Chapter 70 The Seventieth Melon's Feelings Are Complex
As soon as Chen Que left, Xu Qingye went back to catch up on his sleep, and after waking up, he went back home.
The second floor of his house has been converted into a temporary studio, where he has been working recently. Once he makes some money, he will have to rent a studio in the city center.
"Chunfengdeyi, what were you doing last night?"
Yi He saw Xu Qingye and gave him a lewd smile, and Xu Qingye rolled his eyes at him in response.
"What can I do? I'm working. Didn't you see I sent so many messages? I've been busy all night."
“It was sent, but it was two hours late. What happened to those two hours?”
"Can't I just take a break? Besides, I'm busy with work. I met Wang Zheng yesterday and talked to him for a long time. I sorted out some useful information."
Xu Qingye roughly told Yi He what he had talked about yesterday, and Yi He looked at him with some surprise.
"You really went to work, didn't you go to find Chen Que?"
"Of course, why am I looking for Chen Que?" Xu Qingye felt a little guilty and quickly coughed twice to change the subject. "Where's Cao Muan? Why can't I see her?"
"He sent a message early in the morning saying he wanted to take a break. I guess he's sleeping at home."
Yi He made a casual remark, and Xu Qingye didn't care. He pulled Yi He to study the matter of Qingcheng Film and Television. He thought that he could first send out some insignificant messages to test the waters, and then expand the matter little by little, so as not to attract the attention of the other party by exploding all of a sudden, and then kill him by surprise.
"Okay, let's start with something insignificant and see how they react."
Yi He nodded in agreement, thinking that slowly testing the waters was also an option.
After talking about Qingcheng Film and Television, Xu Qingye searched for the latest situation of "The Compound". Su Ziyu sent him a New Year's text message a few days ago, without saying much, so there shouldn't be any big problem.
"Let's go visit the set of 'The Compound' tomorrow. After all, we invested money and we have to show some concern."
Xu Qingye did some searching and found that there weren't many leaked photos of "The Compound". Most of them were official behind-the-scenes footage. It seemed that the control over proxy photographers was quite strict. From the few leaked photos, one could see the care that went into this drama. Both the costumes and the scenes were exquisite.
Xu Qingye searched for Su Ziyu's name again. When it was first announced that he would join the crew, there was a lot of opposition. Later, after some makeup photos were released and the behind-the-scenes footage, the opposition became smaller.
When searching Su Ziyu's name, all that came up were her collaboration performances with Jiang Boqi last night. Xu Qingye selected a live shot and clicked in to watch. The collaboration between the two was very exciting, and there was no deliberate mic-stirring. It was a very normal collaboration stage. The two even looked a little distant in their performances. It was precisely this feeling that made a group of CP fans fall in love with them again.
Deliberately avoiding suspicion is the same as being true!
Xu Qingye casually browsed and saw Shen Mu's figure. She has not been busy recently and has become active on the Internet again.
While browsing the trending searches, the doorbell downstairs rang. Xu Qingye asked Yi He to open the door. Yi He hit his chair before going downstairs.
"It's Shen Mu who's here. Are you coming down?"
Yi He shouted downstairs, and Xu Qingye quickly closed the computer and went downstairs.
"Why are you here without notifying me first?"
Shen Mu was holding a lot of bags in his hands and put them down as soon as he entered the door.
"I wanted to look for you at the end of yesterday, but you disappeared all of a sudden. So I thought I'd come look for you today. I just went to my brother's place, and I didn't see you, so I came here. I've already altered the clothes I made for you last time. I saw that you didn't seem to be very interested in formal wear, so I brought two more sets of casual clothes."
Shen Mu said as he took out the clothes from the bag.
"These are the samples that will be released this year. They are slightly different from the official versions, but the overall craftsmanship is still very good. You can keep them and wear them."
"You're too polite. I don't feel comfortable asking for so much."
Xu Qingye felt a little embarrassed when he saw Shen Mu taking out several sets of clothes.
"It's okay. I misunderstood you before and treated you badly, so I'll take this as an apology. I've observed you carefully for a long time, and you really don't want anything from my brother, yet you're still going through so much trouble to help him. As his sister, I want to thank you on his behalf. My brother doesn't understand the ways of the world, so he probably hasn't expressed anything."
Chen Mu spoke seriously, and Xu Qingye felt more guilty the more she listened. Her brother was really good at expressing himself, he was almost willing to give himself to her.
"There's no one who doesn't want anything. The more you say that, the more you want."
Yi He listened to the two people talking and made two strange clicks of his tongue.
"Just shut up."
Xu Qingye wanted to silence Yi He, so he glared at him and quickly put away all his things.
"Want to have dinner together? It's my treat."
"No, I have to go home to eat today. Let's get together next time when my brother comes back."
Chen Mu came specially to deliver the clothes. After delivering the clothes, she was ready to leave as she had some things to do later. Xu Qingye hurried to see her off. When she reached the door, Chen Mu suddenly turned around and looked at Xu Qingye.
"What did Yi He mean by that just now?"
"Ahem, he's just talking nonsense. I'm just counting on your brother to become famous so I can get more traffic."
"Yeah, I get it. Let's go."
Chen Mu nodded without saying anything more, waved to Xu Qingye and got in the car. After watching the car leave, Xu Qingye breathed a sigh of relief and walked back. As soon as he reached the door, he saw Yi He leaning on the door frame and looking at him like a spectator.
