Entertainment Era: Starting with Teaching Sister Meng to Sing

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the house was still bustling with activity.

Besides his relatives, Huang Mao and his friends also came to visit Wang Xiaozhou. With so many kids at home, Wang Xiaozhou was even less inclined to work, so he simply took them out to spend money.

Fortunately, the local business in my hometown is not very developed, so people don't have to spend much money to buy things. With Meng Ziyi's help, Wang Xiaoyue chose a high-quality replica bag for ninety-five yuan.

Cheng Yuan and Huang Mao pooled their money to buy a game console, and they took turns playing it at home.

Having finally found a chance to get away from Meng Ziyi, Wang Xiaozhou called Song Shihui to ask about the short film's release.

Song Shihui sent the phone number of the person in charge of Tencent Video to Wang Xiaozhou, telling him that an unknown director who was releasing a video for the first time could not avoid online platforms, and should talk to Tencent Video first.

If you're confident in your short film, you should share the revenue; if you're not very confident, you should guarantee a minimum return, or you can sell the short film directly to Tencent and let them handle it.

Wang Xiaozhou naturally chose to split the profits. After hanging up with Song Shihui, he called the person in charge at Tencent. A middle-aged man's voice answered the other end.

"Hello, this is Chang Ping from Penguin Business Department."

"Hello, my name is Wang Xiaozhou, and I am currently an independent creator under... Dare to Be."

"Oh?"

The voice on the other end of the phone sounded like a sudden realization: "Wang Xiaozhou, right? The young lady from Dare for Entertainment mentioned you to me before the New Year, saying you're currently filming a short film, right? Are you planning to release it on our Tencent platform?"

At this moment, Wang Xiaozhou understood what it meant to have connections in the court; speaking up for the Princess was indeed effective.

"I do have that idea. I'm making a short film and I'd like to go with a revenue-sharing model."

The person on the other end of the phone readily agreed: "Send us the sample footage so we can review it. Also, when do you plan to release it?"

"If things go smoothly, maybe by the seventh day of the Lunar New Year."

"That's settled then."

......

After hanging up the phone, Wang Xiaozhou smiled confidently.

The choice of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year was not arbitrary. Before the New Year, apart from editing work, Wang Xiaozhou had been researching marketing and distribution online, aiming to target the short film with the largest investment in the same genre from Xingcan Entertainment.

Song Shihui told himself that he wanted to compete with them for the cake, so he should broaden his horizons and not just focus on the music scene. He should also try to compete in the short film industry!

After returning home, Wang Xiaozhou sent the entire novel "Lanruo Temple" to Tencent's official website. Upon leaving his bedroom, he saw his uncles still playing mahjong, so he simply took a group of kids to a karaoke bar.

The New Year is over, and Meng Ziyi needs to start preparing for the next season of Singer. She'll start practicing singing now.

"Hmm... Teacher Wang Feng is very busy, he probably doesn't have time to come and practice singing with me, right?"

In the karaoke bar, Meng Ziyi sang Wang Xiaozhou's new song and found its structure to be quite complex, which made her worry about her partner's performance.

"I sent the song to Teacher Wang a long time ago. You guys practice your own songs first. Once you've all mastered them, you can put them together and blend them together after a couple of repetitions."

Upon hearing Wang Xiaozhou say this, Meng Ziyi began practicing singing.

Of course, her singing practice mainly involves memorizing lyrics and familiarizing herself with the accompaniment; when it comes to actually performing, she still needs to demonstrate her abilities.

The children in the family found it quite novel to accompany a big star to practice singing, but Meng Ziyi's singing was too torturous, and Wang Xiaoyue frequently turned her gaze to her second brother.

Wang Xiaozhou explained, "You don't understand. Big stars need to warm up their voices and familiarize themselves with various vocal positions when practicing singing. She's testing the waters right now, which is why you think it doesn't sound good."

Okay, Wang Xiaoyue admitted that she was not a professional, so she went to the front desk and booked a private room, taking her younger brother and Huang Mao and the others to another table to have fun.

