"Mr. Ao, I have to be frank with you. I've previously stated publicly that I accept disciples for free."
Shui Yiyao looked at Jiang Luo and said seriously, "If you are willing to learn from me, and your talent and character are strong enough to learn a craft, I can also waive the tuition."
She was short of money, very short of it, but that wasn't how money was earned.
Moreover, if Ao Li found out later that she didn't want the money but accepted 20 million from him, he would think that she was a black-hearted person who was trying to cheat him out of money.
Ao Li nodded: "I understand."
His message remains the same: "Tuition will be paid into your account in advance at the beginning of each year."
Seeing Shui Yiyao frowning slightly, he explained, "Jiang Luo is a rather naughty child, so you need to take more care of him. The tuition fee should be paid."
"If he drops the jade, the loss will be calculated separately."
Throwing jade?
Are rich people so arrogant?
Shui Yiyao: "...Okay, I'm available if you want to sign the contract, and I can also provide a study space. It just depends on when Mr. Ao is free."
Ao Li: "If it's convenient for Teacher Chengyu, we can meet at 6pm tomorrow to sign the contract. You decide the location."
Shui Yiyao thought for a moment and said, "There's a teahouse at No. 8 Chibei Road. We can sign the contract there."
There is a teahouse near her community, very close to her. Many celebrities also meet here to discuss things. It is said to be very safe.
Ao Li nodded: "Okay."
After the two finalized the teaching contract, they completed the transaction process of the Zhong Kui catching ghosts seed material.
After all the procedures were completed, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening.
Shui Yiyao put all the written receipts of the transaction procedures into her bag.
After putting it away, he looked up at Ao Li across the table and stood up. "Then I'll go back first. See you tomorrow, both of you."
Ao Li also stood up: "I'll take you there."
"Don't bother, I'll take a taxi back."
Ao Li: "It's late now. I'll walk you to the door, it's safer."
"Don't worry about it. Jiang Luo will trouble you again in the future."
Shui Yiyao looked at the little Jiang Luo beside him. When Jiang Luo saw her looking at him, a cautious smile suddenly appeared on his sleepy face.
She smiled and nodded: "Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Ao."
·
When Shui Yiyao returned home, it was already half past nine. She went to the bathroom to take a shower first.
It was almost 10 o'clock when we came out.
She wiped her hair with a towel, thought about it, and logged into the live broadcast account.
There are people watching her live broadcast room.
Before leaving today, she asked for leave from her fans. She had originally planned to return at 8 o'clock to do another hour of jade carving live broadcast, but she didn't expect to be so busy until now.
-Yu Yu, you are online!
-It's ten minutes until 10 o'clock. I thought you wouldn't broadcast tonight.
-How was the competition that Yu Yu participated in?
Shui Yiyao: "Thank you all for your concern. The competition went well and I won a prize."
-Congratulations!
-What's the award? The Gold Award!
She wrapped her hair in a towel and said, "Of course it's the gold medal. It's too late today, I'll show you tomorrow."
-[It's just a low-level award like the Craftsman Award, what's there to be proud of?] Suddenly, a special sound effect sounded in the live broadcast room again. Shui Yiyao looked up and saw the familiar gold barrage border.
Isn’t this the person who came to her live broadcast room to cause trouble after the last incident with Nanyi?
At that time, she kept calling me "Nanyi Brother" all the time, like an elementary school student who had not grown up. Later, I ignored her and she didn't come again. Why did she come again today?
Shui Yiyao moved the mouse to her barrage and saw her ID - Lu Zhinan.
The "Nan" in NAFA?
Then this Lu - by the way, isn't the eldest son of the Lu family who implied that she was a liar on Weibo a few days ago surnamed Lu?
Shui Yiyao instantly connected all these things together.
"Who is the young master of the Lu family to you?"
-[It’s my brother~]
Shui Yiyao saw the pride of an elementary school student from the wavy line at the end.
"So you hit a wall with me, so you went to your brother to cry, but your brother didn't dare to come and get scolded, so you're just being sarcastic on Weibo?"
The other party did not send any more messages. Shui Yiyao knew that she must have guessed correctly.
