Chapter 104: Sounds a bit like keeping a mistress

"It's time to eat~"

"Wait until I finish this fight with Lao Zhou, or you can eat first."

Bai Youlou, who was concentrating on playing games with Lao Zhou, didn't even turn around and continued to press the controller frantically.

After two seconds, he felt something was wrong and turned his head to take a look.

Then I quickly activated the game console.

"Oh no! I'm almost done with the level!" Lao Zhou cursed when he saw the screen go black.

The next second he seemed to have noticed something and turned his head to look over there along with Bai Youlou.

Hmm. Zhang Xiaorong was staring at them with gentle eyes.

He is indeed gentle and not fierce at all, but that look in his eyes will make people feel irresistible from the bottom of their hearts.

Guilt, yes, yes, that's the feeling.

"Old Zhou, you deserve to die! You didn't even eat on time? You should be more restrained when playing games next time."

Lao Zhou:.
It's your two's play that's coded, why do I always have to take the blame?
However, Zhang Xiaorong was indeed too good a wife and mother. Old Zhou had never expected that Bai Youlou's life in the company would be so wonderful.

That room full of toys of all sizes is simply a man’s paradise.

Lao Zhou has just been back for one day, and after diving into work, he doesn't feel like working anymore.

Playing games, assembling models, studying motorcycles. The most important thing is that when it is time to eat, there will always be a beautiful and gentle girl to remind you to eat.

I was just about to feed the food into his mouth!
Even if you find a wife, you may not be able to do this, right?

But Zhang Xiaorong did all these very naturally, as if she had completely forgotten that she was actually a female star. No, she was also a teacher.

There is really no sense of incongruity in doing these things.

To be honest, Lao Zhou was a little suspicious. Bai Youlou took off his dirty clothes after taking a shower.
Ahem, this guy can’t be that shameless, right?

Fortunately, Zhang Xiaorong did not pick up any food for Bai Youlou during the meal, otherwise Lao Zhou would really become a sour lemon.

In order to divert his attention, he could only find topics to talk about serious matters with Bai Youlou.

"Aqiang will soon finish all the announcements in Northeast China. Now the popularity brought to him by "The Voice of China" has gradually decreased. I guess he will not accept such intensive commercial performances in the future. How do you plan to arrange for him?"

"Release an album?" Bai Youlou asked uncertainly.

"It's not like the old days of selling records. The cost is high and it's hard to sell."

“What about the digital album?”

"That thing is used by traffic stars to make money. You've done it before. Have you forgotten?"

"No, is it so difficult for a mere singer to make it in the entertainment industry?" Bai Youlou said in surprise.

Lao Zhou shook his head. "It's not that it's hard to make a living, but the music industry now needs to be diverted. The days when you could make a fortune just by releasing an album are long gone. To put it bluntly, singers nowadays are very dependent on various variety shows."

What he said is very true. If singers nowadays don't appear on variety shows, no one will listen to their music. Variety shows are used to divert audiences to music platforms to listen to your songs.

But Bai Youlou pondered for a moment and said, "There should also be a section for film and television dramas."

"But a phenomenon that often occurs in film and television dramas is that the song is popular but the actor is not. According to what you said, short videos can also achieve this. If the background music of those short videos is popular, it can immediately bring a large amount of traffic to the song and easily make a song popular. But the same thing applies: the song is popular but the actor is not."

Actually, there is one method that Lao Zhou didn’t mention, which is to do the opposite.

Become famous first, then release songs. Of course, you don't have to worry about no one listening to your songs.
Yes, that’s right, that’s Bai Youlou’s way.

But this thing is not replicable at all, don't even mention it.

Long Ziqiang and Zhang Xiaorong are not good enough, as they have no foundation in this area at all.

Even though it attracted a lot of traffic with Bai Youlou before, to put it bluntly, the soil is not strong enough and it cannot retain traffic.

Long Ziqiang realized this clearly, so he immediately and frantically accepted the notices and tried his best to earn as much money as possible.

