Run, Best Actor!

"No, you want me to sing?!"

Liu Yuning pointed at herself and asked, "A-Le, are you serious?"

Please use your job title when at work.

Liu Taile said calmly.

"Okay, Mr. Liu."

Liu Yuning immediately changed her tune, saying, "You really intend to let me sing this song?"

You have a month to practice this song properly.

Liu Taile said, "I will arrange for you to find a vocal coach to help you adjust your singing style and temporarily improve your singing skills, and then you will sing this song."

"No, no..."

Liu Yuning was somewhat at a loss: "I mean, I'm just an ordinary person right now!"

"Who doesn't start as an ordinary person?"

Liu Taile said, "Didn't you always want to be a singer? I'll give you this opportunity."

"Brother Le, what's Ah Ning's singing ability like?"

Guo Tingting also hesitated.

"He sings well."

Liu Taile had confidence in Liu Yuning, and immediately gestured to her: "Show me your skills, let Sister Ting see what you're capable of."

Liu Yuning wasn't intimidated and immediately began to sing a cappella: "I walked past you alone, with nothing to say to you, I dared not look up at your... oh! face..."

Liu Yuning's rendition of Cui Jian's "The Girl in the Flower Shop" is full of wild energy, delivered with his unique smoky voice. Even when sung a cappella, it has a captivating charm.

"Hmm, very good."

After the song ended, Guo Tingting even clapped. Then her eyes lit up as she said, "Brother Le, A Ning really has some talent! Next year, we can definitely let A Ning try his luck on 'The Voice of China,' which will be more beneficial for his future development."

In the summer of 12, "The Voice of China" burst onto the scene on Zhejiang Blueberry TV, creating a ratings phenomenon and becoming an instant hit. For the next decade or so, it remained a benchmark for variety shows in the industry, contributing a large number of promising young talents to the Chinese music scene.

"Next year?"

Liu Taile recalled the lineup of the second season of "The Voice of China" in 13. The overall response was definitely not as good as the first season, and not many singers became famous afterward.

Even Li Qi, who ultimately won the national championship, didn't have a good career afterward. Liu Yuning's participation, while not exactly a disaster, was certainly a disruptive force.

"Yes, absolutely."

The more Liu Taile thought about it, the more he felt that Liu Yuning could totally give it a try.

In the original timeline, Liu Yuning started starring in online movies as early as 2017, but it wasn't until August 2018, when she participated in the Jiangsu Provincial Lychee TV program "Golden Melody Challenge" and covered G.E.M.'s "Light Years Away", that she became known to the public and finally became a big star.

That was his first variety show appearance, where he stunned the audience with his smoky voice, earning high praise from the original singer G.E.M. and singer Xue Zhiqian.

Moreover, his version of "Light Years Away" completely dominated the charts after it was released on Kugou Music—breaking a million votes in a day and nearly ten million votes in a week, and holding the top spot on the popularity chart for a long time, confirming his "popularity".

Therefore, music variety shows are the perfect platform for Liu Yuning to showcase herself!

Even if Liu Yuning doesn't make it to the finals for various reasons, as long as he performed well on stage, that's enough.

Which singer from the third season of "The Voice of China" became the most popular later on?

Without a doubt, it was Zhou Can.

What was Zhou Can's ranking in "The Voice of China"?

Wow, only the top 16?!

What happened?

Oh, it was Yehenala Yingzi's group. She was eliminated in the group's 4-to-1 elimination round after singing "By the Lake Baikal" with Li Wei, and didn't make it to the national finals...

hehe~~

If it's Nayoung's group, then it's not surprising.

Therefore, rankings don't mean anything.

As long as you have the ability, even if you only make it to the top 16, you can eventually become the number one new generation in China!

"I……"

Liu Yuning never expected that she would encounter such good fortune so soon after joining Liu Taile's company.

"The Voice of China" is arguably the most popular music talent show in China right now.

It's even more popular than CCTV-3's "Avenue of Stars"!

Debuting from this show, your starting point can be incredibly high!

It looks like my dream of becoming a singer will come true soon!

Liu Yuning's lips moved for a long time before she finally uttered, "President Liu, Sister Ting, I don't know how to say this..."

"Brother Ning, you have the ability, otherwise I wouldn't be able to promote you even if I wanted to."

Liu Taile laughed and said, "Go for it, Brother Ning. I look forward to seeing you become a big star one day."

"Yes, I will definitely try my best!"

Liu Yuning said firmly.

Even without "The Wallfacer" and "The Voice of China," Liu Taile was really good to him.

