This director lacks vision.

Chapter 129 Shu Chang's Illusion

June 6th, a very auspicious day.

Early in the morning, Jiang Yifeng was having breakfast on set when he received a call from Kim Kwang-soo.

"This won't work. It started as a group of six, and adding another person now would make things difficult."

At least the "Produce 101" show is not an option; let's wait until that show finishes airing before considering anything else.

Okay, that's settled. You can do whatever you want after the show ends.

But I want to emphasize one point: don't let it affect my ability to make money.

As you can see, I've invested a lot of resources to help Crown open up the Chinese market, at least several billion Korean won.

You probably didn't spend this much money training a girl group.

Okay, that's all, bye.

With the promotion of Fengxing Media, the popularity of Crown Girls Group in China has grown rapidly.

Especially after the broadcast of Produce 101, they received widespread attention as the show's image ambassadors and professional mentors.

On June 4th, the latest episode of Produce 101 aired, with the theme of the judges' battle.

The five judges and their students prepare a performance together and compete in a public performance. The losing team has to eliminate one person.

Li Wen and Xiao Yaxuan are both professionals, leading their students in energetic singing and dancing, and their performances were outstanding.
Phoenix Legend sang "Lotus Pond Moonlight" from their new album ahead of schedule, and the girl group contestants danced square dance, which was quite catchy;

Liu Huan collaborated with Tang Shiyi, Jin Chen, and others to sing a song called "The Crescent Moon".

The beautiful singing and graceful dancing showcased the strength of the Demon King Group and continued to promote the style of Chinese-style girl groups.

The most ruthless one was Tengger, who, along with Li Yitong, Zhang Yuxi, and others, performed a song called "Love Circulation."

At that time, the song "Renai Circulation" had just become popular in Japan and was not widely sung in China.

The song has a simple and sweet melody that is very catchy. Li Yitong and others dressed in cute anime costumes sang and danced to "Love Circulation," capturing the hearts of a large number of otaku.

But when it was Tengger's turn to sing, the performance style changed completely, giving off a feeling of fatherly love in a cycle.

This extreme contrast also brought a lot of attention to the performance.

Li Yitong's sweet smile is a perfect match for the song "Love Circulation".

Because of this song, her popularity has rebounded, and she is now aiming for the top three.

As mentors on the show, the Crown Girls also gave the opening performance in this episode.

Their energetic and sizzling performance of "Bo Peep Bo Peep" ignited the atmosphere and showcased the charm of the Korean girl group.

The judges and mentors are indeed highly professional. Once they started performing, they raised the quality of the performances on Produce 101 to a new level.

The program was thus elevated to a higher level.

This episode garnered an astonishing number of views, surpassing 3000 million in just two days!
The related performances were even made into clips and played on video websites in a loop.

Even CCTV felt that this episode was of high quality, and after obtaining authorization from Fengxing Media, it was broadcast on the variety channel.

During this period, whether shopping in a mall or riding in a car, you can hear songs performed by the Produce 101 program.

At this point, Produce 101, like The Voice of China in the future, had officially become a phenomenal variety show.

The Crown Girls Group has been appearing frequently on the show, and their popularity and status have been growing rapidly.

The troll Yoo Hwa-young's family has connections in Korea, which puts pressure on Kim Kwang-soo.

Kim Kwang-soo couldn't sit still any longer and called Jiang Yifeng directly, saying that the girl group needed to add more members and that Jeon Bo-ram should replace Ham Eun-jung as the second leader.

They started by implementing a captain rotation system, paving the way for the troll to become captain later.

Jiang Yifeng had a premonition that the Crown's early popularity would only exacerbate the conflicts and cause the Troll incident to erupt sooner than expected.

He only refused Crown's request to add contestants to the Produce 101 program; he did not interfere in anything else.

Once the internal strife breaks out, Jiang Yifeng can simply reap the rewards. After all, the Korean market is small and has nothing to do with him.

If it's gone, it's gone. It doesn't matter.

The key is to seize the opportunity and grab the crown.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yifeng took a couple of sips of porridge. Shu Chang, who was standing next to him, said, "Director Jiang, I feel that everyone has misunderstood you."

"What misunderstanding?"

"People outside say you're a womanizer, but I think you're quite self-disciplined. You focus on filming on set and go home on time."

"We've been filming this for a month and a half, and no pretty girls have come to visit you on set."

