Interview: Yang Mi denies FengMi's publicity ploy rumors

FengMi pairing onscreen/offscreen is highly debated right now on Chinese cyberspace. The news media is divided into two camps: negative group says their "apparent closeness" is a promotional tactic to garner attention and the more positive group just really want them to hook up in real life so they can be the first to grab the "latest FengMi headlines."

Legend of Military Seal Press Conference Interview, she talks about the challenge to shoot serious scenes with FSF and promotional tactic rumors surround FengMi, etc.

English Translation by Mango_cake:

Narrator: March 9th, the HFCQ press conference is underway. Actors YM and FSF from the popular series "Gong" once again act as a couple and continue the "FengMi" romance. After the conference we got an exclusive interview with YM. When talking about the "FengMi" romance, YM seemed quite delighted and happy.

YM: Perhaps it's because, um, at first everyone loved watching QC and 8th prince, so they also feel that YM and FSF are very suitable for each other in real life. Um, I'm grateful to everyone for trying to "matchmake" for me (laughs), but, at this point in time I really don't have any time for dating, this is the honest truth. Shaofeng is probably the same, I believe he's also currently extremely busy, perhaps even busier than me. So I want to say...mmm...well, I guess right now we are just good friends (laughs).

Interviewer: What about in the future, is there a possibility of any developments?

YM: I. Don't. Know. (...she says this with a sort of mischievous expression and a cute shake of the head, then giggles)

Interviewer: Do you have any of those thoughts? (about developing a relationship with FSF)

YM: Huh? (smiles)

Interviewer: Do you have any of those thoughts? (lol, he won't let this subject go...XD)

YM: I'm not telling you! (giggles) I'm still all about my work...aiya, if all of you keep asking the two of us these questions in the future how will we collaborate! (laughs) We will be embarrassed!

Narrator: This time FSF was cast in HFCQ thanks to YM's strong recommendation. Seems like the relationship between these two is not just casual acquaintances! But, knowing each other too well can also lead to some embarrassing situations.

YM: This time, acting in a proper serious drama, when the two of us had to be all serious and look each other deeply in the eyes, we would easily dissolve into laughter. (smiles and nods)

Interviewer: Because you know each other too well?

YM: Yes, too well! And also, because in Gong with 8th prince we were always bickering and fighting, so once we had to be very serious we were like, "Oh, why are you being so pretentious!" (laughs) We already know each other's personalities well, so, when all of a sudden both people become so serious and deep, you really just want to laugh! (YM sounds so excited and happy here, hehe)

Narrator: Because they understand each other so well (causing them to break out into laughter during filming), and also because their everyday actions towards each other are so sweet, it causes people to wonder if this is all just a promotional tactic to get attention.

YM: These "promotional tactic" rumours have all along just been people's empty speculation--let's say if I just speak one sentence to Shaofeng, then perhaps people will say this is just to gain media attention. Well in your everyday life will you not talk to your colleagues too? Will you not talk to your female colleagues--perhaps one person in particular you might talk to a bit more? It's the same thing! Like before when we were filming Gong, filming HFCQ, even at that time we would have a lot of interaction on set and also including on our weibo's. We would play games with each other, I would ride in his car or he would ride in mine, that type of thing, we have always had this interaction, but perhaps at that time people did not pay much attention to the two of us. Mmm...it's just because Gong had such a good reception, so people would say, "Did you two start to interact with each other so much just to get press attention?" But actually that's not the case, the two of us will never begin or cease interacting with each other just because of outside opinions.

Narrator: YM, who calmly and directly answered all the questioning, also revealed, that when faced with outside rumours and speculations about the two of them, she has never discussed in private with FSF what to say to the media beforehand. They will just go with the flow.

YM: The two of us absolutely do not discuss these things in private, like saying "Hey, today a journalist asked me something, and everyone will think so-and-so, how about we discuss it and come up with what to say to the media?" We never do that. I won't force him and he won't force me, that is, we never talk about rumours and gossip about us, we never have! This is part of the comfortableness and familiarity between the two of us, perhaps...that is, mmm, we will talk about work-related things to each other, for example "I have so-and-so coming up, what will you be working on next", and perhaps we will recommend each other for things, but we won't talk about the gossip, uh, like come up with a common "story" for the media. I think what he says is his freedom to do so, same with me, we won't interfere with each other or anything like that.

Compared to YM's eloquence and composed responses to reporters, I feel FSF always get stumped by their questions...like in here....LOL...so easily tricked by reporters...

YM said FSF is the type of person who likes to 'stick' to others, but she's not.
Then the reporter changed YM's comment a little and told FSF that "YM said you like to stick to her"... FSF's response was like "what?! I stick to her? where is she??!!" He looked around the room for YM, probably trying to evade the question...

Mango_cake's comments:
LMAO. I had to rewatch that about 5 times it was so funny. Especially when he whips his head around a second time...rofl. Poor FSF! Reporters must have a field day with him...YM needs to give him some lessons on how to be unperturbed by these things! (I wonder if YM ever clarified her actual comment to him though.)