After a while, the young lady from the Lu family started to flood the screen again:
-[Don't act like you've won some great honor just because you participated in the Craftsman Award. It's the lowest-level award in the industry.] -[Watch out, friends! She might win an award at the Craftsman Award and come back to sell you her inferior stuff for a high price.] Shui Yiyao sneered, "So, you and your brother are so proud. What great award did you win?"
The other party didn't say anything else.
Shui Yiyao found it funny: "I've been waiting for you to count your brilliant achievements, why don't you say anything?"
There was no movement in the barrage, it seemed that the other party had not yet thought of the wording.
She checked the time and said to Mai: "It's 10 o'clock again. I'm going to sleep. Good night, my friends."
-Good night, health anchor!
-See you tomorrow!
-Good night Yuyu.
·
The next day, Shui Yiyao got up early again, started a live broadcast, and began to make beads for Bai Gege.
This bead is a semi-finished product, made using traditional southern craftsmanship. The original craftsman who made this bead was very skilled and created it with great artistic conception.
She just needed to continue carving the rest of the area. It was actually not difficult for her. It would take two weeks at most, or five days at most.
She originally planned to finish the work in two weeks, but later decided to work overtime, breaking one day into two, and finishing the work in five days to collect the money.
At the beginning, she took the initiative to take Bai Gege's business not only because she thought she was cute, but more for the money. As the heroine of a sweet pet novel, Bai Gege is naturally a group favorite, and everyone around her gives her face. If she can act as a middleman to bring her business, then she will not lack sales channels.
After all, although jade is a luxury product, there is no shortage of rich people around Bai Gege.
And she not only processes jade, she can also process crystal, wood, and jadeite. As long as it can be carved, she can do it and the labor fee will be calculated accordingly.
I carved for a whole morning and finished one-third of the thread for the beads.
She was just putting her food down to go have lunch when she looked up and saw the barrage of comments flooding the screen.
-It’s 12 o’clock, the food anchor is online!
-The dinner show begins!
Shui Yiyao looked up at the upper left corner, and the attention instantly increased. Everyone came to watch her cook.
-Yuyu, is that Chengdao jade sculpture you?
-That craftsman gave that prize! Is that you?
Suddenly, a large number of comments started to appear on the barrage, and everyone was asking if the gold medal in the craftsman award was her.
Shui Yiyao suddenly realized: "Do you want to see the trophy and certificate? I promised to show it to you last night, but I forgot. Wait."
She got up and went to her room, took out the certificate and trophy from her bag, and placed them in front of the camera. The two items were very eye-catching. She said, "See? What do you think? I think they look pretty good."
-Yuyu, stop looking, something big has happened!
-Something big has happened, go check it out!
Shui Yiyao was puzzled: "What's the big deal?"
-The eldest son of the Lu family is flattering you!
-The kind that specifically praises someone!
-The kind that's a thousand-word essay!
Why is it this person again?
Shui Yiyao didn't really want to give any eye contact, but seeing that her fans all asked her to go and take a look, she picked up her phone and opened Weibo.
After looking at the keywords provided by the barrage, Shui Yiyao began to search Weibo.
She was looking for the Lu family's eldest son's Weibo, but she saw another push notification first, and her hand that was scrolling the screen paused.
@蓝海丸鱼: Am I the only one who thinks this gold medal winner looks like me, Yao? They even have the same hair color and hairstyle.
This Weibo post contained two pictures, one of which was a photo of the Craftsman Awards. The photo mainly showed the large banner on the judges' podium, and there was a person circled in the second row in the lower left corner of the photo. Because the focus of the photo was far away, the circled person appeared blurry and difficult to see clearly.
The second picture is a photo of Shui Yi Yao.
From their appearance, you can tell that the two are similar.
Shui Yiyao clicked on the comment.
-So tacky: Hey, the Shuiyi Yao family has started to cross-border scam people?
-Look: You can’t see anything clearly, but you just point at the hairstyle and say it looks similar. Your family is really bold.
-Luo Feifeibi: They take advantage of the small size of other people’s circles to make trouble for them.
Three, that’s all the comments below.
