Chapter 56 (Chapter 056) - In progress. Ye Liuchuan has a lot of work on this...
Chapter 56
The photo was on He Xun's homepage, and sure enough, a sly-looking Lin Yuan appeared in the comments section: "Can you take a better picture of me? I can't even see my silhouette."
He Xun replied bluntly, "That's exactly what you look like."
Lin Yuan: "..."
"Hahaha, this is the first time I've seen Lin Yuan get his comeuppance, it's hilarious."
"My photography skills are indeed very poor, but given that the person being photographed is Lin Yuan, I choose to forgive him."
"Give the child a high-resolution picture; it's really not easy being a child."
He Xun is also the type who rarely posts photos on his homepage. Although he has acted in many dramas, he rarely mentions other actors, and other actors rarely mention him either. It was only at this point that netizens realized that Lin Yuan and He Xun seemed to get along very well after working together on "The Powerful Minister".
"So this is Lin Yuan's house, right? Take a closer look at the photos!" (pointing and gesturing)
Although the picture provides very little information, since it contains a room with trophies, it must be Lin Yuan's home. The details are indeed not clear, but this photo gives fans a feeling of being close to Lin Yuan's life.
"He Xun is probably celebrating Lin Yuan's award."
"They're doing well. I'm looking forward to the release of 'The Powerful Minister'."
"Who said they had a bad relationship? Isn't this a good thing?"
Ye Liuchuan only hinted at the relationship between He Xun and Lin Yuan. Although some netizens felt something was off, they couldn't provide any evidence.
Ye Liuchuan is someone who never leaves any loose ends. His interviews are watertight. Apart from being embarrassed by Lin Yuan at the Tnz event last time, his public image is perfect most of the time.
However, Lin Yuan's fans are well aware that Lin Yuan and Ye Liuchuan will not become friends.
You can tell by looking at Lin Yuan's attitude towards Ye Liuchuan and He Xun.
...
"Who else could it be but Ye Liuchuan? Doesn't every word he says imply that Lin Yuan is difficult to get along with?"
"+1, according to him, if Lin Yuan is the kind of person who is easy to get along with, is it necessary for He Xun to 'consult' him?"
"This guy always leaves a lot unsaid, I witnessed that when I was watching 'Star in Tomorrow'."
Ye Liuchuan calmly scrolled through Weibo, but a dark cloud gathered between his brows.
He now realized that he had been completely fooled by Lin Yuan and He Xun. The two of them had taken advantage of him and deceived him, and he had actually believed that Lin Yuan and He Xun were destined not to be friends.
Fortunately, he was reserved in his speech, so the controversy did not focus on him.
He had a feeling that Lin Yuan was like an unkillable cockroach. No matter who it was, whether it was him or Xie Yu, or who had a conflict of interest with Lin Yuan, it seemed that Lin Yuan was always the one who benefited.
What Ye Liuchuan found most unbelievable was that Lin Yuan actually won the Golden Wing Award trophy.
Why would such discerning Golden Wing Award judges be willing to give this award to Lin Yuan?
Ye Liuchuan had work to do that night, and in order to maintain his popularity which had recently declined, he worked even harder. When he returned to the hotel after a long day, his screen was filled with notifications that Lin Yuan had won an award.
Lin Yuan wins the Golden Wing Award for Best Supporting Actor
What will become of Wink after Lin Yuan wins the award?
As he expected, once Lin Yuan won the award, Wink was inevitably brought up for comparison. They were in the debut group, while Lin Yuan was in the non-debut group. In terms of popularity, resources, and strength, they should have the advantage, but Lin Yuan came from behind to surpass them.
Even after Lin Yuan was nominated for the Golden Wing Award, the so-called "Wink Studies" emerged online—netizens believed that Lin Yuan's debut opportunity had been stolen, so they began to review the editing loopholes during the "Tomorrow's Star" period and the details of the Wink members sarcastically slapping each other in the face.
Surprisingly, these netizens actually unearthed quite a bit of information.
Many netizens have found evidence that Xie Yu was scripted to be placed in the debut position, and the Wink members were not innocent either during the original "Tomorrow's Star" talent show.
Because the Wink members come from different agencies, although they have been selling the idea of "group spirit" and "group love" for years, this kind of thing doesn't actually exist. They are too busy protecting their own interests to care about their teammates.
They are teammates, but in essence, they are just a group of competitors brought together.
The latest installment of "Wink Studies" is titled: "How many friends did Zhang Xiaoyue actually delete?"
This blogger conducted an in-depth investigation of the 100 participants in "The Road to Stardom," thoroughly examining all the contestants.
