48 Chapter 48

Plan

If Fu Haijing hadn't asked her for investment, Zhang Li would have forgotten about the system long ago.

It was a good idea to think about it now, but she had never found a pattern as to how the system's test was triggered.

Considering the previous two tests, everything seemed to happen as it should be.

But if you think about it more carefully, the system seemed to have indicated the first time that its binding was because the original body's emotional value reached its standard, and the second time, it said it directly.

"Ding—Host's emotional level is full, triggering the system's second test..."

Therefore, in order to trigger the system test, a necessary condition is that the emotion value is full.

This problem is easy to solve. As an actor, she now has the skills to control her emotional changes.

However, if it only required emotional value, then she was very focused when acting, and the system should have popped up long ago.

But such changes did not trigger the system, so there must be another condition.

Zhang Li began to think carefully again.

The first test is why is it triggered?

"...If I put you in a...room..."

"Room!" She was in the most embarrassing situation at that time, when she first came here. She couldn't even afford to book a hotel room.

Then the second one is very clear.

"...You cherish your fans the most..."

"The first is the room, the second is the fans... plus the lack of love..."

Zhang Li easily deduced another condition.

Since the system sets the test based on the lack of love, the subsequent triggering keywords must also be related to this.

The care of others and the attention of fans are all love, so the love, friendship, and family that the original person cares about more are naturally also love.

Since "fans" can be monetized, then Pei Yuanzhi, Liu Shuyi, the Liu couple, and even the original childhood sweetheart can probably be monetized.

Thinking of this, Zhang Li finally fully understood the system's test logic.

So the next step is to study how to trigger the system.

This is definitely not a question of whether the emotions are full or not. When Pei Yuanzhi said those ridiculous words on "Sing Out Loud", she couldn't help but show her emotions, but it didn't trigger the system. It can be seen that there are other conditions.

Perhaps it also has something to do with the environment at the time and the specific content of the emotions.

Zhang Li began to search through her original body's memories to find out what emotions she had when facing these people.

Soon, she discovered that most of her original body's emotional outbursts were related to Liu Qingran.

Pei Yuanzhi's special care for Liu Qingran, the Liu couple and Liu Shuyi's favoritism towards Liu Qingran, and even at the end of the original novel, the original body's anger towards the so-called "childhood sweetheart" was due to the resentment he felt when he discovered that he was pursuing Liu Qingran behind her back.

In that case...

Then he could only use Liu Qingran. Zhang Li made this decision without any burden.

Although I need to be a little bit uncomfortable when necessary, it is for real money, so I don't mind it.

Among these people, the one she is currently best able to get in touch with is Pei Yuanzhi. After all, every half a month, he has to participate in the same program with her, and she doesn't even have to bother looking for him.

After setting the first goal, Zhang Li began to study how to get into trouble with the other party through Liu Qingran.

After thinking about it, Zhang Li suddenly had an idea and remembered Fang Chengyu, whom she specially sent to Liu Qingran. He was the male supporting role she picked up and brought back to the company after her guest appearance in "Burning Embers".

In the original novel, Fang Chengyu was already interested in Liu Qingran. According to the law of attraction between protagonists, now that he and Liu Qingran have arrived at the same crew ahead of time, it's natural for feelings to develop in advance, right?

Thinking of this, Zhang Li no longer hesitated and sent a message directly to Fang Chengyu's agent.

Fang Chengyu's agent is Wan Xin, who once followed Cheng Yu. Her subordinate An Xi left Lingman and went to Pei Yuanzhi's Tianqi Media. Now that they have a good seedling, it is time to pay close attention to him and take care of him personally.

[Zhang Li: How is Fang Chengyu doing recently?]

Wan Xin was very surprised to hear the news from Zhang Li. She knew that Fang Chengyu was able to quickly get the script for the male lead opposite a popular young actress like Liu Qingran after being signed, all because of Zhang Li's support behind him.

