Chapter 355
Xie Manyu is a film queen and has not done a single drama, so naturally the buzz is no match for those drama queens of her age.
Even if her acting skills were stronger.
After all, dramas still have a wider audience than films.
But last summer, she and Shang Yaozhi participated in a talent show together, and the buzz was further increased.
Now, more than half a year has pa*sed since the talent show, and some netizens are still discussing who the mysterious costume designer “Charm” really is.
Unfortunately, no one has been able to find out, including the staff of First Light Media.
Many artists in the industry have even used this opportunity to ask Xie Man Yu, but they have not received any useful answers.
The most important thing is that Xie Man Yu took a role at Universal Pictures in October 2020.
Universal Pictures deserves to be the number one film company in the world.
In their early years, they were an anime company with a number of comic book characters that were extremely influential across the globe and popular for the last century.
At the start of the twenty-first century, Universal Pictures made live-action versions of all these anime.
Their casting has always been harsh, even if they are physically unsuitable and are international movie queens and movie stars, it is useless.
Xie Manyu is the only Chinese who has got the lead role in the movie so far.
The role she played, which originally had a large anime fan base, naturally received an unprecedented surge in its own popularity.
At the time when this casting call by Universal Pictures was released, there were already many netizens on Weibo discussing who would actually be able to get into the eyes of Universal Pictures.
There was also a poll launched, and Ye Xi was among them.
Because Ye Xi was a top streamer with many fans, the number of votes far surpa*sed everyone else.
So when Universal Pictures finally announced the casting results to the world, Yehi was inevitably mocked.
But she was quickly held back by her fans and even abused a wave of fans perfectly.
Currently, Universal Pictures’ films account for six of the top ten films in the global box office charts, which shows how terrifying their strength is.
As for Qin Lingyu, she also came from a talent show, but it was a foreign one.
She only returned to China in 2019, and upon her return, she sealed the top stream in one battle.
Among female stars, her position was simply unsurpa*sed.
Even if Ye Xi was gaining momentum this time, she didn’t have that strength to fight hard against Qin Lingyu.
“Xi Xi, relax.” Chen Li was calmly analyzing, she smiled, “Xie Man Yu’s status is there, Qin Lingyu is too proud to see it, these two people, the program team can’t even invite.”
“The remaining veteran artists are even more unlikely to come, and as long as the programme team invites someone other than these two, whoever they invite will be scolded by your fans.”
Ye Xi knitted his brows: “But didn’t producer Li say so? This time First Light Media is the biggest investor, and Xie Manyu is from First Light Media.”
“She is from First Light Media, but has set up her own studio a long time ago.” Chen Li was victorious, “It’s impossible for Primeval Light Media to sway her, much less have Xie Manyu personally come down for a talent show.”
“Besides, Xie Man Yu is going to go abroad to shoot a movie at the end of February, does she have time to participate in Youth 202?”
Youth 202 was going to be filmed until April, there simply wasn’t enough time slots.
When Ye Xi heard this, he was relieved, “Sister Pear, I’ll rest for a while, if the programme team calls, you call me.”
Chen Li waved her hand, gesturing for Ye Xi to make herself at home.
She herself sat in front of the computer and proceeded to ask the PR department to send out a circular.
**
On the east side of the Imperial City, there was a big antique street.
When Ying Ziji said she was earning money, she was going to plunder antiques.
Her divine arithmetic ability is not there, so she can’t calculate the exact year of the antiques, but she can still tell if they are real or fake.
This street is also frequented by Mu Heqing, so basically all the real antiques are bought by him and donated to the Imperial City Museum.
Ying crouched down in front of a stall and pointed at a gold bottle: “Boss, how much is this?”
The boss saw that the girl was not wearing any big brand clothes, but she had an extraordinary temperament, and immediately knew that he must have met a big customer.
His eyes lit up, “One price, two hundred thousand.”
Hearing this price, Ying raised his head and his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.
The boss knew he was embarra*sed: “Then, then, let’s give a 20% discount, how about 160,000?”
A long, white hand reached out and took the gold bottle over.
Fu Yunshen played with the gold bottle, his voice hooked with a smile: “A wine cup imitating the Tang Dynasty period, and you’re selling it for 160,000?”
The boss didn’t expect his little thought to be poked out directly, so he was even more embarra*sed: “10,000 is fine, right?”