Jiang Yifeng was filming in Yanjing, so he could just bring any beautiful woman to his home; he didn't mess around on set.

When he was playing games with Yang Mi, Shu Chang was under a lot of pressure after joining the crew and was focused on acting, so she didn't notice anything.

In addition, Jiang Yifeng has always been very well-behaved towards Shu Chang and has not done anything excessive.

This is what led Shu Chang to have the absurd illusion.

Jiang Yifeng laughed heartily, looked at Shu Chang's cute little feet, and said, "You understand me best."

Shu Chang's skin isn't particularly fair, but it's very delicate and translucent.

The meridians on his hands and feet were clearly visible.

Her feet were very small, only about size 35, with a very beautiful shape, fair and delicate insteps, and ten toes of uniform size.

Men who appreciate beautiful feet would likely praise these tiny feet as exquisite.

Shu Chang is also aware of her strengths, and often applies a little nail polish to her toes to enhance her charm.

It was a hot day, and since Shu Chang had gotten to know Jiang Yifeng well, she didn't care much about formalities and wore blue sandals early in the morning.

The pink nail polish made her little feet look even cuter.

Noticing Jiang Yifeng's gaze, Shu Chang was about to speak when Jiang Yifeng's phone rang again; it was Na Zha calling.

"Uncle! Now Zhang Tianai and Dilraba are both on top of me!"
I'm only ranked 5th, and Li Yitong is about to overtake me! What should I do? Please think of something for me!

Naza sounded a little anxious and spoke quite loudly, which Shuchang also heard.

She didn't know who Naza was, but she could still recognize it as a girl's voice.

Jiang Yifeng calmly said, "Don't rush. I told you before that becoming famous is a bit of a mystery, so don't force it."

The more you force it, the more counterproductive it becomes.

Naza pouted and said, "Zhang Tianai's persona and path were all designed by you, so how come she's so popular?"

I've never been number one!

It has to be said that Naza has come to some understanding.

Especially after Zhang Tianai successfully lost weight and became exceptionally beautiful, Na Zha's heart was on high alert.

Then I remembered the bet I made with Jiang Yifeng before.

Only then did he realize that Jiang Yifeng had been plotting this for a long time.

"There's nothing good about being number one. You've never been number one, but you haven't been ridiculed or insulted, have you?"

I know you're sensitive and I didn't want you to be upset, so I specially designed this path for you, a steady debut, to build popularity step by step.

The path of black and red is not easy to walk; one wrong move and the whole game is lost.

You have powerful backers, there's no need for you to take risks. If you hadn't insisted on singing "A Little Sweet," I wouldn't even have wanted you to sing that song.

Naza wanted to show off her love, so her first performance on Produce 101 was singing "A Little Sweet," a song Jiang Yifeng wrote for her.

However, since this song was written by Jiang Yifeng, it's easy for gossip and behind-the-scenes stories to be exposed.

Although the production team concealed the creators' information, there were still loopholes.

Upon hearing Jiang Yifeng's words, Nazha thought about it and realized that it seemed to be true.

If she were ridiculed by the entire internet like Zhang Tianai, she would be incredibly depressed.

But Jiang Yifeng continued, "Besides, you're the boss's wife. Aren't Zhang Tianai and Dilireba just working for our company?"

When you see them become popular and rank high in popularity, you shouldn't be angry; instead, you should be happy.

These are all your employees; you need to act like the boss's wife.

Jiang Yifeng's smooth talk made Na Zha beam with joy.

She said softly, "Uncle, I haven't been tolerant of you in so long~ I miss you so much~"

"I'll be going to the training camp in a couple of days. We'll call each other then and play a little secret game."

"Then I'll wait for you~ Mmm!"

Naza gave Jiang Yifeng a phone kiss and happily hung up the phone.

Shu Chang looked at Jiang Yifeng with a gossipy expression.

Shu Chang didn't hear what Na Zha said clearly, but she heard Jiang Yifeng mention the landlady and such very clearly.

Who is this woman? Could she be Jiang Yifeng's girlfriend?

Are we going to meet at the training camp in a couple of days?

Doesn't Jiang Yifeng not have a girlfriend?

Shu Chang's gossipy nature kicked in, and just as she was about to ask a question, she saw a stunningly beautiful woman walking over.

She was wearing a white T-shirt, and not only were her features very beautiful, but she also had a rich and sweet temperament.