She was naturally very grateful to Zhang Li, so she reported the matter about Fang Chengyu very responsibly.

Wan Xin: Thank you for your concern, Ms. Zhang Li. Chengyu has been in great shape recently. After joining the crew, the director was very impressed with him. Chengyu has lived up to your support and is very serious and hardworking in his acting.

Zhang Li didn't reply for a while. Wan Xin thought about it and felt that Zhang Li had high hopes for Fang Chengyu, so she should also report other aspects of concern in a timely manner.

So she sent another message to Zhang Li.

Wan Xin: There's just one thing... Cheng Yu seems to really admire the acting of Liu Qingran, who plays the female lead, and has been getting a bit close to her lately. Do I need to remind him to be careful?

Wan Xin's words were very clever. Liu Qingran was a popular young actress with good acting skills. She had no objection to Fang Chengyu being close to her, but if Zhang Li minded, she could only follow Zhang Li's opinion.

This time, Zhang Li replied not long after.

[Zhang Li: Are there any photos of the two of you together?]

Wan Xin immediately exclaimed, "Huh?" But Zhang Li asked for a photo. Seeing that they were discussing how to coordinate their scenes during a night scene, she instinctively took out her phone, took a picture, and sent it to Zhang Li.

Zhang Li really didn't expect that things would go so smoothly.

Looking at the photo, Fang Chengyu and Liu Qingran were leaning against each other, and they did look quite intimate. I couldn't help but laugh.

She replied to Wan Xin again.

Zhang Li: It's okay. As long as it doesn't affect the rest of the filming, the rest doesn't matter.

What you mean is that as long as Fang Chengyu doesn't do anything stupid, he can do whatever he wants with the rest?

Wan Xin never expected Zhang Li to be so easy to talk to, and quickly agreed.

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On this side, Zhang Li looked at the photos on the mobile phone, sent them to Cheng Yu, and asked her to send the photos anonymously to the media that cooperated with Pei Yuanzhi.

Of course, she didn't want to publicly hype the relationship between Fang Chengyu and Liu Qingran, she just wanted to remind Pei Yuanzhi that there was suddenly a compatible person of the opposite sex around Liu Qingran.

Although Liu Qingran was definitely not interested in Fang Chengyu, they were a good match just because they both took acting very seriously and had their own ideas. But in Pei Yuanzhi's eyes, it was a different story.

He would definitely investigate Fang Chengyu in secret, and it would be easy to find out that Fang Chengyu entered Lingman through her, and then it was Wancheng Investment that secured him the script of the male lead to work with Liu Qingran.

With Pei Yuanzhi's silly personality, once things involve Liu Qingran and her at the same time, she will overthink even the simplest things.

He would definitely subconsciously think that she had bad intentions and deliberately sent Fang Chengyu to Liu Qingran to alienate him from her relationship with her. Of course, this idea was indeed consistent with Zhang Li's starting point.

Well, after realizing this, Pei Yuanzhi would definitely not sit still and wait for death. It is very likely that he would threaten her privately as he did before.

When the time comes, she will use her acting skills to make the system full of emotions. She doesn't believe that the system will not take the bait.

Of course, in order to prevent Pei Yuanzhi from getting too emotional, she will also take personal protection measures. She just needs to carry a bottle of pepper spray with her.

Zhang Li’s plan was thorough, but Cheng Yu didn’t quite understand her approach.

She sent a message to ask, but Zhang Li was reluctant to reveal the details of the system, so he just asked her to do as he said.

Although Cheng Yu didn't understand, she still did it.

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It is actually very obvious which media outlets often cooperate with Pei Yuanzhi, and privately they are actually only controlled by Pei Yuanzhi's team.

Suddenly, they received a photo of Liu Qingran and an actor of the opposite sex in the crew in an intimate frame. It was also heard that the two had a private relationship. The people behind the media were not sure whether they could report it, so they passed the matter to Pei Yuanzhi's team.

