This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 188 Different Consequences

After two consecutive accidents, Xu Feng finally left Cheng Luan's home and drove to his own community.

"Go home and sleep for a while..." Xu Feng yawned lightly, "I didn't sleep well last night."

The next episode will not start filming for some time, and composing a song for Wu Youqing can be completed in an instant, so there is no need to be busy during this period.

I still can’t sleep too soundly when sleeping in someone else’s house…

Xu Feng got out of the car, locked the door, and took the elevator upstairs as usual.

However, as soon as I got out of the elevator, I saw a very familiar figure at the door.

"Uh, Sister Huan?" Xu Feng was stunned for a moment, looking at this top-notch celebrity, and tentatively called out, "Why didn't you tell me you were here?"

Lin Shenghuan turned back suddenly and gritted his teeth: "I was just wondering why you came back from outside so early in the morning! Didn't you finish filming your show yesterday?"

"I was preparing to come back, and I took another order midway." Xu Feng simply told him about the animation production. "They paid quite a bit, and we can barely be considered 'classmates', so I took it."

I can collect two payments... the task isn't difficult.

There's really nothing wrong with that.

But this is not what Lin Shenghuan is concerned about.

"I was busy with this yesterday, is that all?"

Indeed...but, we just had a meal and spent the night together, nothing else happened, so there is no need to go into details like this.

Xu Feng shook his head naturally: "No more."

"Okay..." Lin Shenghuan put away his suspicious look and knocked on the door. "Open the door quickly. I've been waiting for a while."

"Sister Huan, why don't you just call me?" Xu Feng was a little confused. He took out the key and opened the door. "Why are you just waiting here?"

"If you don't come again, I'll beat you up..." Lin Shenghuan walked into the house, took off her high heels, and sat on the sofa very familiarly. "By the way, don't you plan to live somewhere else? You are so famous now, aren't you afraid of being harassed or people coming to your house to ask for your autograph?"

Before Lin Shenghuan became a celebrity, he had encountered similar problems.

Xu Feng's house must be rented. Why hasn't he changed it after such a long time?

"I charge for it." Xu Feng relaxed his shoulders. "After charging a few times, no one comes. Let's change the place and consider it after we finish filming this show."

In fact, what Lin Shenghuan said was not wrong. Xu Feng should indeed move to another place.

But... after talking so much, why are we still talking about Xu Feng's own life trivia?

Xu Feng casually made a cup of tea for Lin Shenghuan and asked, "Sister Huan hasn't told me yet what you want to talk to me about this time."

After saying this, Xu Feng also felt a little weird - he had just visited Cheng Luan, and now a big star was visiting him...

"Can't you come if you have nothing to do?"

"Well, it's not impossible..."

Lin Shenghuan sighed: "Ah, Xu Feng! Forget it, let's talk business..."

When talking about serious matters, Lin Shenghuan's expression became much more serious.

"Xu Feng, tell me honestly, do you have any plans to enter the entertainment industry? Seriously, I won't be a problem."

Before, Lin Shenghuan only regarded Xu Feng as a creator and singer with amazing talent who was relatively close to her.

But recently, after Lin Shenghuan went over what Xu Feng had done during this period, he discovered that the facts were not exactly what he thought.

It is understandable for a normal singer and songwriter to participate in variety shows such as "The God of Tomorrow" to increase his or her popularity and exposure when he or she is not famous at the beginning.

Once you have accumulated a certain level of popularity and produced works that can stabilize your position, you should think about releasing albums, holding concerts, touring, or writing and singing songs for film and television dramas, etc.

Further enhance one's influence in the music world.

Sing more old songs and try to increase their popularity.

At the same time, release new songs as soon as possible and let the company distribute and operate them as soon as possible.

What we want is to make our works familiar to the public.

But Xu Feng did not do that at all.

He does nothing but participate in variety shows all day long and help others put out fires - although he has released his new songs on these platforms, he has not promoted them much.

If others want to listen, they have to spend a lot of time and effort to find resources themselves.

It was not easy to release an album, but I worked very hard to release it, one song at a time.