"Why are you being so sarcastic? Just say what you want to say."
"Nothing, I just feel like you're not telling me the truth. Yesterday, besides meeting Wang Zheng, you also met Chen Que. Are you guys together?"
"Why do you care so much?"
"It's nothing, I'm just worried about you. When I first got here I thought you two were a couple, but you've been dragging your feet for so long. It's rare to see you seem to be getting the hang of things, so I want to wait and see the result. It's more fun to eat melons in front of you."
Yi He had an innocent look on his face, he didn't have any bad intentions, he just wanted to be a CP fan, he had already regarded Chen Que as the boss dad in his heart, if it really started, he would have to open champagne to celebrate.
"I guess so. Why, are you going to give me a red envelope?"
Xu Qingye's answer was a little vague, and Yi He immediately noticed something was wrong.
"If we talked about it, we talked about it. If we didn't talk about it, we didn't talk about it. What do you mean by 'it's considered as such'? Does it mean we talked about it or not?"
"Well, let's give it a try first. I don't know if it's suitable, but I can't bear to give it up, so I'll give it a try first and set up an internship period."
"You guys really know how to have fun. So how long is the internship period? I'll open the champagne for you guys when my boss gets hired." Yi He couldn't help but applaud Xu Qingye. Xu Qingye was really an example of someone who didn't follow the beaten path. He was able to give someone like Shen Que an internship period, which showed that he had some skills.
"I don't know. It happens when I feel it. There's no real date set."
Xu Qingye curled his lips. The internship period was just an excuse he made for himself. Shen Que's love was too strong. He was afraid but reluctant to give up, so he gave himself a chance to try.
"It's complicated. It's really complicated. I don't understand what you people are struggling with." Yi He shook his head. His relationship plan was relatively simple. He would go on blind dates and get married if they liked each other.
"When you have someone you like, you'll understand. Feelings are complicated."
After a quick dinner, Xu Qingye asked her in the group @Cao Muan if she wanted to go to the film and television city to visit the set. When she heard that she was going to the film and television city, she immediately posted a row of hand-raising emojis.
Cao Muan: I’ll go, I’ll go, please be sure to take me with you!
After confirming the itinerary, Xu Qingye went back to his room first, and Yi He stayed in the studio for a while before leaving.
Xu Qingye likes to sleep in, and Yi He booked a ticket for the afternoon. As soon as they got on the bus, Xu Qingye and Cao Mu'an each held a cell phone and laughed foolishly from time to time. Yi He sat alone in the middle and looked very bored. He wanted to go over to see what Cao Mu'an was laughing at, but Cao Mu'an put his phone away at once.
"Beware of me, what can't I see?"
"privacy."
Cao Muan replied and changed direction to continue playing with his phone. Yi He moved closer to Xu Qingye again. Xu Qingye didn't avoid him and put his phone aside so that he could see it clearly. Yi He looked carefully and saw that Xu Qingye was reading the gossip posts on the forum. It was full of densely packed words and it was quite a headache to look at.
Yi He was not interested at all, so he just leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes to rest.
The online revelations about Qingcheng Film and Television have already begun, but they are not done by directly finding a marketing account to post a Weibo post. Instead, a group of people were found to spread the news in major fan groups.
Qingcheng Film and Television also has popular artists, but being popular does not mean that they live a good life. Qingcheng Film and Television’s main blood-sucking targets are these popular people. After all, only by being popular enough can you make more money.
If Xu Qingye wants to fight a war of public opinion, he needs a lot of people, and the artist's fans are the best help. Some fans have actually discovered some abnormalities a long time ago, but they are afraid of causing trouble and dare not speak out. Some of the doubts were resolved by Qingcheng Film and Television with hush money.
Someone started mentioning it, and the news naturally spread quickly. Some people contributed to marketing accounts, and some directly @ed the artist's agent and company. In short, the scene became lively little by little.
The first wave of news released by Xu Qingye was just that Qingcheng Film and Television did not pay attention to the health of artists and scheduled announcements for artists without restraint. Last year, an artist from Qingcheng Film and Television fainted on the show. Some people have questioned the work intensity of Qingcheng Film and Television. Previously, it was just covered up by saying that the artists were losing weight too much. This time, the schedules of several artists are too full, and it is no longer something that can be easily covered up.
The fans felt sorry for their own artists, so they naturally stood up to question the company. When there were so many people, they could no longer turn a deaf ear and dumb. With the support of fans, several artists also stood up to play the victim, claiming that they had been in the company for several years, working day and night to film, but only received a small portion of the money. The company also required them to bear the tax part themselves, and the money they received was almost gone after paying taxes. There were many unfair clauses in the contract, and they had to listen to the company's arrangements. The artists had no autonomy at all. In order to avoid owing the company money, they could only work harder and harder.
As the news spread, Qingcheng Film and Television had to come forward to explain, but the official Weibo only issued a vague statement, saying that the artists' work was all arranged according to the contract agreement and there was no deliberate exploitation. Fans didn't buy it at all.
The fans quickly organized a large group of people to surround the entrance of Qingcheng Film and Television, demanding that their brothers and sisters be given a reasonable share of the profits and have their workload reduced.
Just when things were getting very unpleasant, Sun Yao's contract was exposed on the Internet. Sun Yao's contract was completely different from that of other people in Qingcheng Film and Television. His share of the profits was extremely high, and he had a high degree of freedom, which was completely the treatment that only royal family members could enjoy.
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