We’ll talk about what happens next later. Even if I’m no longer famous in the future and can’t continue in the entertainment industry, at least I’ve made money.

As for Zhang Xiaorong, she is more pure.

It’s not that I have no interest in money at all, but it’s not high on my list of importance.

In short, they still lack the resources and channel foundation of large companies.

Otherwise, the right approach would be to find more variety shows to show your face.

Of course, if there is no formal way, there are some unconventional ways.

"Since you mentioned this, I guess there should be arrangements?" Bai Youlou was too lazy to think about it and threw the question back to Lao Zhou.

"Hey, of course there is! But you have to make the decision."

"Let's talk first."

"Someone handed Aqiang a notebook."

"The script? Oh yeah, I forgot he was the second male lead in the movie."

To be precise, Bai Youlou had too much fun recently, and Jiang Yuanchu made him dizzy. What kind of movie is the second male lead? To exaggerate, he almost forgot who Long Ziqiang was.
Even though this guy won the championship of "The Voice of China", his earlier way of entering the entertainment industry was as an actor!
"Whiplash" is still in theaters and its cumulative box office has exceeded 100 million yuan. Naturally, Long Ziqiang's performance has also attracted the attention of many people.

Previously, Bai Youlou's Cannes Best Actor award stole too much of the limelight and attention, but anyone who has actually watched the movie will know that without Long Ziqiang's performance, the movie would not have been a success.

Coincidentally, Long Ziqiang is still very cheap now, and it has been popular, so it is still cost-effective, so it is normal to have a book coming to the door.

"That's perfect. When Aqiang comes back, I'll put him in the crew to act."

"Why don't you help him look at the book he handed over?"

"there's a few?"

"For now, there are two. One is a police and gangster film, and he is asked to play a gangster boss. You know, Ah Qiang's image is very suitable for this kind of role. As for the other one, it's not so reliable. It's a personal invitation. One of our junior students is working on a movie, and he wants Ah Qiang to be the male lead."

"If there is no conflict in schedule, just let him take all the jobs. Anyway, he is very hungry now, and he will definitely not be unwilling to take another path."

Long Ziqiang, who was still in Northeast China for commercial performances, was arranged like this.

Anyway, when he received the call from Lao Zhou, he was a little confused.

Huh? You want me to go back to filming again?

This identity spans from singer to actor.
But just as Lao Zhou and Bai Youlou expected, he is really not picky about food.

This guy even found time to shoot that crappy web game commercial and made tens of thousands of dollars. Being an actor? No big deal!

As long as he is paid enough, he is even willing to sacrifice himself for art!
As for Zhang Xiaorong, she herself is not in a hurry, and Bai Youlou is even less anxious.

To put it bluntly, if this girl suddenly becomes busy, he would be a little uncomfortable.

I gradually became dependent on her.
Bai Youlou looked at Zhang Xiaorong and thought for a long time. Just when Lao Zhou thought that he was going to come up with some "earth-shaking plan", this guy opened his mouth and said something outrageous.

"How about, Mr. Zhang, why don't you just take your salary? I'll pay you less, 500,000 a month first? I'll pay you more when there's work, and then I'll see if your worth increases later."

When Lao Zhou heard this, he was confused and turned stiffly to look at Zhang Xiaorong.

As a result, she didn't think about it, and seemed not to have heard clearly the amount Bai Youlou mentioned, and just said: "I'm fine with it. I'll listen to you."

After she finished speaking, she seemed to react and a slightly puzzled expression appeared on her face. How much?

what? !

What the hell are you two doing?

Why does this sound a bit like keeping a mistress?
For a moment, Lao Zhou even forgot to propose to Bai Youlou whether to hold a celebratory banquet.

After all, the box office has exceeded 100 million! At least we have to go out to eat at night~——
At night, in a five-star hotel, a much-anticipated celebration banquet is taking place.

