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Who could be more popular or famous than him right now, while also having such an excellent reputation? His popularity had yet to fade. Patriotic citizens, donated artifacts, bringing back so much talent, technological research and development... What if they added promoting traditional culture to the mix?

Before long, Jinbai Entertainment released a teaser for a program promoting traditional culture on its official website.

Cai Jinbai and Xuan Yu appeared in the video, but it focused more on various traditional cultural crafts—New Year paintings, paper-cutting, clay sculpture, embroidery, velvet flowers, cloisonné enamel, and more...

In the video, the camera focused on Cai Jinbai. He held a piece of wood and carved it as wood shavings fluttered down. Just as the work was nearing completion, the camera shifted to Xuan Yu. He was at a place where traditional opera was taught, deftly spinning a spear in his hands—thrusting, blocking, lifting, snapping, rolling, smashing... It was impossible to look away.

After setting down the spear, Xuan Yu picked up a long saber, only for the camera to shift again.

—Exquisite and intricate paper-cutting, painstaking embroidery, beautiful jade carving, shadow puppetry, and so on.

Over the past year or so, Xuan Hanfeng's team had filmed far too much material and visited many places. Some projects had already been completed, while others still required long-term filming. However, the program's framework had been established, and there would be no problem with airing it.

[Dropping a big move without warning?]

[Holy shit, a program promoting traditional culture? And President Cai and President Xuan are in it too? When did these two film this?]

[Ahhh, why are they so good at leaving us hanging? What is President Cai carving? And Vice President Xuan... I'm seriously shocked. That power in his spearwork, those movements, that expression!!! He's so damn handsome!]

[If you have the nerve to release a teaser, then have the nerve to tell us when it's airing!]

[Oh my god, President Cai, you really... I'm going to cry. You not only brought back cultural relics, but you're also promoting the country's traditional culture? Who could be more upright and patriotic than you?]

Sure enough, just as Cai Jinbai had expected, releasing a single video amid such overwhelming hype sparked an enormous response.

With footage of Cai Jinbai and Xuan Yu in it, netizens were incredibly eager for the program to air.

At the same time, the film Black or White officially entered the awards selection process.

Apart from the teaser promoting traditional culture, Cai Jinbai also had Xuan Hanfeng's team start a livestream. This was the first time President Cai and Vice President Xuan had livestreamed together. Well, not exactly—their appearance on Season Three of The Actors counted too, but the camera had mostly focused on the actors, giving the two of them very little screen time. The audience had not gotten enough, so once the news came out, countless netizens flooded in to watch.

Ding Meng, who was handling the camera, quietly said to Xuan Hanfeng, "President Cai and Vice President Xuan are really popular. There are already so many people here from the start, and there hasn't even been much promotion."

They had only posted an announcement on Weibo, and all the netizens had come rushing in. Those names really carried weight.

Xuan Hanfeng nodded. Wasn't that true?

[I'm here, I'm here! The moment I heard President Cai and Vice President Xuan were livestreaming, I came right over!]

[What are they livestreaming?]

[This doesn't seem to be S City. It looks so rural, and the scenery is beautiful. Hehe, President Cai looks even better, and Vice President Xuan is even more handsome.]

[Hello, President Cai. What are you livestreaming?]

Cai Jinbai glanced at the camera and answered, "We're promoting our program, and making a few small things while we're at it."

He raised the wooden carving in his hand. In his other hand, he held a carving knife.

Xuan Yu also held a small knife, which he nimbly spun between his fingers.

The speed was dazzling. Only when it stopped did everyone realize it was an actual knife, not some kind of prop.

[Good lord, Vice President Xuan isn't afraid of cutting his hand? I immediately touched my own fingers while watching.]

[Vice President Xuan is showing off his skills, hahaha.]

[President Cai is livestreaming a carving session! Looking forward to it, looking forward to it. Who is the old gentleman sitting beside him?]

Cai Jinbai introduced him, "This is the renowned jade-carving master, Master Chen."

Master Chen's hair had already gone gray, but he looked very spirited. He raised a hand to greet the camera. His fingers were unusually rough, covered in lines and marks left by years of carving, carrying a deep sense of time.

Compared with Cai Jinbai's hands, his fingers were long-boned and slender, pale as jade, as if there was not a single imperfection on them. There was not even a trace of injury.

What beautiful wooden carving could hands like that possibly make? And considering he was also a researcher, he surely was not skilled at wood carving. He was probably just playing around, right?

Thus, the livestream comments began to grow less than friendly.

[This is ridiculous. Is a CEO coming here just to get attention? What do you know about wood carving? Why not let the master beside you show us something? I didn't come to this livestream to watch you carve a pile of shit. If you don't have the skill, don't force it.]

[Other CEOs stay behind the scenes, but you always come to the forefront looking for attention. Why are you so obsessed with showing off?]

