[Whoever said He Shumian is a big shot and that the big shot is for love, come out and receive praise!]
[He Bujin’s tycoon reader named ‘Yin Moshu eternal god’ in the group was nicknamed Gu Jinmian and now there’s someone also called Gu Jinmian.]
[Reader who said He Bujin has a special connection with Gu Jinmian, come out; did you know all along?]
[I’m both shocked and bewildered now; I haven’t figured out what’s going on.]
[The representative: He Shumo, the big shot, wrote a novel for love using the pen name He Bujin. In the novel, there’s a seemingly useless protagonist, an astonishingly talented supporting male character Yin Moshu, and another one named Gu Jinmian, who’s favored just because he shares his boyfriend’s name. His current boyfriend Gu Jinmian is also a fan of the novel, passionately supporting it. He really likes the character Yin Moshu in the novel. When the author killed off Yin Moshu, the current boyfriend started causing a stir, so He Shumo had no choice but to create another pseudonym and write fanfiction. In the fanfiction, Gu Jinmian and Yin Moshu are together, and they even turned the original novel into a movie, premiering it at their wedding.]
[…Isn’t this amazing?]
[…Isn’t this great?]
[…Isn’t this still sweet?]
The representative’s summary was well-founded, and everyone believed it.
The group members were amazed, so Gu Jinmian and cursing He Bujin in the group chat earlier was just for fun?
Were they just pawns in the game of a couple’s quarrel?
The discussion on the forums about this topic was incredibly heated. The comments about Gu Jinmian being a special character and the posts he had made on the forum were brought to the forefront.
Weibo was also exclaiming in surprise. Both individuals were not part of the entertainment industry, yet after a night of fermentation, they even made it to the trending topics.
When they trended, Gu Jinmian had no idea because he was getting married.
The wedding venue ultimately presented better than they had anticipated.
The entrance was a typical wedding scene, with a lawn and fresh flowers. Gu Jinmian and Yin Moshu welcomed the guests, receiving their blessings.
Gu Jinmian didn’t find it tedious at all, he was happy and curious. From time to time, familiar yet unfamiliar faces appeared, as if characters from inside the book had come to attend his wedding. He received blessings from both inside the book and the real world.
They walked down a flower path and arrived at a 5D stargazing cinema where they would eat and watch a movie.
It was a universe belonging to Gu Jinmian and He Shumo.
The vast starry sky served as the backdrop, featuring wedding photos of the two smiling at each other.
In the eternal twinkling starry sky, aside from the small planets, there were various interesting little planes floating.
The planes were of different sizes, each accommodating 4-8 people. The planes had no tops, allowing those inside to see the entire starry sky.
All these planes were enlarged versions of the model planes that Gu Jinmian had collected from childhood. The prototype of the frontmost plane that Gu Jinmian and Yin Moshu sat in was a cheap airplane model his parents bought for him when he was five, during a train journey.
At that time, they fantasized about Gu Jinmian flying freely in the future. Now, Gu Jinmian was getting married while sitting in an airplane.
A beautiful meteor shower streaked across the starry sky, unveiling a love story.
The movie began.
It was a story of Yin Moshu and Gu Jinmian meeting, both unaware that they would become the most important person in each other’s lives.
Yin Moshu thought his life would remain as it was. However, an unexpected little asteroid barged into his gray world, unreasonably leaping into the trajectory of his life, bringing with it radiance and warmth, and diving into his embrace.
His life changed. It became bright, warm, and colorful.
He Shumo tightened his grip on Gu Jinmian’s hand, suddenly remembering what Dr. Zhou Jingjun, his psychologist, had told him the day before he started writing the book. She had said that he had started to improve, that his mindset was becoming more positive.
At that time, he didn’t believe it. Now, as he watched again, he realized that it was true.
When he wrote this book, it was different from the past. In the dense and sticky world within the book, he subconsciously left a small opening for light. In his dark world, he couldn’t imagine what this small opening would look like. But in the end, as he finished writing, there was an extra Gu Jinmian.
As the movie neared its end, in sync with the plot, the little planes and the small planets in the universe started moving.
Several exclamations echoed in the cinema.
Gu Jinmian grabbed He Shumo and whispered in his ear, “He Shumo, don’t be afraid. With me as your pilot, you’re the safest person in the entire universe.”
He Shumo chuckled and leaned in to kiss his lips.
He believed what Gu Jinmian said.
For a moment, it felt like Gu Jinmian was piloting a small plane, taking him away from the dim little planet, soaring out of the gray sky, and flying towards the sparkling universe.
And it wasn’t just a moment.
As the love story in the stars concluded, two lines of text appeared.
Dedicated to congratulating Mr. He Shumo and Mr. Gu Jinmian on their marriage.
May the starlight be eternal, and may your newlywed life be happy.
Thank you for translating. That was beautiful!
Nawwwwwww so fricking cute 😍