"It is known that Tian Yi was deleted, Lin Yuan was deleted, Jiang Xuyao was deleted, and Qi Zhong said that he brought Zhang Xiaoyue into the game the day before, and she was deleted the next day."
"Zhang Xiaoyue, couldn't you just buy a phone with more memory? Or you could just say your phone was stolen."
"The number of victims is still increasing, it's hilarious. Zhang Xiaoyue is participating in a music variety show, and a veteran singer whose account he deleted is now making sarcastic remarks."
"Ahhh, someone gave him a guitar, and he said he would cherish it, but the guitar has already appeared on Xianyu (a second-hand marketplace). It's a guitar with their tag, so they couldn't have mistaken it, right? But then he turned around and gave a certain big shot a limited edition porcelain piece. He really has good taste."
No one really cared who Zhang Xiaoyue deleted. In fact, after Wink disbanded, the members went their separate ways, and apart from their teammates' fans, no one was paying attention to them.
To some extent, the source of this attention is Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan is doing very well now. He has made a name for himself, and he has also experienced the tragic fate of repeatedly entering and leaving the debut positions but ultimately finishing ninth. In the eyes of netizens, he is on the side of justice, while Wink naturally becomes the evil one.
Unfortunately, Zhang Xiaoyue's act of deleting friends was very unethical, and coupled with the recent exposure of the Wink members' true abilities, netizens felt even more aggrieved for Lin Yuan.
"What kind of monsters are Wink? How dare they steal Lin Yuan's life?"
First Xie Yu collapsed, then Ji Xiaming collapsed, and recently Zhang Xiaoyue has collapsed particularly badly. Ye Liuchuan estimates that it won't be long before it's his turn.
There's not even a need to estimate, because the next video pushed to him is—
How long is Ye Liuchuan's shelf life?
Ye Liuchuan lightly filed his nails. After what happened with He Xun, he realized that it would be too difficult to defeat Lin Yuan from other angles, given Lin Yuan's proven track record.
He either wins against Lin Yuan fair and square in the drama, or... Lin Yuan, like Xie Yu, suffers a major defeat, preferably one so bad that he can never recover.
Ye Liuchuan has three projects in the pipeline, one each next spring, summer, and autumn. He is quite cautious in choosing scripts, unlike Xie Yu who only focuses on big-budget productions.
Ye Liuchuan also disapproved of DA Entertainment's greedy practices.
He didn't think Xie Yu could last long in the entertainment industry.
"Do you think there are still viewers who like historical dramas these days?" Ye Liuchuan suddenly looked at his agent.
"Yes, I think so." The agent was taken aback. "Are you asking about... 'The Powerful Minister'?"
Ye Liuchuan did not deny it, but simply nodded slightly.
"However, the ratings for historical dramas have been generally low in recent years," the agent pondered. "As for 'The Powerful Minister,' I estimate it will still air on a satellite TV channel."
"Most of the dramas on first-tier satellite TV channels have already been booked, so 'The Powerful Minister' is more likely to be broadcast on a second-tier satellite TV channel."
"Didn't Lin Yuan just win the award?"
"But this is also his first time filming a TV series," the agent said. "Now both platforms and TV stations are quite cautious. The cast of 'The Powerful Minister' is a bit weak. Cheng Yiyuan does have some fame, but his last drama had only average ratings."
Cheng Yiyuan can be categorized as a veteran director, but nowadays, veteran director is not necessarily a good term. If actors take on roles based on the reputation of veteran directors, the chances of failure are actually higher.
"Will 'Linlang' be able to air on Tianfeng TV next year?" Ye Liuchuan asked.
"It's not a big problem."
"Lin Lang" is the drama with the strongest cast that Ye Liuchuan has taken on in recent years. He is the lead actor and shares the lead role with the female lead Zheng Mian. Coincidentally, after filming "Lin Lang", Zheng Mian had a super hit drama that aired, which propelled her to the top tier. Among the current crop of young actresses, she is one of the few with solid achievements, popularity, and competent acting skills.
In other words, "Linlang" is the best one among Ye Liuchuan's remaining works.
"Changing the release date isn't that easy," the agent cautioned.
"It would be best if he could meet her, but if not..." Ye Liuchuan's coldness was undisguised, "He's lucky."
"Linlang" is undoubtedly the best way to directly challenge "The Powerful Minister".
Besides "Lin Lang", Ye Liuchuan has several other dramas awaiting release.
If any of these dramas becomes a hit, and if he has the ability to crush Lin Yuan, he can get out of his current embarrassing situation.