Pei Yuanzhi's team was aware of the relationship between him and Liu Qingran. If they knew, Pei Yuanzhi himself would naturally know as well.

Seeing this freshly taken photo, although Pei Yuanzhi knew that Liu Qingran would not betray her, she still couldn't help but feel jealous and stared at Fang Chengyu in the photo for a long time.

Then, he really followed Zhang Li's idea and asked someone to investigate Fang Chengyu.

Fang Chengyu's information was so easy to find out that Pei Yuanzhi got all the information in just one day.

Looking at the documents sent back by the investigation, it was clearly written that Fang Chengyu joined Lingman after working with Zhang Li, and then Wancheng started to promote him to play against Liu Qingran. Almost all that appeared in his mind was Zhang Li's previous "bad intentions".

No additional action was needed, Pei Yuanzhi really put all the blame on Zhang Li.

Of course, he didn't dare reveal these things to Liu Qingran.

The two of them are still in a situation where they are hiding their relationship from the outside world and are often in different places due to their busy schedules. He doesn't want Zhang Li to "succeed", so he adopts the approach of "retreating to advance".

When Liu Qingran was resting, Pei Yuanzhi called her on video and secretly revealed that he was not with her and felt very insecure.

Liu Qingran and Pei Yuanzhi can be said to have grown up together as childhood sweethearts, and she has very deep feelings for him.

In addition, they have been dating for quite a long time, and Pei Yuanzhi disguised himself very well in front of her. The idea of marriage between the Liu family and the Pei family has long been there, and now there is only one step left.

So, at Pei Yuanzhi's request, Liu Qingran agreed to get secretly engaged to him after the filming of the drama was completed, in the presence of both the Liu and Pei families.

After hearing Liu Qingran agree personally, Pei Yuanzhi felt as if he had found a magic needle to stabilize the sea.

He knew that there was no way to deal with Zhang Li at the moment. After all, there was Wan Cheng behind her to protect her, so he could only endure it for the time being.

However, he also knew that Zhang Li still had feelings for him, so he told the parents of Liu and Pei about what Liu Qingran had promised him, and asked everyone to prepare for the upcoming engagement ceremony, while preparing to use this matter to provoke Zhang Li.

In his opinion, Zhang Li wanted to alienate them, but it made him and Liu Qingran take the next step. This would definitely make her feel very uncomfortable.

What he wants is for Zhang Li to have a hard time!

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Zhang Li deliberately set up a plan, and after making sure that Pei Yuanzhi knew about it, he stopped paying attention to him and began to concentrate on practicing martial arts and filming on the crew.

Perhaps because she performed very well during the audition, the martial arts director specially designed some fighting scenes that were very suitable for her based on her performance.

Fu Haijing now has a very good relationship with her, and with the appreciation of the director and Deng Xunlong, the entire crew treats her very well.

Although it was a bit troublesome to change the shooting location after a few days, Zhang Li quickly adapted to it.

Just after she had been in the group for about ten days and returned to her room after a busy day, someone she hadn't seen for a long time called her.

Zhang Li was a little surprised when he saw the name 'Yiyuan' on the caller ID, but then he guessed the other party's intention of calling.

She answered the call immediately, and a familiar voice rang in her ears.

"How come I found out that you never called me unless I looked for you?"

This complaint was very real, because Zhang Li found that she had not spoken to the other party on the phone for a long time.

"You've been very busy lately. Haven't you taken care of the fund's affairs?"

This move immediately made Pei Yiyuan's complaints disappear.

"It's the job of those who are capable..."

After saying this, she didn't want to joke with Zhang Li anymore and went straight to the point.

"I don't know how it happened, but Liu Qingran is already planning to get engaged to Pei Yuanzhi."

"I thought these two would maintain the status quo for a while. If they really got engaged, the Liu family would probably be completely tied to their second branch, and the situation would be disadvantageous to me..."