He joined Jiale Media and signed a full artist contract, receiving a signing fee of 300,000 yuan upfront.

Then the agency contract is split 30/70, with him taking 30% of the film salary, endorsement fees, appearance fees, etc.

One year later, the revenue sharing under the agency contract can be adjusted based on the popularity assessment at that time.

The key point is that the company covered all of her expenses before her official debut.

In the future, we will need to arrange vocal coach, acting coach, martial arts coach and so on for him, and the company will pay for all the expenses.

For an ordinary person, a newcomer to a film and television company, to receive this kind of treatment is truly exceptional.

Liu Yuning knew that this was because he was Liu Taile's distant cousin, and he only received this preferential treatment because of their kinship.

At this moment, he had secretly made up his mind to hone his singing skills and strive for a good ranking on "The Voice of China" next year.

Okay, let's strive to be among the top four in the country!

Liu Taile had no idea how Liu Yuning was trying to encourage herself.

Of course, he would probably be even happier if he knew.

Although Liu Yuning has not yet experienced several years of continuous live streaming, her singing skills are still relatively immature.

But he is a rough gem, and with the guidance of teachers from professional institutions, he should be able to shine even faster.

After another round of training on "The Voice of China", his level will probably jump up significantly.

Then, let him take on more OSTs for movies and TV series, and strive to become the OST master of the original timeline as soon as possible!

In the original timeline, Liu Yuning, along with Zhou Can, Wang Sulong, Mao Buyi, and Zhang Liangying, practically monopolized the OSTs for major domestic films and television dramas.

What sets him apart from the others is that he not only sings, he also acts!

In particular, he sang many of the songs in the ancient costume martial arts dramas he starred in, songs that were full of the spirit of the martial arts world.

Some fans say he's taken over from Richie Jen.

Of course, saying that is clearly an overstatement.

In terms of status in the music industry, Liu Yuning is still far inferior to Richie Jen.

However, their shared "speaking with a touch of江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the world of martial arts and chivalry)" style is indeed a common thread.

Liu Tai-le also hopes that Liu Yuning will one day become "Ren Xianqi's successor".

There is still a dream, what if it comes true?

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Despite winning the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress, Yang Mi is still the same "workaholic".

After shooting magazine photos in Hainan, I went to Hong Kong the next day to attend the celebration banquet for "The Bullet Vanishes".

Well, although the box office stabilized at 1.6 million, it's estimated that the movie didn't lose money after copyright operations and such.

So the production company still held a celebration banquet for the film.

Even though Yang Mi has become a Golden Eagle Award-winning actress, she is still not highly regarded in Hong Kong.

Especially since she previously supported Zhao Wenzhuo in the "Zhen-Zhao dispute," she has been receiving very few resources here.

Many people who didn't think much of her before now completely ignore her.

For example, Mr. Liu, a good citizen of Hong Kong.

Fortunately, Yang Mi didn't think much of him either.

He's a guy who rarely leaves Hong Kong, has a beautiful wife, but they're childless by choice.

Hmm, it certainly isn't because he's followed several older brothers in the past.

Fortunately, her idol, Nicholas Tse, remained kind, and she exchanged a few words with him throughout the conversation.

After fulfilling his duties as a member of the crew, he left.

I flew back to Shanghai early the next morning.

This day happened to be her birthday.

Throughout the morning, she received a flood of well wishes on Weibo.

Like her best friend Tang Yan, who posted a message at 9:12 AM.

As in previous years, Liu Taile posted a Weibo blessing as early as midnight.

In addition, Zhou Bichang, Tong Liya, Chen Sicheng, Sun Li, Li Qin, Yang Yang, Jiang Mengjie, He Shengming, Yuan Shanshan, Feng Shaofeng, Guo Zhenni, Bao Jianfeng and others also sent her birthday wishes on Weibo.

Not to mention, her "current boyfriend" Hawick Lau directly posted a "mini-essay" on Weibo.

The words were so cheesy, they made her want to vomit.

Fortunately, remembering that Liu Taile had just helped her win the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress made her feel a little better.

"Sister Honey, Sister Honey, look!"

On the way to the set of "Tiny Times," Sun Ting suddenly handed her phone to Yang Mi, "Sister Shishi even sent you birthday wishes!"

"Hmm, Shishi?!"

Yang Mi took the other person's phone and looked closely. Liu Shishi had indeed sent a Weibo post with only four words, "Happy Birthday," and tagged her name.

Upon seeing this message, Yang Mi's expression became extremely complicated. "Shishi..."