He had spent five thousand on this golden bottle, and had thought that it would fetch a higher price.
Fu Yunshen raised his eyebrows, paid the money without delay, and put the gold bottle in Ying Zidian’s hand.
He seemed to have noticed something.
His little friend seemed to be very interested in gold.
Ying Zidian put the gold bottle in his pocket, and his tone of voice was slow and unhurried: “Brother, you’re cheating again.”
“Hm?” Fu Yunshen raised his eyelashes, slightly amused, “How did I cheat? He originally took this gold bottle as an imitation and saw you as a fat piece of meat and wanted to kill you.”
This golden bottle was, indeed, not an imitation of anything, it was the real thing.
If it was put up for auction, the price would be in the millions.
“And, what do you mean again?” Fu Yunshen raised his hand and cupped her face, “Little friend, you have some explaining to do.
Ying Ziji raised her eyebrows, “You see I have no power and no authority-”
She didn’t finish the rest of her sentence.
Ying Zidian lowered his eyes slightly.
His finger pressed against her lips, blocking her next words.
It was ice-cold, but brought up a string of electricity.
The temperature was gradually rising.
Fu Yunshen looked helpless and had to start coaxing, “Yaoyao, it’s okay, I admit defeat.”
Who would have thought that this casual remark he made at first would become a handle?
The phone rang at this time.
Only then did Ying Ziji slap his hand away and go to answer the phone.
The call was from the female secretary, talking about the matter on Weibo.
The female secretary was only calling because she was upset about her boss’s money.
The company would have someone dedicated to this kind of trivial matter, so it was natural not to bother the boss.
“Hmm.” Ying Ziyi was not surprised, she pondered for a moment, “How much does it cost to acquire Skybound Entertainment?”
The female secretary was taken aback, “Boss, seriously?”
Skybound Entertainment was gaining momentum, and it had also joined Era Media, an international entertainment company, so it was a lot higher than Star Entertainment back then.
Ying Ziyi yawned, “Seriously.”
“Then I guess it will be a while.” The female secretary was very serious, “Don’t worry, boss, you’ll be responsible for looking beautiful while we earn you money.”
Ying Ziji: “……”
She hung up the phone.
“I think what she said is quite right.” Fu Yunshen leaned to the side, his long legs flexed, his peach blossom eyes raised, “Little friend, you are responsible for looking beautiful, brother will earn money for you, how about that?”
Ying Zidian glanced at him, “I probably can’t afford to hire you.”
This wasn’t the president of the venus group Asia Pacific, it was the chief executive.
“Other people want money.” Fu Yunshen was lazy, “What about you, Yoyo, I work for free.”
Ying did not respond, she took two steps and turned her head, “No pinching my face in future.”
Fu Yunshen paused and raised his eyebrows again, “How could you do that before?”
“Oh, changed my mind.”
“……”
Fu Yunshen thought about it and realised he had no experience in this area, so he decided to ask Nie Yi.
[Does your girl have a temper that comes and goes? The kind that’s unpredictable?
A minute later, Nie Yi gave a reply.
[You have to ask, when does her temper not come in spurts?
“……”
**
On the other side.
Xie Manyu had just finished an announcement and had returned to the studio, and was leisurely leaning back in her swivel chair to brush up on Weibo when she naturally saw the hot search.
She clicked in to read it, and after thinking about it, asked, “This ‘Youth 202’ is our company’s project?”
The agent sniffed, “Not really a project, but it accounts for a large investment.”
“Sister Xie?” The agent was surprised, and somewhat disapproving, “You’re really going?”
With Xie Manyu’s status, going to this kind of variety show would simply lower her status and would also cause discontent among her fans.
It’s not that there haven’t been examples of this before.
Two years ago, there was also an old international film queen who went to a variety show, which led to a large number of fans going off the rails.
“You’re silly.” Xie Manyu knew his concern, “Don’t my fans know what kind of persona I am?”
The agent was confused, “Sister Xie you have a persona?”
“That’s not true.” Xie Man Yu took her time, “I like good looking fresh meat.”
Agent: “……”
That’s true.
“The company hasn’t approached me, but I’m idle.” Xie Man Yu, “You contact the cast of Youth 202 and see if they want me.”
Chapter 356
On the side of the “Youth 202” programme team.
