Rebirth: An Outlier in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 96 was a blow.

The morning sunlight streamed through the gaps in the curtains, falling on the disheveled bedding.

"Sister Chen, it's time to get up!"

"The sun's already high in the sky!"

"I don't want to. I've finished filming my scenes. I want to sleep until the world turns dark." Yan Danchen said in a muffled voice, without opening her eyes, as she turned over and wrapped herself tightly in the blanket.

Okay! Sister Chen doesn't have to go to work and can sleep in as much as she wants, but Huang Yiliang has to go to school. Being a student is really tough.

Huang Yiliang is sometimes really curious: when actresses like Sister Chen aren't filming, do they not have to clock in and out like ordinary office workers?

Wang Ou from Huang Yiliang's company is different.

Regardless of whether she has filming commitments, she arrives at the company on time every day and clocks in with other employees.

Huang Yiliang took a shower at Sister Chen's house.

He then realized that Sister Chen was not as considerate as Sister Yuanyuan. There was only one towel in the bathroom, so Huang Yiliang had to make do with hers. There were no slippers prepared either, so he had to go barefoot.

When Yan Danchen stepped out of the bathroom, she was still fast asleep.

"Sister Chen, what do you want for breakfast? I'll go buy it for you," Huang Yiliang asked.

From under the covers came Chen's muffled voice: "I'm on a diet, I'm not eating—be careful when you go downstairs, don't let my colleagues see you."

Well-!

Sister Chen is indeed the kind of beauty who is well-proportioned when dressed and has a muscular figure when undressed. Her body is soft and supple, so it's no joke that she's trying to lose weight.

But why does her statement sound like it carries a hint of tension, like she's having an affair?

After Huang Yiliang went downstairs, he realized that there were indeed some problems.

A Mercedes-Benz W140 suddenly parked in an old residential area, which was really too eye-catching.

Several neighbors who were doing their morning exercise peeked over, their eyes filled with curiosity and scrutiny.

Huang Yiliang quickly drove away to avoid causing gossip for Sister Chen.

He's actually been quite busy lately, with a lot of things to handle at the company and final exams approaching, so he also has to find time to review and prepare.

If a reborn person fails an exam, it would truly become a joke.

【What are you doing?】

Huang Yiliang was in class when Yahuazi sent him a text message.

She has been sending Huang Yiliang these meaningless messages frequently these past few days, and Huang Yiliang genuinely doesn't want to reply.

【Attend class!】

Huang Yiliang thought for a moment and then replied with a text message.

After a while, Huang Yiliang's phone vibrated again.

The results of the Beijing Film Academy's "Campus Belle" contest are out.

This time, Huang Yiliang did not reply.

Yahuazi posted again: [You guessed right, the first place is senior Huang Shengyi.]

Huang Yiliang glanced down at the text message.

Ya Hua Zi is really burning money; he can say everything in one text message, but he insists on sending it in two separate messages.

【Understood.】Huang Yiliang replied briefly.

This was entirely expected.

Kung Fu Hustle has been in theaters for two days now, and it's doing very well in terms of both box office and word-of-mouth.

Huang Shengyi's performance in the film was outstanding, and her popularity soared, leaving her female contemporaries far behind.

The distributor of "Kung Fu Hustle" in mainland China is China Film Group. However, when Wong Yat-leung drove past the GG advertising sign, he noticed that Huayi Brothers was also listed as a distributor.

It seems that Han Sanping has an exceptionally good relationship with the Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei brothers.

On the Beijing Film Academy campus.

Liu Yifei sullenly put her phone back into her bag.

Since their last falling out, the two haven't seen each other again.

I do send text messages occasionally, but they're just casual greetings like "Good morning" or "Have you eaten?"

"Sissi, what's wrong?"

Zhu Yawen walked over and asked with concern, "Is it because of the school beauty pageant?"

Before Liu Yifei could answer, he continued, "Actually, the selection process on Zhiyou.com isn't necessarily fair. It says that everyone can vote once a day, but many students are too lazy to vote again after voting once."

"That's not the reason."

Liu Yifei interrupted softly: "Huang Shengyi's election is well-deserved. I'm just worried about the final rehearsals."

She knew very well that the selection mechanism of Zhiyou.com was already very fair; it was indeed decided by vote.

"Leave the rehearsals to me!"

Zhu Yawen patted his chest: "I'll give you fewer lines, I guarantee you'll pass."

Liu Yifei was speechless.

Her specialty is memorizing lines; what kind of help is deleting lines?

"No!" Liu Yifei quickly waved her hand: "We can have more lines, but we can reduce the number of scenes with big emotional ups and downs."

The final exam this semester is a stage play, and there can be no retakes; if we mess it up, it will drag down the whole group.

She is very afraid of causing trouble for others.

