The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 488: A Comparison
"Boss, are you really going to invest in Xu Jiuyang's studio? He seems pretty indifferent to me. Will we lose money?" This question came from inside before the door was completely closed.

Xu Jiuyang couldn't help but roll his eyes. If you were to host this, you might actually lose money.

Listening carefully again, I couldn't hear what Fan Bingbing said, but Wang Mengmeng said, "But he's really handsome, and he has a great body too."

This made him shudder, recalling that when they hit it off in their past life, they seemed to have heard the same words.

"Fine, whatever, let's leave it to our classmate Fan." Xu Jiuyang thought to himself as he left. He had been somewhat worried about whether Wang Mengmeng, with her abilities, could really handle the position Fan Bingbing had given her.

However, when he thought about Fan's ability to train her, he didn't want to think too much. Even Qin Lan, who hated accounting work, could obediently work as his secretary and assistant. What else could she not handle?
"Oh right, I forgot to ask her about acquiring Baidu's initial public offering (IPO) shares." Xu Jiuyang slapped his forehead as he came outside.

Baidu is scheduled to go public in August, and if I remember correctly, its stock price has more than tripled. United Capital has yet to acquire even 1% of Baidu's shares, and has even attracted the attention of the other party.

But he didn't turn back. He said it was fine over the phone, but the matter at hand was more important.

Actually, there's nothing particularly noteworthy about meeting Kang Honglei. When he heard that someone was willing to invest in "Soldiers Sortie," he was overjoyed. Then, after hearing that he wanted to play a role, he became somewhat hesitant and cautious. He breathed a sigh of relief after Kang expressed his desire for the role of Wu Zhe.

After all, someone promised to invest no less than 1000 million.

I wonder if Da Hei Niu got that role because he got it through Huayi Brothers. Even though I know this life is very different from the last, I still feel a bit unlucky.

However, since things had come to this, there was no point in dwelling on it. So, the person returned to the set of "Li Lei and Han Meimei".

"Teacher Xu, I find it strange that Liu Qianqian is in such a good state when you are here, but becomes very mediocre when you are not here?" Guo Zhenni asked this question in her spare time.

Xu Jiuyang's answer was concise: "I don't know."

He truly didn't know; this was something he had never encountered before. How could someone be so impressive in front of certain people, yet mediocre in front of others?

And things are much better now. As long as he's watching, her acting skills improve significantly, unlike before when he had to act opposite her.

So, life is actually a huge game arena, and Liu Qianqian is a player with passive skills?

Xu Jiuyang was too lazy to think about it. Anyway, he wasn't acting with Liu Qianqian now, especially not as a couple, so there was no need to care about these things.

Under these circumstances, coupled with the fact that there wasn't much work to do here and with support, Guo Zhenni, the new director, became increasingly adept at his work and focused more of his attention on his own affairs.

such as--

“I heard it, and it’s not very good. I’m talking about the opera style, not actually asking you to sing Peking Opera. That stuff isn’t very pleasant to listen to.”

"What I mean is, the only path you can take is pop, but there are too many mainstream pop songs. If you don't have any unique characteristics, you can't expect people to remember you."

"Didn't I send you a song last time? Ask yourself honestly, can you sing it?"

Xu Jiuyang hung up the phone and shook his head vigorously. The person on the other end of the line was naturally Da Tiantian.

Didn't I tell her to go back and practice her voice? Now that she's practiced for a while and feels she's made progress, she recorded a few songs and emailed them over, asking the teacher to give her feedback.

To this, someone's opinion is: I'll take a look!

He asked her to practice her voice so that she wouldn't be out of breath or have obvious breathing difficulties when singing, just like the songs Fan Bingbing released in her previous life—she hasn't had this problem with the songs she's released in this life, so he thought Da Tian Tian should be able to do it too.

And then... haha... "Who were you talking to?" Liu Qianqian, who had just finished filming, came over and asked, seemingly having overheard quite a bit.

"It's none of your business. Focus on filming." Xu Jiuyang replied dismissively.

"You're lying! I'm clearly making a music album for people I don't even know!" Liu Qianqian immediately pretended to be unhappy.

"I'm sorry, you're wrong. It's someone I know," Xu Jiuyang corrected seriously.

“I also want to release an album,” Liu Qianqian said, looking at him.

"Just go ahead and leave, it's a simple matter of a word," Xu Jiuyang said, raising an eyebrow as if he didn't understand the meaning behind her words.

So Liu Qianqian pouted and said, "I want my dad to make a music album for me."

"Why are you here again?" Xu Jiuyang glared at her angrily, then looked around. "Why don't you just speak louder so everyone can hear you?"

Liu Qianqian immediately puffed out her chest, wanting to show off her rebellious nature, but she quickly remembered her purpose and immediately grabbed his arm with a smile: "Help me out, Papa, I took leave the day before yesterday and when I talked about you in front of Yangyang, she was so happy, and she even asked when you would visit her again."

"Alright, alright," Xu Jiuyang shuddered slightly, "Why don't you let me make a music album for your best friend too?"

Then he regretted it, because Liu Qianqian nodded vigorously, "Okay, okay!"

Xu Jiuyang rolled his eyes, wondering whether he should pick her up and throw her out, but then he thought, if she and Yang Mi could score 600 points on the college entrance exam, what else couldn't they do?

So I decided to give them two ancient-style songs and have them sing them according to the requirements I gave Jing Tian. If they sang them well, I could use them as a comparison to give Jing Tian a good talking-to.

"How about this, I'll take some time to write a song for you and Mimi each, and then I'll set the requirements for your performances. If you can meet those requirements within three months, I'll consider producing a music album for you. What do you say?" Xu Jiuyang said.

"Really?" Liu Qianqian's eyes widened.

"Do I look like the kind of person who would deceive Yangyang's sister?" Xu Jiuyang asked deliberately.

"Yay! It's settled then! No lying!" Liu Qianqian cheered happily and kissed him on the cheek without thinking.

Upon realizing what had happened, not only were the two of them stunned, but the former's eyes widened in disbelief.

Then, Liu Qianqian slipped away like lightning, so fast that Xu Jiuyang didn't even have time to make a sound.

He could only sigh in the end. She didn't have any scenes to film right now, but by the time she was supposed to go on stage, she should have adjusted her mindset. He figured she wouldn't... upset those two young people, right?
Although we were being very careful on set, Guo Zhenni and the sisters Chen Shu and Liu Weiwei came very frequently and didn't really try to hide it. After all, it was Xiaoli who organized the event, and the funding came from Fan Bingbing and Gao Yuanyuan, or from Li Yunxin and Angela.

With Zhang Yan and Yang Ying taking turns appearing around him, even Sui Kai, the American kid, was stunned, let alone Chen Xiao.

In this situation, Liu Qianqian and Yang Mi, who visited the set from time to time, although they seemed to have a close relationship with someone, did not take any further action, which naturally relieved them.

In addition, their status as top students naturally puts them in a better position than those who are not academically gifted, so they put in a lot of effort when acting.

Therefore, from the perspective of filming efficiency, it would be bad if problems arose that caused their "spiritual hearts to break."

(End of this chapter)