Chapter 43 – Coming out of the Close (1/2)
The two people used the opportunity of the personal press conference called by Qiu Qian to come out of the closet.
At that time the internet was still full of rumors about Su Quan and three men in the photos with him. This drew away a lot of the attention and fire, so the opinions about their coming out of the closest wasn’t as crazy as it could have been.
But of course it was impossible to avoid attacks and judgement completely. There were definitely pointing the finger at them saying they weren’t filial, and because there was also the five year old Qiu XiaoHai involved between them, there were many conservative parents who had very strong opinions.
The majority of them accused Qiu Qian and Bai Lang of providing a bad growing up environment and example for Qiu XiaoHai. Also their coming out of the closet meant that Qiu XiaoHai would have to endure being pointed at and judged. This was extremely irresponsible. This topic was immediately raised by a reporter in a high-pitched and accusatory tone as soon as the press conference started: “Mr Qiu, don’t you think you are being irresponsible towards your son?”
Qiu Qian raised his eyebrow and asked if a murderer’s son can also be considered guilty?
The reporter who asked the question paused. He said in a conservative manner that as long as the son had nothing to do with the crime, then no.
Qiu Qian shrugged. “So if people point and stare at the murderer’s son, whose fault is it?”
“But isn’t homosexuality possibly hereditary?” The journalist didn’t want to admit loss.
“If it is then it is, so what? The question of genetics cannot be controlled by the individual so what do you want me to say?” Qiu Qian’s face was filled with disdain.
The reporter’s face went red. “Even so, can Mr Qiu please explain why you tricked a woman into giving birth for you!?”
When Qiu Qian heard this, he suddenly laughed. “Not bad. If you want me to answer, then you first have to backup your question with proof. If you don’t have any then…”
Qiu Qian didn’t finish his sentence. Suddenly everyone realized that although they supposedly could ask anything they wanted at this press conference and it was even broadcasted live, however whether or not “something” would happen to them after or not was guaranteed. Thus all the following question was like hitting cotton, neither painful nor itchy. Bai Lang, who was sitting at home watching it on TV, shook his head. It wasn’t as though nobody ever threatened the media, but to do it so brazenly, Qiu Qian must be one of the top few.
Anyway no matter what, once Su Quan’s issues died down, Bai Lang and Qiu Qian were henceforth seen as a pair. Everybody knew and there was no need to hide anymore.
The prudent thing to do at this time would be for Bai Lang to lower his exposure and stay away from the spotlight for a while in order to make the fuss die down quicker. However luckily or unluckily he wasn’t able to do that, because right now he had gotten nominated for best male actor for the Golden Emperor’s Award.
If she had gotten the news one month earlier then Fang Hua would have laughed happily.
However when she received the notification letter in her office, Fang Hua felt for the same time that this gold card really gave her a headache.
Of course for someone new to the industry like Bai Lang, even to receive a nomination itself was very high praise. To him getting a nomination really was already like giving him an award.
However if she didn’t want Bai Lang to waste the golden opportunities and popularity brought by the nomination, and asked him to expose himself in various way on a lot of different programs, then the issues regarding his coming out of the closet would immediately follow. And if his coming out of the closet was constantly discussed and over-exposed, then this wasn’t good for Bai Lang.
“However if you simply refuse to go to these programs then it also comes with its own set of problems,” Fang Hua said to Bai Lang, sighing. “People may get distracted however some of these established programs will take offense if a newcomer is invited and rejects them, so this will become a problem when you want to return to promotions in the future. And if you go to some and not to others, then you may offend people even more. So we can’t act to hastily and need to think clearly before proceeding.”
Bai Lang thought about it and then nodded. “It’s fine. I will cooperate with the company’s promotional needs. If there’s a program that I need to go to then I will.”
Fang Hua thought Bai Lang didn’t understand. So she spoke more plainly, “If you and Qiu Qian’s matter blows up too big then… although I don’t want to mention it, but have you thought about what will happen in the event that you guys break up?”
“So what?” Bai Lang smiled. “If that happens then the thing that will be the most painful and difficult to bear, won’t be these things.”
Fang Hua shook her head “Two big grown men being so mushy, really makes my skin go numb.”
Bai Lang raised his eyebrow, expressing he didn’t understand.
Fang Hua rolled her eyes and explained, “I already talked to Qiu Qian about what I just said to you. His reply was, no one will be harsh on someone who’s husband just died.” {T/N: i.e. only way they will break up is if one of them dies omgeeee XD}
“…..”
Bai Lang was speechless. Turns out Qiu Qian was the real mushy one here.
***
Su Quan’s matter still had a tail left to be taken care of. And that was Bai Li.
According to Su Quan’s previous arrangement, the person who had appeared to help bribe the instructor was Bai Li who had also been bought out himself.
Of course this instructor had already, not long before the commencement of filming of Chaos Street, been “taken care of”. Other than having a bag put over his head and being harshly beaten, Qiu Qian had also followed Bai Lang’s suggestion and instead of anything fatal, had arranged a gambling trap for him so that his future days would be dark and gray. Because after all this person was only greedy for money and didn’t intend to cause anyone’s death.
Bai Li was actually the same. However his method of continuously using his own blood-related younger brother to make money was unable to be tolerated. After settling Su Quan’s matter, Qiu Qian rolled up his sleeves and wanted to thoroughly take care of this human scum. However he was Bai Lang’s older brother after all. So as for how far he could go, Qiu Qian still asked him for his opinion.
Bai Lang also couldn’t help but admit that even he had underestimated Bai Li’s greed.Originally he had thought that he would be able to use Qiu Qian’s name to prevent Bai Li from acting out. Indeed, Bai Li hadn’t behaved like he did in his previous life which was to threaten him constantly that he was going to go to the media. But now with this shadowy attack, Bai Lang knew that unless he thoroughly took care of Bai Li then there would definitely be a repeat offense. And Bai Lang also didn’t want to waste any of his own or Qiu Qian’s resources on Bai Li. That would be a huge waste of money.