"But emotional scenes are the easiest to make stand out!" Zhu Yawen scratched his head.

Liu Yifei:

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Are you forcing me to admit that my acting is bad?

She also wanted to take on more challenging tasks, but stage plays are not a place for trial and error.

If she messes up her performance, her classmates might kill her.

"Oh, okay, I'll listen to you then." Zhu Ya quickly changed his mind when he saw Liu Yifei's subtle expression.

"Thank you, Yawen. Let me treat you to lunch."

Liu Yifei sighed softly, wishing Huang Yiliang were as obedient as him.

"Okay!" Zhu Yawen nodded quickly.

"Oh, right, Sissi!"

Zhu Yawen suddenly remembered something, pulled a card from his pocket: "I bought the 'Huang Liang Meng Music' album and won a gold membership card. Here you go!"

"Gold Membership?" Liu Yifei asked.

This fool bought hundreds of copies of "Huang Liang Dream Music" albums to support Huang Yiliang's album sales, but she only opened two and didn't see any gold membership cards.

"Yes, this is it."

Zhu Yawen pointed to the verification code on the card and said, "After logging into Huangliang Music on your computer, enter this code, and your account will be upgraded to a Gold Member."

In fact, Luo Jin won the card in a draw, and Zhu Yawen spent a month's worth of breakfasts to get it.

"What's the use of a gold membership?" Liu Yifei asked curiously.

"It has many uses! Regular users can only save 50 songs, while gold members can save 500. You can also upload your own songs, upload good songs you hear on other websites, and add them to your favorites, so you won't have to search for them everywhere to listen to music in the future."

Liu Yifei's eyes lit up.

This feature is great! The biggest shortcoming of "Huangliang Music" is its insufficient music library. With this feature, you can listen to music from all over the internet with just one app.

Actually, this was just a little trick Huang Yiliang used.

Although there is no such thing as online music copyright now, even Baidu and Kugou are openly using pirated resources.

However, to avoid future disputes with major record companies, Huang Yiliang decided to give the upload rights to the users.

In this way, the songs are uploaded by users voluntarily, and Huangliangmeng Music does not bear any legal risks.

Of course, Huang Yiliang is still willing to spend money to buy the online copyrights of some smaller record companies, since they are cheaper.

For example, the online copyright of Dao Lang's album "The First Snow of 2002" was bought out by Huang Liangmeng Music for 100,000 yuan for 20 years.

Dao Lang himself was very satisfied with this price because the other party could have openly robbed him, but they still gave him the money.

Moreover, 100,000 yuan was not a small amount at that time.

"There's another benefit to being a Gold Member," Zhu Yawen said, raising his index finger. "Those new songs that you can only listen to for one minute, Gold Members can listen to for one and a half minutes!"

"Great! Give it to me quickly!" Liu Yifei happily took the card.

She is a loyal user of Huang Liang Music.

She was willing to try every feature of "Huang Liang Music", let alone adding half a minute to the preview version of the music.

In fact, Huangliang Music gained a large number of loyal users as soon as it was launched.

It's not necessarily because Huangliang Music's software design is particularly good; it's more due to the "account interoperability."

Huang Yiliang's various internet companies only need one Zhiyou.com account to log in and use the service, which not only greatly facilitates users but also increases user stickiness.

Some users of Zhiyou.com who were originally averse to online shopping have gradually started to try placing orders because their accounts can directly log in to the campus shopping website.

Of course, there are also "collectors" like Ya Hua Zi, who has to log in to every site associated with Zhiyou Network to feel satisfied.

"Sissi, how's the filming of 'The Return of the Condor Heroes' going? I heard you were injured?"

Zhu Yawen looked Liu Yifei up and down, but couldn't see any signs of injury on her.

My lips seem a little swollen.

Liu Yifei glanced around and lowered her voice, saying, "I'm not injured. I just accidentally fell. The production company exaggerated it in the media for publicity."

"Don't tell anyone," she added, reminding herself.

"Of course not!"

Zhu Yawen immediately patted his chest and assured Liu Yifei that he enjoyed sharing secrets with her.

"Wow! What a perfect couple!"

Jiang Yan appeared out of nowhere, a hint of mockery on her face.

Liu Yifei secretly rolled her eyes. What a small world!

The results of the school beauty pageant were announced: Huang Shengyi came in first, she came in second, and Jiang Yan came in fifth. Instead of causing trouble for Huang Shengyi, who came in first, Jiang Yan set her sights on herself, the unlucky second-place winner.

"Jiang Yan, I heard you signed with a music company, congratulations!" Liu Yifei said with a polite smile.

Jiang Yan's face stiffened.

That stubborn brat, he always brings up the very thing he shouldn't have said.

Jiang Yan's most desired label is Huang Liangmeng Music.

