The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 358 Tutoring
As I just mentioned, the reason why free things are the most expensive is that once you get used to free things, you lose your bargaining power.

There are many reasons why so many bizarre and even mind-boggling TV dramas, which can almost be described as idiotic, have appeared in the video app era 20 years later.

There are reasons why some things are easy to pass censorship, others why costumes, props, and special effects are relatively easy to produce, still others why money laundering is convenient, and still others why female data workers manipulate things behind the scenes. But the real reason is very simple: the production company doesn't need to make money from the audience.

I won't go into detail here about how production companies recoup their costs before filming even begins, or how they manipulate stock prices by creating fake data.

In short, since they don't make money from the audience, they'll do whatever's easiest to get approved; since they don't make money from the audience, they'll use the cheapest costumes, props, and special effects possible, as long as they pass muster; since they don't make money from the audience, those who control the purse strings can film however they want.

That's right. If someone with money in hand wants to make a female-centric drama and wants to cast a certain young heartthrob, then they'll make a female-centric drama and cast that young heartthrob.

As long as she's having fun, that's all that matters. The audience? What's that?
Of course, some producers have passion and ideas, and major video apps also need a brand name to maintain their reputation, so they occasionally release some normal dramas, such as "The Long Season," but the former is still the most common.

Now, this situation has arisen prematurely due to someone's intervention and some unknown factors.

Fan Bingbing doesn't care about the profits from "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber," and even invests in art films like "Falling" and "Daughter Trapped in Time" to gain some recognition for herself.

Xiaoli's sister naturally didn't mind the profits from "The Legend of Sword and Fairy," she only wanted to fulfill her daughter's wish and create a few classic roles for her.

Actually, these are all things they learned from Li Yunxin and Angela. They are the real people who don't care about film and television products at all.

If that's the case, then why can't we make this "Chinese Paladin" TV series according to Xu Jiuyang's wishes?
For example, make the costumes and props as close to the game as possible, or film the storylines of the Yangzhou female thief and the Golden Toad Demon Mother, and explicitly depict Anu's crush on Li Xiaoyao, and... have Liu Qianqian play Zhao Ling'er.

After all, that's how it was in her past life. It's not impossible for her to play Lin Yueru, but it would feel very strange.

Anyway, the character Zhao Ling'er is a classic, so persuading Sister Xiaoli wouldn't be difficult, but persuading Liu Qianqian herself...

"Let's convince Sister Xiaoli first," Xu Jiuyang muttered to himself as he drove.

He arrived at his destination quickly and was taken aback as soon as he entered the villa.

"Big Sister, what are you doing here?" Xu Jiuyang asked Yang Mi, who was sitting in the living room reading a book, half-jokingly.

"Of course I'm here to tutor some idiot," Yang Mi replied, rolling her eyes and clearly gritting her teeth.

"Then... what about that idiot?" Xu Jiuyang looked around.

"That idiot obviously went out to play!" Yang Mi was even more annoyed. "I just called her, and she actually said something like... Hey, is there tutoring today?"

The imitation was so lifelike, especially the tone of the voice that showed a hint of not having realized what was happening, giving it a slightly silly feel.

"She actually wants to get 500 points on the college entrance exam? I don't think she'll even get 50!" Yang Mi said viciously.

"How much is the tutoring fee?" Xu Jiuyang asked curiously.

"What tutoring fee? I only tutored her because I saw that she really wanted to improve!" Yang Mi immediately changed to a righteous and stern face.

"Okay, okay, you two are such good best friends." Xu Jiuyang chuckled and ruffled her hair.

"Don't you dare lay a hand on me." Yang Mi swung her fist, trying to punch him, but her arm span was a bit short, and she missed several times. She could only glare at him unhappily.

"Alright, alright," Xu Jiuyang withdrew his hand and changed the subject, "That thing I gave you, the Zhenhua series of campus dramas, has it started preparations yet?"

“It can’t be that fast,” Yang Mi said, glaring at him again. “You promised to give me the idea before the New Year, but after I called you after the New Year, you pretended that you had already thought of it but forgot to give it to me. I don’t know if this idea came to you on the spur of the moment.”

"How could that be? Although I gave you an outline, the key points are still very detailed." Xu Jiuyang coughed lightly, sounding slightly guilty.

Yang Mi didn't say anything more. She tilted her head and looked at him for a while before sighing softly, "Okay, anyway, thank you."

Xu Jiuyang paused for a moment, then patted her head again: "Don't worry, just let me know when you start production. I'll make sure your first TV series is a success."

Then he asked, "Are you in it?" "It depends. I actually wanted Tangtang or Shishi to star in it," Yang Mi shrugged, seemingly not wanting to talk about it anymore, and immediately changed the subject, "Did you come here to see Auntie about something?"

“Yes, let’s talk about the production of ‘Chinese Paladin’,” Xu Jiuyang said without hiding anything, “She wants me to play Li Xiaoyao.”

After saying that, she winked and asked, "So, how about it? Are you interested in playing Zhao Ling'er or Anu?"

“No,” Yang Mi rolled her eyes, her refusal firm. “I still have to go to school.”

"Great job, great job, a good student." Xu Jiuyang clapped his hands with a hearty laugh.

Yang Mi rolled her eyes even more and immediately pushed him: "Go talk business, I still need to prepare lessons for idiot Qianqian."

When they arrived on the second floor, Xu Jiuyang still had a smile on her face. This girl, who acted generously and rather than being petty, was truly adorable.

Of course, compared to that, my daughter is even more adorable.

"Daddy!" The little girl ran over as soon as she entered the bedroom, her face showing a mixture of panic and joy, clearly indicating that she was running away.

As expected, after Yangyang threw herself into his arms, Sister Xiaoli also came over in a fierce manner, rolling up her sleeves.

"Don't protect her!" Sister Xiaoli said as she pulled the little girl.

"Daddy, Daddy!" Yangyang called out urgently.

"Alright, sister, alright, there are still outsiders in the house." Xu Jiuyang picked up his daughter.

Sister Xiaoli didn't seem really angry. After he persuaded her a few times, she stopped being so aggressive, but she still picked the little guy up and gave him a good scolding.

It wasn't a big deal, really. Three-year-olds are full of energy, which is a time when they are both hated and disliked. Yangyang was no exception. She actually threw things out of the upstairs window and made fun of it.

Even though it was just some toys that were thrown, which had no real danger and no one was downstairs, it was clearly not a good thing to do.

In addition, when Xiaoli questioned her, she kept denying it, which led to the scene just now.

Since that's the case, then of course the couple should team up and beat each other. Just kidding. If this kind of behavior isn't stopped, what will happen when she grows up? Xu Jiuyang doesn't want his daughter to end up like certain things.

However, despite the punishment, we must teach her a lesson, learn from her mistakes, and help her understand why.

"Do you know you're wrong?"

"knew……"

"Where is wrong?"

"I shouldn't... I shouldn't have thrown things outside..."

"anything else?"

"I shouldn't... I shouldn't have lied to Mom..."

"You're wrong. Think about it again."

"I shouldn't... I shouldn't... I shouldn't have let Mom find out... and I even denied it..."

"Very well, then why are these wrong?"

"Losing things...it will...it will hurt people...to deny it...to deny it...is foolish..."

(End of this chapter)