Zhang Li was stunned. In the original novel, Liu Qingran and Pei Yuanzhi weren't engaged this early, which only meant that her trick had worked.

Pei Yuanzhi must have deliberately proposed engagement to Liu Qingran early.

But hearing Pei Yiyuan's worry, she couldn't help but comfort him: "So what if they are engaged? If your father really hands the Pei family over to Pei Yuanzhi, the worst that can happen is that he will uproot the Pei family and leave nothing behind."

"Damn, you don't really have this plan, do you?" Pei Yiyuan had never talked about this with her before.

Hearing Zhang Li's silence for a moment, she woke up in shock. Zhang Li must be serious!

If she had just teamed up with Zhang Li, she might have thought that Zhang Li was just joking, but after seeing Zhang Li's terrifying ability to make money and plan things, she had no doubt that Zhang Li would do what he said.

"No! My dad spent his entire life in the company, and even I spent so much time in it. Although he is no longer with us, my mom always wanted me to inherit his business. If I really did this and let her know, she would be devastated. Besides... the old man was actually very good to me..."

What Zhang Li said to her at that time, "What is there to inherit from the Liu family?" seemed to be verified at this moment.

She was really afraid that if Zhang Li became unhappy, he would bring disaster upon both the Pei and Liu families.

Only then did Zhang Li realize that Pei Yiyuan had different ideas from hers.

She had no feelings for the Liu family and could not stand their corrupt practices.

But Pei Yiyuan is different. She grew up in the Pei family. Because her father is the eldest of the Pei family and has always held an important position, she has deep feelings for the Pei family. Although she is in a hostile state with Pei Yuanzhi, she does not want to directly defeat the Pei family.

"Besides that, the only other way is to help you take down the Pei family."

After hearing this, Pei Yiyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thanks, sisters."

She knew how reliable Zhang Li's words were. With her promise, this matter was more than half successful.

But she herself cannot relax.

"I will do my best to ruin Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Qingran's engagement."

Zhang Li didn't care about it. Engagement was not marriage after all, and it was a voluntary decision for both of them.

But Zhang Li suddenly thought of something and said, "If you want to sabotage it, you can start with Liu Qingran."

Pei Yiyuan: "What do you mean...?"

Zhang Li: "I know Liu Qingran's character quite well. She really doesn't have any bad intentions. Pei Yuanzhi probably did a lot of things behind her back that she doesn't know about. If you start from this point, you might get some unexpected results."

"Is that so?" Pei Yiyuan thought thoughtfully.

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With Pei Yiyuan's "tip-off", Zhang Li became more confident about Pei Yuanzhi's next move.

Of course, if he didn't follow her ideas, she would have let him go down this path.

Before preparing to fly back to City A to participate in the second episode of the second season of "Sing Out Loud", Zhang Li asked Cheng Yu to prepare a small anti-wolf spray for her.

Cheng Yu didn't know what she wanted to do, but she arranged it for her anyway.

Everything was ready, and the mentors gathered again on the morning of the day the program team notified them.

After spending a few days together, everyone became much more familiar with each other.

This time the host Bi Yan was also there. After seeing that Chu Yunshang and Pei Yuanzhi were all present, he made a special explanation.

"Last month, the director originally wanted to have a dinner together, but Pei Yuanzhi turned it down for two days, so we didn't mention it. If he continues to do the same this time, the director is planning not to invite him, and the rest of us will just go."

It happened again and again. The first time was because of something going on between Zhang Li and the two contestants, but the second and third time it was because Pei Yuanzhi didn't give him face. The program team couldn't tolerate him.

"OK~"

"Okay~"

Everyone answered, but what they actually wanted to say was that if this person was not included, everyone would definitely be more comfortable.

Just when everyone was complaining in their hearts, Pei Yuanzhi and Yun Shang also arrived.

Seeing this, Bi Yan said directly: "It's almost time to leave for the recording. Everyone, get ready and go out."