Three singers signed under Huang Liangmeng Music—Zheng Yuan, Huanzi, and Zhao Jian—each released a song that became an internet sensation in just over ten days.

Unfortunately, she ignored Huang Liangmeng Music back then, and now she can no longer reach them.

She proactively went to their door to ask for a contract, but was eliminated in the first round.

Actually, the main reason was that Huang Yiliang wasn't in the company. Otherwise, given Mr. Huang's magnanimity, he would have rejected her again in the third round.

But Jiang Yan had already made her boastful statement, and now it had become a laughing stock in the dormitory.

"Huang Yiliang, someone's looking for you!"

Huang Yiliang, who was engrossed in reviewing his studies in the classroom, looked up when he heard the noise and was surprised to see Xu Cainu standing at the door, with Jiang Wen, who "loves buttocks," by her side.

"Sister Xu, I'm studying hard, preparing to serve my country." Huang Yiliang said earnestly, his pen never stopping.

Jiang Wen leaned closer to take a look.

Hey, good heavens, the textbook is full of checkmarks and crosses, it's not taking notes, it's clearly just scribbling.

"Kid, you can study for a little while longer, come over and have a chat!" Jiang Wen said, patting Huang Yiliang on the shoulder.

Huang Yiliang deftly dodged by tilting his shoulder to the right.

Haha, you want to pat me on the shoulder? Go train at Shaolin Temple for a few years first!

"You little brat," Jiang Wen said, raising his hand again, not to be outdone.

Huang Yiliang dodged again, and Jiang Wen missed his target once more.

"Hey! Kid, you've got some training, huh?"

"Whether you practice or not, I'm more than capable of dealing with you," Huang Yiliang grinned.

He almost blurted out: "What can you do about it whether I practice or not!"

"Stop messing around!" Xu Cainu scolded irritably.

He's already in his forties, so why does he act like a child? Wait, Huang Yiliang isn't in his forties, so why does he always give off that vibe?

"Yi Liang, I've already applied for leave for you. Now you have no reason to refuse, right?" Xu Cai Nu waved the leave slip in her hand.

Huang Yiliang looked at Teacher Cao with a resentful expression.

What happened to the promise that "no one, not even the King of Heaven, will grant leave during final exams"?

Teacher Cao awkwardly looked away and turned to Xu Cai Nu: "Um—could you sign your name for me? My wife really likes you."

"No problem." Xu Cai Nu readily signed the autograph.

"Director Jiang, could you sign one for me too?" Teacher Cao handed the pen to Jiang Wen.

"Does your wife like me too?" Jiang Wen's habit of being cheeky kicked in again.

Huang Yiliang clenched his fist secretly, ready to support Teacher Cao as soon as he made the first move, and the master and apprentice would join forces to beat up that bastard Zhang Mazi.

Yes, I like you.

Teacher Cao killed a thousand enemies but lost eight hundred of his own. He raised his hand and slapped Jiang Wen hard on the butt.

"Nice butt! You must have been working out a lot, right?" Teacher Cao joked.

You were about to pat my student on the shoulder.

Jiang Wen's expression was particularly strange.

Damn it! What kind of school is this that made him suffer such a huge loss?

Jiang Wen hurriedly signed his name and turned to leave.

"Wait, I'll come too!" Teacher Cao stopped Huang Yiliang.

"You don't need to!" Jiang Wen decisively objected.

"I must support the film made by my student," Teacher Cao said righteously.

"Teacher Cao, I didn't film it. I only participated in the scriptwriting and editing," Huang Yiliang quickly clarified.

Ning Hao is a real jinx. He found some big shot who loves to brag to brag about, and that big shot then found someone else to brag about. Before long, it became a rumor that he made an amazing movie, but unfortunately, it was blocked by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and could not be released to the public.

Upon hearing this, Xu Cainu offered to help smooth things over.

Jiang Wen, on the other hand, was simply too idle.

Okay! This guy heard from Xu Cai Nu that the post-production editing of this movie only took three days, so he took a special shower and came to see what kind of garbage film it was.

As for how these two ended up together...

Huang Yiliang knew about this.

Xu Cainu and Jiang Wen filmed a movie called "Letter from an Unknown Woman", which is scheduled to be released next year. They have already started appearing on various programs to promote the movie.

"Hey, shouldn't a kid your age like sports cars? This thing is so old-fashioned!" Jiang Wen clicked his tongue and shook his head when he saw Huang Yiliang's Mercedes-Benz.

This car is exactly the car of his dreams!

Unfortunately, I don't have the money to buy it.

The kid in front of me can step on the gas pedal whenever he wants.

"It was a gift from someone else, I didn't have a choice! I'll just make do with it for now! If I don't fail my final exams, I'll get a new one next year."

Huang Yiliang shrugged indifferently.

Jiang Wen is feeling emo.

He was devastated.

Damn it, I don't want to talk anymore.