Only Wang Xiaozhou and Meng Ziyi remained in the private room. Meng Ziyi held the microphone, humming a song while looking at Wang Xiaozhou. Suddenly, she felt a sense of familiarity, like when they first met before participating in The Voice of China.

It feels so good that he's listening to me sing such awful songs.

......

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, relatives all return to their own homes, and everyone goes to visit their relatives and friends.

Wang Xiaozhou's family also welcomed a new wave of relatives today.

Ma Xiaoguang, dressed in a mink coat and carrying a black leather bag under his arm, knocked loudly on Wang Xiaozhou's door.

Ma Xiaoping ran to open the door and was overjoyed to see who it was: "Big brother, you've come!"

Ma Xiaoguang flicked the stray hairs from his slicked-back hair, said nothing, and went straight into the house.

Ma Xiaoguang's wife, Wang Xiaozhou's aunt, said, "Xiaoping, there's no need to close the door. His aunt and uncle are downstairs. They'll be right up."

"Okay, okay, come inside and have some water."

Ma Xiaoping greeted them warmly.

Wang Xiaozhou and his son came out to see what was happening. When they saw who it was, they looked at each other with helplessness in their eyes.

Wang Jianguo was actually quite annoyed by his wife's relatives. He was a grown man who had spent half his life in the world, and although he hadn't saved much money, he still had a lot of experience. He knew that he couldn't get too close to the Ma family's relatives.

Wang Xiaozhou was quite looking forward to today. He had lived a cowardly life for decades in his previous life, and he only had two real enemies.

One was Huang Mao, who caused Wei Bin to go to jail.

The other one is my uncle, who will be coming into the house later.

As for my uncle in front of me, he's just a bit pretentious and selfish, but at least he hasn't harmed me, so he can't be considered an enemy.

"Hello, Uncle."

Wang Xiaozhou even greeted his uncle with a smile.

Ma Xiaoguang nodded, his bag tucked under his arm as he looked around: "How many square meters is this apartment? It's not even 90, is it?"

Wang Jianguo smiled憨厚ly: "Exactly one hundred. It's probably because the common areas in the community are large, so the actual area isn't that much."

Ma Xiaoguang's expression stiffened for a moment, then he nodded and said, "Okay, it's better to buy a bigger one, so that Xiaozhou won't have to buy a house when he gets married in the future."

"But 100 is still a bit small. Houses in the county town aren't expensive. Why not buy a two-story house? It would be more convenient for living in the future."

Wang Xiaozhou asked, "I heard that my uncle's family also bought a house this year. I've been too busy with school to go see it. Did your family buy a two-story house?"

Ma Xiaoguang didn't respond, but his aunt quickly said, "Oh, my family bought a house that's exactly 79 square meters. Houses in the city are different from those in the county; the prices are almost double. Why buy such a big one?"

Wang Xiaozhou clicked his tongue in amazement: "House prices have indeed risen rapidly in the past two years. Houses in the city must be worth five or six thousand yuan per square meter now, right?"

Aunt shook her head, her tone tinged with pride: "No, we bought a mid-range apartment, for about four thousand yuan."

"That's really expensive."

Wang Xiaozhou sighed, then turned to his father and asked, "How much did this house cost per square meter again?"

Wang Jianguo was struggling to suppress his laughter. It was the first time he had ever felt that his son's act of showing off was so cute. He pretended to do a mental calculation and then said, "Three thousand two, that's about right."

Wang Xiaozhou nodded in agreement: "Wow, that's almost 800 yuan short. The price of houses in the city has risen outrageously."

The room suddenly fell silent, and the expressions of the eldest uncle and aunt froze. Fortunately, greetings came from the doorway, which eased the awkward atmosphere.

Happy New Year, Second Sister and Brother-in-law!

"Hey, you two, why did you get on together? Did you drive the same car?"

Hearing the shouts at the door, Wang Xiaozhou immediately became excited.

Come on, let's start the online battle. I'll start by collecting some interest from you, you beast!