[Just looking at your hands, it's obvious you've never done hard labor. Wood carving takes painstaking practice. Look at Master Chen's hands, then look at your own. And you're still holding a carving? I can't stand looking at this. Put it down already.]

So what if he was a CEO? They were separated by the internet anyway; no one knew who anyone else was. They could curse him all they wanted.

Heh, cursing out a CEO today was fucking awesome. It felt great to finally have a day when they could insult the rich.

Seeing the hostile comments, Xuan Yu's expression darkened.

Cai Jinbai, on the other hand, showed no extra emotion. He did not care in the slightest.

And without glasses, Master Chen could not see such tiny comments anyway.

Thus, the comment section was wildly active, while no one outside the screen paid it any attention.

Some netizens could not help but crack.

After chatting with Master Chen for a while, Cai Jinbai lowered his head and began carving the wood.

Master Chen also picked up a piece of wood and began carving.

Both of them fell silent.

The camera quietly focused on the two of them when Xuan Yu suddenly stepped into frame.

The moment Xuan Yu's face appeared, the comments went still for a moment before flooding even faster.

[Oh my god, that scared me to death. Vice President Xuan's cold face is way too intense. My heart actually skipped a beat.]

[Same. He didn't seem like much from a distance, but seeing him this close made me sit up straight immediately.]

[Vice President Xuan is so handsome, hehe.]

[What does Vice President Xuan want to do?]

The moment Xuan Yu approached, the haters from earlier appeared again. They had finished insulting Cai Jinbai and were looking for someone else to insult, were they?

But they did not know that before the two CEOs' fans could even strike back, Xuan Yu beat them to it.

This dragon was overbearing and possessive to the extreme, and his tongue was especially venomous.

Normally, there had been no chance to show it. But now that someone was insulting Jinbai, the poison on his tongue could no longer be contained.

"If you're stupid yourself, don't use your own standards to judge others. Were you raised as a negative example from childhood? Your IQ is inversely proportional to your altitude."

"You're so good at talking. You must have inherited the genes from your neighbor next door, right?"

"If you can't bear to look, then don't. You wouldn't understand even if you did. Your eyes are just decorations, and you have no sense of aesthetics whatsoever."

With a cold expression, Xuan Yu fired back nonstop without even the slightest stumble.

The haters were furious, while the fans gaped in shock and cried out in disbelief.

[I sprayed out a mouthful of soda. Oh my god, who would have thought that someone with Vice President Xuan's looks and temperament could say such sharp insults without a single swear word?]

[Hahahaha, I'm dying. I never expected Vice President Xuan to be the one dishing out the insults. His mouth is incredible—without a single curse word! Hahaha, where did he get such a vocabulary?]

[The haters were all chased off by anger, right? Vice President Xuan is amazing.]

[This is too funny, hahaha. Vice President Xuan's tongue is so vicious, and he went to battle for President Cai. Did you notice that when Vice President Xuan was roasting the haters, President Cai secretly curled his lips in the background? He smiled.]

[I noticed! I'm shipping this! President Cai wasn't looking this way, but he'd been listening the whole time. He really was secretly smiling.]

Seeing the comments, Xuan Yu turned to look at Jinbai.

At that very moment, as though they were connected by heart, Cai Jinbai also looked up in his direction.

After meeting Xuan Yu's eyes, Cai Jinbai could not help curving his eyes again, his lips lifting into a smile.

Xuan Yu smiled as well. His previous cold severity instantly softened, as though he had drawn in every sharp edge around him.

[Even while I'm completely focused on carving, part of my attention remains on you, watching every move you make. Though I am cold and heartless toward outsiders, you are my only exception. My smile is shown only for you... Oh my god, this is too shippable!!]

[If you two aren't together, it would be an outrage against heaven itself. Childhood friends, and a CEO with a CEO—they're made for each other, hehe.]

[Keep it down. Can't you see Vice President Xuan is reading the comments? Is this something to be proud of?]

[What's not to be proud of? Vice President Xuan is reading them, and he doesn't seem angry.]

Xuan Yu could not help raising a brow. He truly was not angry. On the contrary...

The livestream was neither particularly long nor particularly short. Cai Jinbai moved quickly, his hands flashing without pause. One hand deftly rotated the wooden carving, while the other used a tool to shave and carve it. He was actually far, far faster than Master Chen.

Master Chen had not yet finished carving, but the wooden sculpture in Cai Jinbai's hands had already taken shape.

And the moment it was completed, every netizen cried out in surprise.

It was a wooden sculpture of a dragon man with Xuan Yu's face—tall and imposing, broad-shouldered, with rugged dragon horns and a tail coiling behind him.

Xuan Yu wore a cold expression, his upper body bare, while rising clouds crossed over his chest. It gave off an indescribably sensual, handsome, and fierce impression.

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