There was even a red carpet laid out on the ground in a solemn manner, and the appearance of some familiar celebrity faces always caused bursts of exclamations.

Today, even the paparazzi who had been squatting near Bai Youlou's company for a long time came here.

Because Bai Youlou has been seldom going out recently, he decided to come here to do a "part-time job". Paparazzi also have various small groups, and occasionally they will be given some work, such as filling in for celebrities or taking photos for them.

The so-called proxy photography here refers to the work released by some small media, such as the celebration party for the box office of "The Lost Tomb" which exceeded 800 million. The paparazzi came to take pictures and stayed for about two or three hours, and could earn 500 yuan.

This is just a regular photo-taking task. If you can take some different, exciting or explosive photos, then there will be a different price.

Therefore, this kind of work is still quite popular in the circle and is a good way to earn extra income.

"Hey~ That's Hu Manyin from Starlight Entertainment who has been rising recently, right? She has a great figure."

"Indeed, she seemed to have had a scandal with Bai Youlou before, did you know that?"

"Oh, such an obvious hype star loves to use this kind of trick."

"She is considered to be popular. She is the heroine of Bai Youlou's movie. She is also in the same company as Lu Wenyuan. With the popularity of two top stars, she can take advantage of it. If she doesn't rise, who will? She is lucky."

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"Here comes a big star, get ready, get ready!"

"There are so many familiar faces today. When I was filming a scene before, I only knew three or five people out of a bunch of people. That was really embarrassing."

"Stop talking nonsense! Come on, An Luning is here! Clap, clap, clap!"

An Luning, wearing a light blue dress, walked quickly onto the red carpet, simply waved to the reporters on both sides, and went straight into the venue, which disappointed the reporters who were taking pictures.

In the past, An Luning was very considerate in cooperating with photo taking. Although she had the titles of "Miss of the Domestic Entertainment Industry" and "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World", her attitude towards the staff in the circle, even some annoying paparazzi and reporters, was quite good.

But today, the girl doesn't seem to be in a very good mood.

Worried?
It's actually quite strange that a group of paparazzi and reporters are discussing the troubles of a female celebrity.

But love what you do, and sometimes remember to start with these small details, and you may be able to shoot some big stuff.

However, for an artist like An Luning who has almost no scandals, the discussion did not last long.

Because her "big news" might be that she didn't have enough dinner, and if you really delve into it, you might become a clown.

However, today she actually has something on her mind.

Children's song!

That stinky guy Bai Youlou actually wrote a nursery rhyme for her!
Although she sang the song with great feeling, she felt as if she was being looked down upon!
It's normal to sulk about something like this, right?

Attending the celebration banquet today can be considered as the company's "mission", because An Luning will soon join the crew to shoot a TV series.

The artist to be collaborating is tonight’s male lead, Lu Wenyuan.

She came here to take advantage of the movie's celebration and warm up in advance, and take a few photos as promotional materials.

Oh yes, when Bai Youlou and Lu Wenyuan had their first "collision" at the Film Academy, Lu Wenyuan actually mentioned this collaboration.

For artists of their level, it is considered a short time to confirm their collaboration on a drama several months in advance.

After all, there is a lot of work to align and schedules to sort out.

An Luning didn't have any special feelings towards Lu Wenyuan, but she didn't really hate him.

I just feel that he is a bit long-winded. Overall, he is a good person.

"Lu Ning!"

Hey, speaking of Cao Cao, here he is.

An Lu Ning was hesitating whether to eat something first, and when she looked up she saw Lu Wenyuan's smiling face.

I had no choice but to greet him politely, "Hello, congratulations."

"Hey, thank you. Let's work together in the future."

For Lu Wenyuan, this is a truly happy night. The box office of the movie has reached 800 million, and there is hope that it will break 1 billion.

At the same time, I can see An Luning, it's really a double happiness!
The most important thing is! The movie starring his "lifelong enemy" Bai Youlou just grossed over 100 million yuan.