Because Ye Xi had posted such a paragraph on Weibo without informing the crew, the start of filming for the show had to be delayed again, and the others had to wait along with it.
Waiting one more day would waste a lot of money.
Moreover, time is too tight.
There was simply no time to find another star to take the place, and it was precisely because Ye Xi knew this that he dared to say outright that he was terminating his contract.
“This Ye Xi!” Producer Li was utterly furious and directly scolded, “Does she think that she can just play with her temper now that she’s a top streamer? And not record?”
“Do you really think we’re begging her to record? What kind of a person is she?”
Admittedly, Ye Xi contributed a lot to the buzz of Youth 202, but a large part of it also came from the four mentors.
One of them was also a heavenly king, not bigger than Ye Xi’s brand?
After cursing, producer Li still couldn’t calm his anger: “I won’t invite Ye Xi to any future events, she’s been blacklisted by me!”
The director laughed bitterly, “Brother Li, this is all for later, what about now?”
On Weibo, those fans of Ye Xi were already cursing the programme crew.
“What should we do? We can only contact alternate candidates.” Producer Li took out his phone, flipped through his contacts and started calling, “Hello, this is the cast of Youth 202, we want to ask Mr. Lu to take on the role of the male group promoter, I wonder if Mr. Lu is available?”
“Sorry, producer Li, our artistes’ schedules are full, we really can’t make it, we can’t participate in the show.”
Producer Li contacted three female celebrities in a row and received the same answer.
“Brother Li, there’s no way.” The director shook his head, helpless, “They definitely won’t take it, and whoever does, will be scolded.”
Producer Li fell silent.
This was true.
Ye Xi had blatantly posted that he was quitting Youth 202, this was ripping into the show, anyone who participated in the show at this time would be able to be scolded by Ye Xi’s fans until they quit the show.
“Call Ye Xi and tell her to come back.” Producer Li gritted his teeth, “Tell her that firing Yunhe Yue is not possible, but we can guarantee that Yunhe Yue will not debut.”
That was all that could be done.
The director sighed and went out to make the call.
**
At this time, a small cubicle in a coffee shop.
Ying Ziji and Fu Yunshen are sitting together, and there is a computer on the table.
It was a video call.
On the screen, was a face that was young to the point of excess.
“I told you, right? I’m an adult.” Qin Lingyan was carrying a bubble noodle, “Look carefully, I’m twenty-four.”
Ying Ziyang’s eyes scanned his face and finally came to a conclusion, “Baby face.”
Qin Lingyan was so angry that he was bubbling, “I’m not baby-faced!”
It was so strange, he deeply suspected that his sister had robbed him of his nutrients and that was why his face was so young.
Fu Yunshen glanced sideways at the girl, “Doll face.”
Qin Lingyan: “……”
He suddenly had an eerie feeling of a woman singing to her husband.
“Alright, I’m not going to argue with you guys about this, I have good news for you.” Qin Lingyan put the bubble noodles aside, “That signal from the last attack on the venus group, I captured it again today.”
These words made both Ying Zidian and Fu Yunshen’s expressions lurch and get serious.
Ying Zidian spoke, “Where is it?”
“At a lab over in O Chau.” Qin Lingyan said, “Should be trying to attack someone’s firewall again, hmmm, but alas, it met me and I stopped him back.”
Last time he had not tracked down the person who attacked the venus group, but he had left an imprint.
When this signal appeared again, he would be able to capture it quickly.
It was just a pity that the counter-attack was completed, but he still hadn’t been able to find out where the attacker was.
Ying Zigui’s eyes narrowed: “Lab ……”
There was no telling if it could be related to the group of people who kidnapped Helvin last time.
“Well, good.” Fu Yunshen was faint, “Keep investigating, they won’t rest easy.”
“Fine, fine, fine, I’ve become your exclusive hitman.” Qin Lingyan was unhappy, “Remember to send me noodles.”
He was accustomed to being a hard worker, so he only complained a little, after all, Fu Yunshen had helped him a lot.
Qin Lingyan ended the video call and happily finished the box of instant noodles.
He clicked on Weibo and typed in the words “Qin Lingyu”.
This was Qin Lingyan’s second hobby after eating noodles, to see if his sister had any interesting news.
When Qin Lingyu first entered the entertainment industry, Qin Lingyan did not agree with her.