In Ye Liuchuan's mind, the possibility that "Linlang" could not beat "The Powerful Minister" was less than zero.
Since that hugely popular drama, Zheng Mian has never made a mistake again. She has reached the stage where young actresses consolidate their popularity. During this stage, a leading actress can usually promote several young actors for various companies.
This has happened more than once in the TV drama industry, and even... those young actors who were promoted by the leading ladies didn't have the same foundation as Ye Liuchuan.
Ye Liuchuan was at least one of Wink's most popular members, ranking in the top three in popularity right from his debut.
Although Wink considers itself a group without any weaknesses, the debate over who should be the back can rage on for days and nights without stopping, as each group's fans are afraid that their teammates will be even slightly better than their idols. If their teammates are not as good as their idols, they don't want their idols to "help" them out.
...
Lin Yuan is finally almost finished writing a song. He wrote the melody first and then wrote the lyrics. This stage was more difficult for Lin Yuan than the creation itself.
Because humming a melody is a pleasant process, while writing lyrics... can be described as racking one's brains.
Although Lin Yuan had some education, it was only a little, not much. He didn't hold himself to the standards of a poet, nor did he want to write lyrics that would immediately amaze him. But in any case, since he had worked hard to write a piece of music, Lin Yuan wanted to write lyrics that were worthy of it.
There's also the arrangement.
As for dancing, I'd probably like to add some too.
Lin Yuan slammed onto the sofa with a "duang," first opening "The Complete Collection of Ancient Chinese Poetry," then opening his recently favorite collection of essays. He also filled his phone, tablet, and screen with classic song lyrics. There were also many records in his cabinet, with their lyric pages laid flat on the table.
In He Xun's words, outsiders who didn't know better would think Lin Yuan was performing a ritual.
From Lin Yuan's perspective, what is the difference between writing lyrics and composing poetry?
If slapping himself in the face could make him write the words, Lin Yuan could slap himself ten times right now.
“I’ll fan you.” — He Xun
"Why didn't you call me when there was such a good thing?" — Zhan Heng.
Li Mobei also wanted to fan him, but Lin Yuan said, "You've been eating too many oranges lately, your face is all yellow. I'll fan you to help your cheeks turn a little red."
Li Mobei: "Thinking back to the first time I met Lin Yuan, he was still a sincere and kind person..."
"Eating oranges ruined my brain," Lin Yuan defended himself.
Li Mobei: "..."
In short, the process was very agonizing.
But the quiet of the night, with not a single car sound outside the window, was perfect for writing something, and my brain, which had been stiff during the day, suddenly started working again.
Lin Yuan first wrote down scattered words on the paper, then slowly put them together into a sentence. Once the first sentence was formed, the second sentence naturally followed.
The lyrics were written almost instantly. He had been thinking about them for a week, but it only took him less than an hour to actually write them down. Lin Yuan even felt that the lyrics he wrote were exceptionally perfect.
"Do I perhaps have the potential to be a poet?"
“Your house will soon be too small to accommodate so many people,” the agent replied.
Lin Yuan: "..."
Okay.
After finishing the melody and lyrics, the arrangement step is equally important. In this aspect, Lin Yuan is a complete novice. He can only say that he knows a little bit and can barely manage with the help of software, but it is much more difficult to use the arrangement to elevate the song to a higher level.
"Let me introduce you to one," Feng Zeng said.
Do you know anyone there?
"I've had contact with him before when I was managing artists, but we haven't had a chance to work together yet. He's quite capable."
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Author's Note: Update! [doge][doge][doge]
I recommend my friend Xia Er's fantasy romance novel, "Returning to Fifteen."
Chengcheng, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness and should have been on her way to the underworld, woke up to find herself back at the age of fifteen.
My parents are still young, my younger brother is only eight years old, and I am strong and healthy with a good appetite.
Even the rascal next door was incredibly pleasing to the eye, with his sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, slender waist, and long legs.
Getting rich, exercising, and slapping the faces of the worst people—Chengcheng is feeling incredibly happy.
A handsome, rich, and dashing male lead meets a sensible, obedient, and jealous female lead.
This story is also known as: "My Childhood Sweetheart is So Cute," "Rebirth: A Long and Steady Journey," "Back to the 90s as a Top Female Peddler," and "Rebirth: I Want to Go to Bed Early, Get Up Early, and Exercise."
Chengcheng: I don't want to be strong, I want to become strong so that I can protect all the people I love.
Lin Zihao: ...Idiot.
Clearly, I can protect you.
If God gave us another chance, could we really create a different version of ourselves?
I hope so.
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