The sales have proven that many people really like Xu Feng's songs...

What's more, the variety shows that Xu Feng participated in were not all music variety shows, many of them were entertainment in nature.

This kind of variety show is of almost no benefit to Xu Feng's development in his music career.

Everyone who saw this was anxious - wasn't this just a waste of talent?
It was not until many months later that these anxious people gradually disappeared.

It’s not because they don’t think Xu Feng is wasting his talent, but because they are used to this kind of thing happening to Xu Feng.

Lin Sheng imagined Xu Feng's face, and thought about what Xu Feng was doing, and finally thought of a possibility.

Perhaps, Xu Feng himself does not care so much about his development in the music industry.

The music industry may just be a business project for Xu Feng, or a stepping stone to continue expanding his field.

He always jokingly calls himself a mercenary in the entertainment industry. The three words "entertainment industry" contain so much information.

"Yes." Xu Feng nodded, "But there's no need to rush. Let's take it one step at a time."

"Oh! I knew it!" Lin Shenghuan covered his head. "I won't interfere with your choice, but I feel a little regretful... In fact, the entertainment industry is much more complicated than the music industry."

Although they are both in the entertainment industry and have to deal with the same mess, the actors' "intensity" is far greater than that of the singers.

After Lin Shenghuan became famous, she was actually invited by some film crews, and her previous company also asked her about this indirectly.

After all, her appearance is really amazing.

However, Lin Shenghuan refused without even thinking about it.

To be honest, Lin Shenghuan really didn't want to see Xu Feng really enter the entertainment industry. First, she felt that the water was too muddy in it. It would be nice for him to occasionally join the crew as a collaborator to write songs and sing, and just watch the fun from the shore.

Second, if Xu Feng's focus gradually shifted from songs to other things, then she would not have so many opportunities to contact Xu Feng... In the music industry, Lin Shenghuan could still protect Xu Feng, or at least they could help each other.

After entering the entertainment industry, it is no longer her home turf.

"I'm just going there to work. I don't want to get involved in any of the mess there." Xu Feng shook his head. "Don't worry, Sister Huan. I'm not a complete newcomer either."

"Alas, filming TV dramas is different from singing... It's hard to turn the tide on your own in the former. It's too difficult to tell whether your acting skills are good or not, and whether your singing is good or not."

The space that can be hyped and the space where the audience can make specious arguments are not on the same dimension.

With Xu Feng's personality, he might not get any benefits if he went in, and might even be caught by a hostile company.

To be honest, if Xu Feng had only stayed in the music industry, he would be almost invincible now.

The fans are incredibly tolerant and have incredibly strong purchasing power. Their works are excellent, and they have relationships with many big names in the circle.

Most of his colleagues are unwilling to offend him, and they are hoping that one day they will be lucky enough to sing a song written by Xu Feng.

Plus the funds provided by Cheng Luan’s company as a backup.

In this situation, Xu Feng's position is almost impossible to shake.

"Don't worry." Xu Feng shrugged again. "If it doesn't work, we will directly contact the investors instead of the crew. They are responsible for making the requirements, and we are responsible for producing the film according to the requirements."

"Anyway, we have a full staff here, so it's not impossible to offer an all-inclusive service. We can even cover singing and other things, which makes it more worry-free."

Seeing that Xu Feng had his own arrangements and plans, Lin Shenghuan certainly would not be so smart as to interfere. He just poked Xu Feng's arm and said, "Does that include me? I can be the singer of the theme song!"

"necessary……"

"..."

The two chatted along the way, talking about Xu Feng's future plans and then returning to this variety show.

"By the way, I found out what happened in this variety show. It was great that you led your team to first place."

Xu Feng laughed: "Sister Huan is still so well-informed."

"So that's why I rarely participate in this kind of variety show." Lin Shenghuan sat a little closer, "Because the scoring mechanism is not so reasonable. I heard that you took second place in the mentor group?"

Xu Feng nodded: "Yes, but their scoring rules are relatively formal, and the scoring is open and there is no shady dealings. I have no objection to this ranking."