But he couldn’t beat Qin Lingyu, so he had to give in.
Qin Lingyu is even two years younger than Ye Xi, and is only twenty-two this year.
Her body was recognised as the number one best in the entertainment industry, ceiling level.
Qin Lingyan looked around and gave Qin Lingyu a WeChat call and then also sent over two pictures.
“Sister ah, these two pictures of you, really ugly, your brother I am so highly skilled, I don’t even know how to p picture you.”
At that end, Qin Lingyu was leaning back on the sofa watching a movie.
Hearing this, she crushed the easy-open can of beer in her hand, and she sneered, “Qin Lingyan, get out!”
Qin Lingyan naturally heard the commotion, he was very leisurely: “Sister, have you been drinking beer again? Let me tell you, as an entertainer, it’s not good for you to drink heavily, and too much beer on
“Heh.” Qin Lingyu showed no mercy at all, then sneered, “Then don’t eat bubble noodles if you have the guts.”
Qin Lingyu: “……”
If he was a noodle star, his sister was a beer star.
Fifty steps to laugh.
“Look, there’s this.” Qin Lingyan cut another picture and sent it over, “Your face is all crooked.”
Qin Lingyu: “Qin, Ling, yan!”
“Don’t shout at your brother.” It was rare to have someone to press himself a little, Qin LingYan would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity, “Without your brother, your right family would have created many scandals for you without knowing how many times you can still be so idle?”
In order to have smooth sailing in the entertainment industry, it is simply impossible without capital protection.
But Qin Lingyu could.
Because there was Qin Lingyu, the boss of the Anonymous hacker alliance.
If Qin Lingyu had any negative hot searches, they couldn’t even get on, they were directly deleted.
This has become a big psychic incident in the entertainment circle.
“Yo, sister, there’s a poll for you here, it’s pretty hot.” Qin Lingyan spoke up again, “They’re all saying that you definitely won’t be the promoter of the ‘Youth 202’ male group, tsk, I also think, this kind of talent show, how could you possibly participate right?”
“I voted for the ‘won’t’ option too.”
When Qin Lingyu heard this, her hand opened her beer, suddenly gave a laugh and yodelled, “Then I’m really sorry, I’ll go.”
“……”
Qin Lingyan hiccupped in anger, “Are you deliberately working against me?”
“Yes.” Qin Lingyu put on her jacket and headed out, “Congratulations, found out, we’ve been working against each other since we hit our mother’s womb.”
She had nothing to do anyway, it wasn’t impossible to have some fun as a boy group initiator.
Besides, it made her comfortable to make a certain retard uncomfortable.
**
Twitter was still cursing.
Chen Li also waited for a call from the show’s crew.
“Heehee, I told you, the show’s crew will definitely call.” She proudly shook her phone, “Let’s go, let’s go to the recording site.”
Ye Xi let out a sigh of relief and smiled, “It’s Sister Pear’s fault.”
She knew it, the programme team could only invite her back.
“Hang them out for a bit longer.” Chen Li put her phone down, “We have to maximise the benefits anyways.”
She wasn’t in a hurry at all, other than Chen Xi, who else could be the promoter of this male group?
**
Producer Li didn’t want Ye Xi to come back, but there was nothing he could do, but he had waited for an hour and Ye Xi hadn’t come yet either.
He was so anxious that he could only suppress his anger and continue to wait: “Make another call.”
The director nodded, and just as he was about to dial the number, a number came in first.
“Brother Li!” The director’s eyes went round in disbelief, “This is Queen Xie’s agent’s phone number!”
Producer Li’s footsteps lurched and he turned around violently, snatching the phone up as soon as he could, his voice trembling, “Hello? What, really? Miss Xie is really coming, good, good, when can we sign the contract?”
After confirming the time with Xie Man Yu’s agent, producer Li broke out in a sweat as he slumped in his chair, “I’m going crazy.”
Xie Manyu was coming, and what else was going on with Ye Xi?
Thinking of this, producer Li jumped up again, “Call Ye Xi, tell her to get lost and not to come, and by the way, pay the breach of contract.”
The director was about to dial the number again, only to be interrupted, once again, by an incoming phone number
“Li, Li ……” the director held the phone, his eyes dull, “It’s Qin Lingyu’s phone.”