Zhang Li and the others smiled and nodded.

The second episode started filming on schedule soon.

All instructors sit in the same position.

This time, everyone's mood was different.

Although a new group of contestants has been replaced, the professionalism of the four groups of mentors is obvious to all.

Groups like Jia Jia and Yuan Minshan were quite capable of training contestants in the first season, but unfortunately this time they met Zhang Li, who was not in the same industry but had an unusually accurate vision. Not only did the audience's attention shift, but even the new contestants' attitudes towards Zhang Li changed.

As for the Yunshang group that included Pei Yuanzhi, although the contestants did not show it during the rating session, their subtle attitudes could still be seen when the team was selected.

Among the new contestants this time, there is only one amateur, and the others are all debuted contestants.

This should be to enhance the show's appeal. Among the last contestants, the female singers were relatively outstanding, and this time, the program team added two powerful male singers.

One of them has just debuted not long ago and is signed to Suo Yun Entertainment. Although his talent is not as good as Feng Ruo, he is basically invincible among his peers.

With Feng Ruo's example, almost all the mentors in the four groups wanted to snatch this male contestant. This was especially true for Yun Shang and Pei Yuanzhi, who were already in contact with Suo Yun Entertainment and naturally wanted to use this opportunity to deepen their relationship with Suo Yun Entertainment.

Unfortunately, I don’t know whether this player did it intentionally or unintentionally, but when choosing a team, he chose Zhang Li’s group without hesitation.

Of course, when this scene was broadcast live, everyone was amazed at his cleverness.

[There is no doubt that if the contestants were given the choice of Zhang Li, they would definitely choose her, unless they haven't watched the first episode video]

If it were me, I'd also choose Zhang Li and his team! I hadn't thought before that if I got along well with Zhang Li and his team, I might even have the opportunity to collaborate with Past Studio!

Vocal! Anything from the past is bound to be a masterpiece! Feng Ruo and Deng Xu have signed with Lingman. Lingman might have already started preparing singles or albums for them!

[Who knows...]

With the first round of selections, the contestants selected by Zhang Li in the second round were even more eager.

The only similarity to the first episode is that in the first round, Zhang Li chose the most talented first place, and in the second round, she chose the second to last place.

Everyone also fully understood her style from this time.

[I think I understand now. The first round picks the most talented ones, and the second round picks the most unique ones.]

[As expected of Zhang Li, he really maximized the benefits]

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Although the audience can see through his true nature at a glance, Zhang Li himself is still unaware of this.

Although this episode is still interesting, there are not many twists and turns compared to the previous episode.

Zhang Li still chose a man and a woman.

After the show ended, Bi Yan gathered all the mentors and contestants together and announced the dinner party in the evening.

The contestants are of course happy, as being able to deepen their relationship with their chosen mentors has many benefits for them.

Zhang Li and others had already heard the news from Bi Yan, so they agreed without hesitation.

Just when everyone thought Pei Yuanzhi might not go, they unexpectedly agreed.

Seeing that he agreed, Yun Shang naturally agreed too.

This was completely within Zhang Li's expectations.

Thus, the first dinner party of the production crew since the second season of "Sing Out Loud" was finally held.

The director had already chosen the location, a hidden members-only restaurant in City A. Many bigwigs and celebrities like to choose that place.

There were dozens of people in total, including the mentors, contestants, program crew and mentors' teams, so the director asked his assistant to choose two large private rooms next to each other.

Because some of the team are singers, the director announced in advance that it is up to the individual whether they want to drink or not, and they can choose between alcoholic drinks or beverages.

Cheng Yu, Bai Wen and others were in another box, while Zhang Li was with the director, mentor and contestants.

Before the food was served, Zhang Li stood up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."

She had just left when Pei Yuanzhi stood up and left for the same reason.

Seeing this, the atmosphere at the table became a little different.

Yuan Minshan was a little worried about Zhang Li, then she said something to the director and left her seat.