"What do you think Zhou Yanliu is going to do this time? Her group dropped directly from first place to last place, but she herself ranks very high in the mentor group."

Last time, Xu Feng’s situation was not so polarized—although the student group’s results were not that good, they were at least in the middle.

This dropped directly from first to last!
Lin Shenghuan really couldn't imagine that there would actually be a mentor who could do things so cruelly and ruthlessly.

Thinking back to the time when she was the mentor and Xu Feng was the student, how close was their collaboration?

As a senior, Lin Shenghuan simply disdains to sacrifice the students' performance in exchange for his own limelight.

Xu Feng answered casually: "This episode of the variety show will be out soon. They probably have already thought of what to say. We will know when the time comes."

"I guess they have already edited the updates and will post them once the variety show is released."

Time passed quickly as the two chatted.

The big star had a quick lunch and then opened his tablet with great anticipation.

"It's out! This production team is very efficient. Let me see how you perform this time."

Lin Shenghuan was not interested at all in the life content, practice content, and all the popular intrigues and cooperation of the students in the previous part of the variety show, and she just kept dragging it to the back until Xu Feng appeared.

Xu Feng was watching this scene and couldn't help but complain in his heart - why is it that you, the big star, have become the one chasing after stars? You are so impatient.

However, Lin Shenghuan is indeed qualified to comment.

When she saw Xu Feng and Bai Yao chatting about the song, she suddenly frowned and asked with a bit of dissatisfaction: "Why didn't you ask me this time? This girl is good, but she is still a little behind your sister Huan!"

"Don't I want to?" Xu Feng's attitude towards chatting with the big star gradually relaxed. "Last time, because the incident happened suddenly, the program team did not stop the mentors from asking for off-site assistance. It was no problem to ask for help from their own team or other singers, but this time it's not possible."

"Hmph...Okay! Then next time I go to the scene, I'll allow you to sneak over to find me!"

"Sister Huan, you are not afraid of being on the headlines of gossip news at all..."

"You're not afraid, so why should I be afraid?" Lin Shenghuan's cheeks flushed slightly. "I won't say anything more. Let's see how you sing first..."

Lin Shenghuan still has a little respect for the mentors.

I didn't jump as hard as before.

He even had the mood to make a few comments - but for those seniors who were already old and no longer in their prime, Lin Shenghuan didn't say much.

But for those who were obviously not of the same status as other mentors, especially the two popular singers, Lin Shenghuan's words were not so nice.

"Haha, I tried really hard to show off my singing skills, but unfortunately, it still can't hide the nature of this catchy song... I can't say it's bad, but I think it's a little inappropriate to put it on this stage."

"However, traffic singers want traffic. This is one of their most popular songs. If they don't sing this, it will be difficult to hype up the popularity."

"This instructor actually sang quite well...but the song selection seemed a bit too biased towards the students, which is not good."

"Alas, this mentor was also said to be a talented young man before, but he reached the peak right after his debut, and now he has only become a second-tier singer. What a pity. You know, I was afraid that you would be the same."

"..."

"Oh...it's Zhou Yanliu's turn!" Seeing the singer who could occasionally beat him head-on, Lin Shenghuan's expression became a little more serious. "Let me see if her performance has declined?"

"Tsk tsk... she's still got the talent after disappearing for so long. It's a pity that she was a bit too showy. I think I know why her student ranked last. Handsome Xu, look at me. When I was a mentor, I would never choose a song like this, right?"

Xu Feng nodded woodenly: "Yes, thank you so much, Teacher Lin."

Alas, Mr. Lin looks like a grown-up, but he is actually quite childish...

"It's your turn now. Let me see... Tsk, 'Lonely Patient', are you lonely? If you are lonely, why don't you come and chat with your teacher Lin? I don't think you are lonely at all."

"…It sounds good. Listen to it again!"

"Not bad, you did a great job in rendering the emotions in this song, but this factor cannot be taken into account in the rating. At least in my opinion, you sang better than Zhou Yanliu!"

"Hey, wait a minute, Zhou Yanliu's team seems to have already started operations. I'll go see how they are going to confuse right and wrong."

"..."

(End of this chapter)