It was Jing Tian, ​​whom I hadn't seen for a while.

Upon seeing Jiang Yifeng, Jing Tian immediately waved and greeted him.

She was so happy that she waved so excitedly that the bear's mouth started to shake.

This youthful energy made Shu Chang feel that the morning sunlight was dazzling.

"Feng Bao!"

Jing Tian called out another cheesy nickname, ran into Jiang Yifeng's arms, and then they kissed passionately.

After more than three months of filming, the movie "Warring States" has finally wrapped up.

After taking a break, Jing Tian came to visit Jiang Yifeng on set as soon as possible.

Seeing Jiang Yifeng and Jing Tian embracing, and remembering the phone call he had just received, Shu Chang felt that she was still too young.

There was a misunderstanding that Jiang Yifeng was a decent man.

It's true that there are no wrong nicknames, only wrong given names.

Jiang Yifeng's titles—"the god of skirting the edges" and "the philandering mentor"—are well-deserved.

Shu Chang looked at her carefully painted feet, pouted, and turned to leave.

After the passionate kiss ended, Jing Tian's face was flushed. She said, seemingly reproachfully, "Your recent 'Produce 101' program has been making quite a stir."

Even my assistant Qingqing is watching it.

"Tell me honestly, did you have any other motives for joining a girl group?"

Jiang Yifeng kissed Jing Tian and immediately assured her, "You are my only woman, you have filled my heart, I am not interested in any other women at all!"

In front of Jing Tian, ​​Jiang Yifeng was ordered to act like a scumbag, spouting all sorts of sweet talk and nauseating words.

Jing Tian listened with great pleasure and smiled sweetly.

She kissed Jiang Yifeng again and said, "Not bad, not bad, I'm very satisfied with Fengbao's attitude. Tonight, I'll reward you with a female general!"

"How about a modern-day female general?"

"What do you mean?"

"Tian Tian, ​​you look so heroic, you would definitely look beautiful playing a policewoman."

Hearing this, Jing Tian hesitated for a moment and said, "Then wait for me, I'll have someone go buy a costume. It's a last-minute purchase, I'm just afraid it won't fit."

"Isn't it more convenient if it doesn't fit?" Jiang Yifeng said with a smile. "Buy a few more sets, and I can personally help you modify them."

Jing Tian rolled her eyes at Jiang Yifeng and said, "If you have any ideas in the future, say them as soon as possible so I can prepare accordingly."

Jiang Yifeng shamelessly said, "It's too early to say. If you say it too early, how will you be able to concentrate on filming?"

Jing Tian didn't deny it. She reached out her small hand and touched Jiang Yifeng's abs, then let out a comfortable sigh.

"That's enough, I still need to direct the film."

Jiang Yifeng stopped Jing Tian from doing so.

Jing Tian regretfully withdrew her hand and asked, "How much longer will you be filming this movie? I'm on vacation now and I'd like to go on a trip with you."

"It'll be done soon, we'll wrap up filming in another two weeks."

The filming of "Back to 20" proceeded at a moderate pace; a city comedy that took two months to film is within a normal timeframe.

"Shall I start planning my trip?"

Seeing Jing Tian's expectant look, Jiang Yifeng thought about it and realized that he was indeed very busy these days, having to film movies and take care of the 101 program at the same time.

It's good to take a break.

"Going out to play is fine, but it should be a little later."

After filming "Back to 20," I still have to do post-production work.

The final of Produce 101 will be held on the evening of July 6th.

I only had time after that.

Jing Tian nodded, and just as she was about to speak, she saw Shu Chang, who had just left, come back.

Standing next to her was a stunningly beautiful woman.

The beautiful woman had the same fair and pinkish-white skin as me, and she was wearing a black choker, which gave her an unusual allure.

It was Liu Yifei, whom we hadn't seen for a while.

After finishing her advertising endorsements and relationship announcements, Liu Yifei began preparing for filming "A Chinese Ghost Story".

She came to the film crew because she wanted Jiang Yifeng to keep his promise and teach her how to act.

I never expected to run into Jing Tian.

Shu Chang glanced at Liu Yifei, then at Jing Tian, ​​sensing a tense atmosphere, and suddenly found it quite amusing.

She glanced at Jiang Yifeng with schadenfreude, thinking to herself, "Serves you right for being a womanizer. You've really messed up now, haven't you?"

(End of this chapter)