>Topic: [“Cat and Mouse Game” Season 10 Pilot Episode Wrapped Up! The 12 Boy Group Guests First Group Photo Released! High-value Handsome Guys Gather Together, Who Is Your Pick?]
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1L: [Wow, what am I seeing? Is this official?!]
2L: [When did Cat and Mouse get a tenth season? Is it filming now? Who are the guests? It feels like I don’t recognize many of them…]
3L: [So many handsome guys? That’s pretty good, but the restocking speed of new faces in domestic entertainment is too fast. Apart from Ji Sheng and He Shuyi, I really can’t recognize a single one]
4L: [As long as they’re not the capitalists’s ugly kids, we should all be grateful, family]
5L: [They’re not that hard to recognize, right? First row, third from left is the actor who played General in “Po Jun Xing”, fourth from left is that mixed-race handsome guy who was popular before for that ugly makeup imitation. I often see both of them on short videos]
6L: [The fourth from left is too handsome. So he’s mixed race. The mix is really amazing. I’ve never seen this type of male celebrity in domestic entertainment before]
7L: [In this group photo, it’s completely a world of handsome and more handsome. u1s1, it’s rare to see such an obvious sense of overshadowing in a group photo of male celebrities. Fourth from left is Quentin, right? I’ve seen his stage before. This face is absolutely amazing]
8L: [Qi Yang and Quentin standing together have that East-meets-West vibe. No wonder they were the number 1 and 2 visuals on “NS”]
9L: [? The number 1 and 2 visuals in your dreams. Quentin as number 1 visual, no problem. Who told you Qi Yang was number 2 visual? When did Wen Xinyi, Cui Yancheng, Shao Zhi, and the others cease to exist?]
10L: [Who’s fifth from the left? How come he’s got his arm around Quentin’s shoulder? He looks really young]
11L: [Fifth from the left is our Ji Xu, the all-around ace of Inferno, a cute puppy-type who can be soft or wild~]
12L: [What’s wrong with having an arm around a shoulder? Everyone’s doing it.]
13L: [I just think they look kind of compatible standing together. Is this Quentin’s new cp? (starry eyes)]
14L: [New cp my foot! Isn’t it enough that Quentin has cps on “NS”? You’re shipping them just from one group photo? Really, friend? Do you have pica or something?]
15L: [I won’t say what’s wrong with this kind of person who inexplicably wants to ship this cp (smirk). Now even people outside the fandom know that shipping a cp with Quentin can make you famous. What a bunch of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods aren’t embarrassed to cling on, hehe]
16L: [These two stood in the center positions simply because they are respectively the most popular ones among the “NS” trainees and in Inferno… Ji Sheng and He Shuyi are also in the center positions of the second row. Compared to the uniform arm-around-shoulder poses, Ji Sheng reaching out to pat Quentin’s head is obviously more intimate, right?]
17L: [The head-pat is so cute yyds. Quentin’s hair is so soft and fluffy, it looks really nice to touch www]
18L: [If I’m not mistaken, that dark green cap on Ji Sheng’s head is Quentin’s, right?! Did this guy snatch the cap just so he could touch his head???]
19L: [I’m a student at Nancheng University. I happened to run into Quentin and can confirm, this cap is his]
20L: [Speaking of which, why does Quentin like wearing caps lately? On “NS” too, and so many different colors and styles]
21L: [The one he wears most often is that navy blue cap. He wears caps probably because his blonde hair has grown out, right? I wonder if he’ll continue dyeing it black… Please don’t qwq, I want to see the handsome mixed-race guy with blonde hair]
…
The recording of the name-tag tearing game that day ended in a chaotic melee.
The mouse team used the half-hour identity swap time to successfully eliminate three members of the cat team. The only one who survived the half-hour and regained his cat team identity was He Shuyi.
This ECHO leader was not only good at fighting, but also knew when to compromise. When Quentin called for backup, He Shuyi didn’t hesitate to turn and run, unlike the impulsive Ji Sheng, who was eliminated on the spot by Quentin and the arriving Yan Qiao working together.
He Shuyi hid and dodged, barely surviving until the half-hour was up, and ultimately used the location update to eliminate Yan Qiao and Ji Xu by himself.
His biggest regret was not being able to find Quentin before the game ended. His words in the post-show interview sounded truly heartbroken, full of frustration and helplessness.
“He hides too well, really too well. You can’t even catch him with the location update. He’s as agile as a fish!”
The man looked at the camera, his face serious: “Director, you absolutely have to edit out those clips of him hiding back and forth. It’s really not my fault. I was fast enough. I rushed over every time the location was refreshed, but I couldn’t even see his shadow. He’s a natural hide-and-seek champion!”
In response to this, Quentin’s reply during the interview segment was: “I think I’d be even better as a cat. The mouse team can only hide, they can’t fight back. If I were a cat team member, none of them would be able to get away.”
Director Chen: “Then next time we invite you to record the show, we hope our hide-and-seek champion will have some free time in his schedule, haha.”
After finishing the retakes and interviews, Yan Qiao and the others, arranged by Assistant Wu, took a plane back to the recording base in Yanhai first, while Quentin had to stay in Nancheng to prepare for the filming of an advertisement for a certain cosmetics brand.
The commercial was expected to take three days to shoot. The filming location was in Nancheng, and the invited director was quite famous internationally.
He was a foreigner with a big beard, medium height, neither fat nor thin, and dressed quite casually. He had extremely strict requirements for the shoot, frowning all day long, and was very fierce when scolding people. His pet phrases were “fuck,” “shit,” and “damn.”
According to his studio companions, this director only praised people when the shoot was completely over, and even then, the praise was very halfhearted, as if saying a good word was difficult.