His own success certainly makes him happy, but his enemy's "failure" makes him even more ecstatic!

If we have to rank them in order of joy, Bai Youlou's "failure" would be first, box office second, and An Luning would have to be third!
After all, after joining the group, I can see An Luning almost every day.

But he doesn’t have the opportunity to see Bai Youlou “fail” every day.

"Brother, what are you so happy about?"

"Hey?" Lu Wenyuan was stunned. "Where's Lu Ning?"

"Lu Ning, Lu Ning, they just said hello to you and left. Now, they went to take pictures with their sisters. Do you want to join in the fun?" Hu Manyin said with some gloating.

But what she didn't expect was that Lu Wenyuan didn't seem to be very disappointed. Instead, he comforted her, "Manman, next time I will take you to make a movie together. Let's not play with Bai Youlou anymore. His movie box office is not good~"

Hu Manyin: ???

Wow~good job!
She actually wanted to play with Bai Youlou, but he didn't want to play with her!

Moreover, a movie with a multi-million dollar investment had a box office of over 100 million. This result is quite exaggerated!

However, today is Lu Wenyuan's celebration party, Hu Manyin doesn't want to spoil his fun, let him be happy~
Just as the two were chatting, a figure appeared in the hall. As soon as she appeared, she quickly attracted a lot of attention.

"Wow! Liu Manli! My idol!" Hu Manyin exclaimed subconsciously, "Brother, you are so proud. She even came to support you."

To be honest, Lu Wenyuan did want to show off a bit, but he knew in his heart that Liu Manli was only there to show support for the sake of his company, and he had no connection with this top-tier figure in the industry.

But something a little scary soon came.

After greeting some big names in the circle, Liu Manli twisted her waist and walked towards Lu Wenyuan.

He felt quite nervous and swallowed his saliva subconsciously. Well, the aura of this beautiful big sister is indeed easy for the little boy to resist.

The person just walked over, as if he was controlled by Lu Wenyuan from a distance.

However, something surprising happened.

After Liu Manli walked up to Lu Wenyuan, she just said congratulations politely and then turned her gaze to Hu Manyin.

"I remember you, Xiao Hu, we met in Cannes."

Hu Manyin: Meow meow meow?
I was so terrified! How could Liu Manli remember me?
A feeling of happiness instantly enveloped Hu Manyin, and she even stuttered when she spoke, "Sister Liu, you are my fan. Oh, sorry, I am your fan!"

"Haha, don't be nervous, I won't eat you~" Liu Manli gently held Hu Manyin's hand and stroked the back of her hand, so gently and intimately that Hu Manyin's face turned red.

Oh!

Big sister is so cool!
Kill both men and women!
Because Lu Wenyuan next to him was just standing there, and he was actually a little blushing.

"I, I'm not nervous, I'm just happy." Hu Manyin explained with a blushing face.

"You should be happy indeed. The movie is a big hit and you, the heroine, have benefited a lot from it. Is Bai Youlou planning a celebration party?"

"Ah, this..." Hu Manyin didn't know how to answer. After all, the person in front of her was the former boss of Bai Youlou.

I could only say, "With a box office of 100 million, Director Bai probably doesn't want to hold a celebration party. He's a low-key person."

"It only made 100 million in China, but the box office results in other places are very impressive! It made over 40 million in North America, but he didn't even hold a celebration party. He's a bit stingy."

"How much?" Lu Wenyuan couldn't help but ask.

"More than 40 million, and it's only been released for a few days."

"RMB?"

As if seeing through the boy's mentality, Liu Manli smiled and gave him the final blow, "US dollars."

Just one sentence made Lu Wenyuan's world suddenly change from color to black and white.

Fortunately, Liu Manli didn't come here to attack him specifically, and she didn't know the "origin" between Lu Wenyuan and Bai Youlou~
"When he holds a celebration party, remind him to send me an invitation."

Hu Manyin could only nod blankly, completely unable to refuse.

(End of this chapter)