"Congratulations." One day, when the members of "Blue" were writing songs in the studio, Duan Yiran suddenly patted Ning Wei on the shoulder, her tone somewhat meaningful.
Ning Wei looked at him blankly.
"I'm about to live the life of being kept by a rich man."
Duan Yiran's words made Ning Wei even more confused. Before he could understand what she meant, he saw Duan Yiran raise her phone and open an article. Ning Wei glanced at the title, "Behind the Sudden Fame," which stated that Ji Yan had earned 100 million yuan in commission from the movie "The Vanished Murder."
Ning Wei glanced at Duan Yiran silently. Although there was no murderous intent in his eyes, Duan Yiran still chose to avoid him based on their years of experience together.
"Blue" has made a lot of money over the years, but Duan Yiran was still shocked by Ji Yan's level of wealth.
He was obviously joking with Ning Wei. At least in his daily interactions with Ji Yan, he felt that Ji Yan's attitude towards money was very similar to Ning Wei's—neither of them cared much about money, but they were inexplicably the type who were particularly good at making money.
In fact, Ning Wei knew that "The Vanishing Murder" had made a lot of money.
Because of its staggering budget, "The Vanishing Murderer" generated more buzz in the January film market than "Precision Machine," even though the latter's total box office was more than double that of "The Vanishing Murderer."
Ning Wei even became one of the people who checked the box office data every day, but he didn't let Ji Yan know about it. He even recommended the movie to everyone around him.
After watching the movie that day, Ning Wei specifically discussed the plot details of "The Vanished Murder" with Ji Yan. Some of the questions Ning Wei asked were so difficult for Ji Yan to answer that he could only silently seek help from Fan Cong.
Fan Cong replied in a trendy English phrase: "Sorry, I don't know."
Ji Yan: "...Then how do I explain?"
Fan Cong replied: "Screenshot."
Ning Wei expressed his protest with an excessively long ellipsis, but his line of thinking was indeed somewhat off-track, at least beyond Fan Cong's original concept when writing the script, so Fan Cong also found it difficult to answer.
To test his theory, Ning Wei bought a bunch of detective novels online. He read them first, then sent them to Ji Yan. The two then exchanged key points about the reasoning in the novels, not on WeChat, but by writing letters, because they both felt more at ease writing it down on paper.
The biggest benefit that the box office revenue sharing from "The Vanished Murder" brought to Ji Yan was that he could finally afford to buy a house in Ning Wei's neighborhood. Ji Yan still asked Ye Ying to help him look for a house. He wanted to find a house closer to Ning Wei's house so that it would be more convenient for the two of them to meet.
"You don't just want to buy a house, do you?"
Ye Ying's question was simple, but Ji Yan already had a general idea of what was going on, and he frankly told his agent.
Ye Ying didn't say much, but replied to Ji Yan with one sentence: "I hope everything you do is based on reason. Also, don't forget your own goals."
“I know,” Ji Yan replied solemnly. “I’ve always known what I want.”
He likes Ning Wei, but he won't give up his career for her, nor will he give up becoming a good actor and singer. Ji Yan is also aware that his relationship with Ning Wei has already let down his fans, but he likes Ning Wei, and Ning Wei likes him too. Ji Yan also doesn't want to let down the person he likes.
Therefore, as a member of "Wings" and as an actor, Ji Yan will give 100% effort no matter what. He hopes to be remembered for his works, create the best works, and let his fans have good songs to listen to and good movies to watch when they like him.
He gradually came to like Ning Wei starting with her songs. He was determined to become a good singer by following in her footsteps, and even after being with her, he continued to strive towards that goal.
Ning Wei has always been his motivation, not an obstacle, and no one knows this better than Ji Yan.
Ye Ying then set about helping him buy a house. A few days later, she sent a message to Ji Yan saying that there was a house for sale not far from Ning Wei's home, and she had almost finished negotiating with him.
...
Besides bringing Ji Yan substantial profits, "The Vanishing Murder" also made DW Entertainment interested in investing in the film. The company's two bosses, Wu and Jin, began to encourage Ji Yan to use his share of the film's profits for investment—Ji Yan had heard the same rhetoric several times recently, and his ears were tired of it.
In the end, it was Sister Ying who stepped in and blasted the person back.
"Wing" is now DW Entertainment's cash cow, and Ye Ying is increasingly showing the demeanor of a big sister. Her reply to the two bosses was very straightforward: Wu Jin means "no money," and the two surnames together mean "no money." It's already good enough that DW Entertainment has been built up; don't even think about investing in movies.
Currently, investing in movies is indeed very profitable. Ji Yan only advanced a few million yuan to the "Disappearing Murder" production team, so the returns he received were incredibly tempting.
...
When it came to "Wings", Ji Yan tried every means to make sure that all the hot pot meals that Xie Mingxuan had invited were paid for by him. He wanted to treat everyone to more than 60 hot pot meals.