The big-bearded director was silent for a while, then slowly turned his head to look at the producer responsible for the initial casting selection next to him, and said, “Wow, you finally grew eyes.”
Producer Liu: “?”
Later, during the makeup test, the big-bearded director occasionally dropped by the makeup room. He was surprised to learn that Quentin’s natural hair color was blonde, a very pure shade of gold, and that his current black hair was casually dyed at some random hair salon…
The foreign big-bearded director gradually showed a shocked and angry expression. He glared at Quentin for a long time, finally taking a few deep breaths before managing not to curse out loud.
He only heard his foreign friend in the studio muttering regretfully for a while, stumbling in Chinese to say that Quentin was “wasting things by treating them like garbage.”
Just looking at Quentin’s newly grown blonde hair, they could imagine how good the original blonde-haired Quentin must have looked. What a pity.
“Cut off his hair, keep only the blonde part.”
The big-bearded director commanded abruptly: “This length can be styled into an 80/20 side-parted slicked-back hairstyle, paired with a black suit.”
He didn’t even ask Quentin’s opinion, completely overturning all previous shooting plans just because of the blonde hair, drastically changing the entire styling.
“Reselect the clothes based on his hair color. Roughly about three sets. The first set will be shot in the office set, using a formal black suit, vest, and white shirt three-piece set.”
“The second set will be in front of the bathroom mirror. He’ll still wear a black suit, but underneath, there will be no vest or shirt, just the tie tied around the neck.”
“The third set will be on a busy street. Dressed in the ‘ugly suit’ look as planned before, holding an umbrella on a sunny day and a cane in the other hand. Create the feeling of a sick, crazy, neurotic young man. This part will heavily emphasize the eye makeup, returning to the ad’s eye shadow theme.”
He spoke rapidly, and the assistant beside him took notes just as quickly.
The stylist efficiently wet and tousled Quentin’s hair, patting his shoulder to signal him to get up and go to the other side to wash his hair.
Quentin barely had a chance to speak the whole time. Of course, mainly because he couldn’t be bothered to speak. He didn’t care about getting a haircut or anything. The director was responsible for arranging things, and he was responsible for obediently following orders.
He knew to leave professional matters to the professionals.
After the first day’s shooting ended, Quentin put on a cap to cover his blonde hair, hailed a taxi, and drove aimlessly around Nancheng.
He said he was driving for fun, but actually, he was following the memories of his previous life, trying to find the old house where he and his mother used to live.
The address of the old house had been forgotten in distant memories. Perhaps that place had been demolished, renovated, or even renamed after more than ten years.
When he was nine years old, his mother got sick and needed surgery. To pay for the medical expenses, they sold the house at a low price. He then moved into the hospital to live with his mother.
But whether it was because the local hospital’s medical level wasn’t good enough, or because his mother had become ill from years of overwork and had a weak constitution, the illness ultimately couldn’t be cured. He lost the last person in the world who loved him.
These were all things from his previous life. Thinking back now, most of the memories were blurry, but the lingering emotions were still very deep.
Perhaps because the time was too short, Nancheng was too big, or perhaps because the two worlds were fundamentally different, even after the three-day shoot ended, Quentin still couldn’t find the place corresponding to his old home in Nancheng.
The big-bearded director directly sought out Quentin to exchange contact information, indicating that he hoped to continue cooperating in the future if there was a chance.
Assistant Wu, who was always with Quentin, was well aware how famous this big-bearded director was internationally. If it had been any other newcomer being valued by this director, he might have been surprised or thought the newcomer was really lucky.
But when it was Quentin who was valued, Assistant Wu, who had witnessed the entire shoot, only felt it was natural.
He couldn’t count how many times he had marveled inwardly at Quentin’s natural talent. That heart-stirring camera presence, that dazzling sense of style… most artists couldn’t develop this in a lifetime.
Assistant Wu booked Quentin’s plane ticket in advance. At the airport, there were still fans waiting to greet him. After Quentin cut his hair short and put on his cap, no stray hairs stuck out from under the brim anymore, only the sideburns showed traces of light gold.
The fans at the airport reluctantly watched Quentin’s back as he disappeared through the ticket checkpoint, not looking down at the photos on their phones until that tall, slender figure was swallowed by the crowd.
“Why is Quentin wearing a mask today? He never wore one before…”
“He looks handsome even with a mask on. Those green eyes are really beautiful!”
“Hmm… I feel like something’s different. He doesn’t look the same as last time I saw him at the airport?”
“Huh? Holy shit! Wait… did Quentin get a haircut?”
“Ahhh…he really did cut it! His hair seems to be blonde! Did he dye it for the commercial?”
“You fake fan, Quentin’s hair is naturally blonde! He dyed it black before!”
“So Quentin finally cut off his black hair? Ahhh, I’ve been looking forward to this for so long ever since I saw Quentin’s student ID photo!!!”
“Quentin has changed quite a bit compared to his student ID photo. That photo looks like it was taken in middle school, he looked cool and super cute. Now he’s grown up, it’s hard to imagine how handsome he’ll be with blonde hair…”
“I’m posting this news on the forum.Sharing is caring, everyone come with me to see blonde-haired Quentin at the third public performance!”
“Are you sure that’s sharing joy? The third public performance won’t be available online until at least a week from now, tickets aren’t even on sale yet. The more you look forward to it, the harder it is to wait…”
“I don’t care, I don’t care. Hehe, blonde QT… hehe, he looks even more like a prince. I’m so happy. This airport greeting was worth it. We should be the first batch of fans to see Quentin with blonde hair, right!”
“Sigh, if only the advertisement shoot these past two days had been an outdoor event. The confidentiality measures are too strict. Not a single candid photo. At least release some behind-the-scenes clips in advance.”
“Just wait, friends. What should come will come.”