Shui Yiyao: “…”
Although the Craftsman Award is national, the jade carving circle is very small, and it is held every three months, with less than a hundred participants, making it a niche and small-scale event.
There were also regulations at the meeting that prohibited taking photos and leaking pictures or other materials.
Only people in the circle attended the meeting, and the few leaked pictures were taken casually by participants and posted on WeChat Moments.
The people in the circle who attended the conference were basically all older and basically did not pay attention to the entertainment industry. Even if some people did, they would not know that she was a "female star" who had never acted in a TV series and only appeared in fan circles and various negative press releases.
Because there was no solid evidence, this Weibo post did not cause much response. Shui Yiyao deleted the message and went to find Young Master Lu.
@Lu Dashao: This is the first time I've seen such a perfect piece at the Craftsman Awards! This doesn't look like modern craftsmanship; it's the work of a true veteran craftsman. It's amazing! Both Zhong Kui's demeanor and the little ghost's expression are so lifelike. And the runes on the demon-slaying sword are incredibly exquisite! It's said that Mr. Shipping King bought this piece for a million dollars. He really has good taste!
By the way, I wonder if I'd have the honor of meeting Mr. Chengyu. If so, I'd really like you to visit my Lu family so we can exchange experiences and learn from each other. By the way, here are a few pictures for everyone to appreciate this work! [Pictures] [Pictures] [Pictures] Those pictures are details of her Zhong Kui catching ghosts.
In her opinion, this person actually wanted to flatter Ao Li.
Anyone in the industry could see that her work was valuable, but not worth a million. Young Master Lu saw this, yet he only praised Ao Li for his good taste and said nothing else. His intentions were clear.
Although he was praising her in his Weibo posts, he actually mainly wanted to praise Ao Li. He might not have even checked online who Mr. Chengyu was, which led to such a joke.
-Fuck you. I flattered you, but I don't know who I was flattering.
-This Mr. Lu is also weird. He doesn’t even know it’s you, Yuyu?
-Didn’t he also post on Weibo saying you are a liar?
-Actually, he is the liar himself.
-After he knew that the person was Yu Yu, he would definitely delete the Weibo post immediately. I bet my 20 cents.
Shui Yiyao laughed out loud: "Then I'll make a bet too. Even if he knows it's me, he won't delete the Weibo post."
-Really? I don't believe it.
-Then go and try it.
After a while, Shui Yiyao posted a new comment in the comment section of that Weibo post: "Mr. Lu, didn't you just call him a liar? Why are you praising him now?"
You can tell from the comments that it was the friend who was just in the live broadcast room.
She originally thought that Young Master Lu would ignore her, but suddenly she saw that he replied immediately.
-Young Master Lu: No matter who it is, everyone respects her.
When I saw the barrage, there was another row of question marks.
After a while, someone threw a meteor shower.
-The host is awesome, I really made the right bet.
Shui Yiyao laughed. This flattery was meant for Ao Li, not for her. As long as Ao Li saw it, it would be fine. Why would he change his words for her?
But netizens didn’t know this and were all making sarcastic comments under this one.
Shui Yiyao: "Alright, just treat it as a joke."
She made an appointment with Ao Li to sign the contract at the teahouse at 6 o'clock, but just after lunch, she received a call from her agent, who said that Yue Xi was being contacted for a play and was currently attending a social event and had to have lunch with the producer.
Ask Shui Yiyao to go along for the social event.
Before Shui Yiyao could tell him to get out, the other party seemed to have guessed it, so he said in a suppressive tone: "Your contract still has two years left. If you don't want to pay the penalty, be obedient."
Shui Yiyao then remembered that there was a clause in her contract: unless there were special circumstances, she could not miss social events.
Tsk tsk, what kind of contract is this? When she has money, she will definitely cancel this crappy contract.
But until it is lifted, she still has to go.
"address?"
Just go, she will let them see what "socializing" means.
If she didn't ruin it, she would feel sorry for the 20 million yuan she was supposed to get in the afternoon.
"No. 8 Chibei Road, Teahouse."
Shui Yiyao was stunned for a moment and chuckled. What a coincidence!
It seems that the 20 million is still inevitable.
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