"...How many years do you plan to eat like this?" Ji Yan couldn't help but complain.
"It's alright, our descendants will go on forever." Fang Yu patted Ji Yan on the shoulder. "Teacher Ji, act like a rich person, don't be so stingy."
"Anything else?" Ji Yan glanced at him. "While I still have money, I can make one more request now. This is an opportunity that won't come again."
"There is one car that really appeals to me."
"I might consider Lego, or I could also buy three items for 50 yuan with free shipping on Pinduoduo."
"Teacher Ji, you've really gone too far."
Ji Yan looked at Fang Yu with a cold gaze.
Both he and Lu Wei had only recently bought cars. Although they said they had their eyes on a car, based on Ji Yan's understanding of Fang Yu, he knew that Fang Yu would never buy a new car. All four of them were quite realistic in their spending habits. They had savings and real estate, and they had no interest in making other investments.
In the end, Ji Yan splurged a little and went shopping at a nearby mall with Fang Yu and the others. He bought Fang Yu the super-sized figurine he had been wanting for a long time, a pair of collaboration shoes for Lao Xie because the shoes Lao Xie had been wearing lately had become so ugly that the group of them had protested, and a model car for Lu Wei.
When it comes to giving gifts, the "Wings" are quite restrained. They usually only give gifts that the recipient likes and don't deliberately buy expensive luxury items.
Because they can afford those expensive things themselves, what they enjoy is simply the pleasure of being cared for by the other person.
...
After Ji Yan no longer needed to promote "The Vanishing Murderous Intent," he continued to focus his energy on the fourth album of "Wings." By now, he had finished writing two songs, "Iron-Eating Beast" and "Mending the Sky," which are completely different in style from the ghost stories they told before.
With the album "The Raven" as a precedent, they all thought that the fourth album would be similar in style to "The Raven" but with a focus on Eastern mythology. However, after finishing the album, they found that it was not eerie at all, and had nothing to do with the word "eerie". All the ghost stories they listened to during their trip were a waste of time.
Because Eastern mythology is very romantic, and although it is a story of gods, human nature is always an indispensable element in the story.
So in the end, the group compared their own songs and found that the overall style of the songs was quite passionate and energetic, with none of them related to love and romance. Each song was more outrageous than the last.
Ji Yan felt that he was influenced by his teacher, Ning, to write the song "Iron-Eating Beast".
Although Ning Wei has not yet written a single song related to rabbits, Ji Yan couldn't resist including pandas in his creative gift pack. After finishing his song, he shared it with Ning Wei and received a five-star review from her.
Before “Yi” entered the recording studio to record this song, Ning Wei had already listened to Ji Yan’s solo version.
"I'm thinking, should I write a song about rabbits?"
"I think it's better not to."
Ning Wei stared at him silently: "Why?"
“That doesn’t suit your temperament at all. You’re all about the aloof and cool type,” Ji Yan said seriously. “And before you write a song, please do some research on rabbits.”
So, on their date that afternoon, the two spent the whole afternoon at Ningwei's studio looking at rabbits. They not only learned that there are 43 species in 9 genera of rabbits, but also about their living habits and strong reproductive ability.
"So if you were to write it, how would you plan to write it?"
Ning Wei remained silent for a while, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.
He suddenly pointed to the cat jumping around in the studio and whispered, "...Then I'll write about the conch shell."
Ji Yan: "...You must remember, you can't write a single bad word about it."
Moreover, the conch should not be made to feel that it was a choice made out of necessity.
Conch was the most vengeful cat Ji Yan knew.
To be precise, Ji Yan knows no more than five cats, and Conch is one of the rare cats that occasionally shows him some affection. It has to be said that this is all thanks to Teacher Ning.
Then Ji Yan discovered that Ning Wei seemed to have developed a fascination with animals.
When Ji Yan wrote the song "Iron-Eating Beast," it seemed to evoke his memories of bears. He recalled the time they went to the zoo together to see red pandas, Siberian bears, and polar bears. On their next date, Ji Yan saw the drafts of his "Song of the Red Panda," "Song of the Siberian Brown Bear," and "Song of the Polar Bear." It has to be said that although the song titles are quite ridiculous, the songs are really good.
She is both gentle and lovely.
Ji Yan already had a strong enough bias towards Ning Wei, and now it's even stronger.
He felt that Ning Wei's talent in songwriting was truly innate. Not only did he enjoy writing songs, but he also poured a great deal of tenderness into every song he wrote.
All these emotions are reflected in the song.
Even though the title "The Song of the Little Panda" sounds like a children's song, Ji Yan couldn't help but listen to it several times after actually listening to it; he really liked it.
Ning Wei was even better at observing than Ji Yan had imagined. The other person might not talk much, but Ji Yan discovered that the songs Ning Wei wrote were filled with his observations of what he saw. This was something that Ji Yan himself was not good at, but it was Ning Wei's talent.
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