Love Variety Show: The despised me exploded in popularity

Chapter 523: Chapter 285: The Land of Southern Colorful Clouds, The Place of My Heart, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Shining with Silver Light.

After washing up, Xu Qingyan lay down in his apartment and slept until the afternoon.

When he woke up, the sky was dark, and it was seven o’clock in the evening.

He held his head and took a while to recover before he remembered that he had returned to Xinghai. He had rented this apartment since last year, and all totaled had only lived there for two months.

He had no idea how that rental agent was doing now, having heard that they became a local internet celebrity.

The first thing he did upon waking wasn’t to reply to messages, whether they were from Pei Muchan or Sister Lin, or even from the film crew; instead, he searched for an internet celebrity on his phone.

It was a habit of Xu Qingyan’s, to look back and briefly sum things up after passing a hectic milestone, starting a review from some past point.

Without a doubt, rehashing the love reality show was pointless now.

The men and women guests, aside from the three women closely related to Xu Qingyan, now only Nian Shuyu, the flight attendant, was still active, and it seemed like she had switched to shooting short dramas.

As for the male guests, those who were to be exposed were exposed, those whose reputations collapsed indeed collapsed.

After the New Year, the love reality shows had been almost forgotten by netizens. What was popular now was sibling love reality shows where brothers and sisters participated together.

For Xu Qingyan, this was a good thing; when netizens mentioned him, the first identity they thought of was “Blue and White Porcelain,” and the second was singer.

Fans with a slight fondness for him would think of him as a lyricist and composer. As for the profession of screenwriter, only his old fans would remember.

Skipping the love reality show, Xu Qingyan’s career as a lyricist and composer was also fraught with setbacks. It vividly demonstrates that “I can do it on my own” is nothing but a platitude when others hold the power over you.

Say they’re suppressing you, and they’ll suppress you, sparking a wave of public opinion, but nobody cares. In this day and age, there are too many unfair things; how long can popularity last?

So, he supported Pei Muchan in using her influence to go solo, supported Lin Wanzhou’s studio in becoming bigger and stronger, and at the same time, released his own singles; unfortunately, these were still not enough.

A singer, no matter how famous, is just a good singer. Their influence is limited and they can only gain limited fairness, like when Lin Wanzhou missed out on an endorsement deal.

This gave rise to the idea of starting a film and television company.

What defines a winner in the entertainment circle? Film emperor or television emperor. The pinnacle for television is the Feitian Award and the Magnolia Award, and for movies, it’s the billion-yuan box office club.

The peak for an actor is the National Theatre, and for a singer, it’s the platinum record.

In others’ eyes, he changed identities often, but only he himself knew that everything was for accumulating capital for film and television, laying the groundwork for entering the high-stakes game of the movie industry.

Xu Qingyan was a pragmatic man; from the beginning, his goal in making money never strayed. His principle of action was still the same: focus on the major and downplay the minor, play to strengths and avoid weaknesses.

He entered the entertainment industry for three things: fairness, fairness, and damn fairness!

He couldn’t control others’ fairness; he just wanted the people he cared about to get their due fairness and not be crushed by someone else’s fairness.

The pursuit of fairness was one reason he kept climbing; another reason was that the people around him wouldn’t let him stop. Xu Qingyan had to reach the pinnacle to break through.

First was work; he was gradually disentangling himself from the businesses of Pei Muchan and Lin Wanzhou, but he couldn’t detach from their relationships. The responsibility grows with one’s abilities.

Xu Qingyan never asked others for anything and was very clear about what he wanted and what level he had to reach to accomplish it.

Then there were his friends; Zhou Mian had helped him with many things, including that incident with Ji Chen, and Gan Wenchang could probably guess he was the one who broke Zhou Lewei’s leg. He had good relationships one by one.

But human nature is complex. He didn’t suspect his friends with the worst possible intentions; on the contrary, he was very willing to trust them. But it’s hard to withstand a bootlicker, a salty fish second-generation heir.

Gambling addicts, drug addicts, lickspittles; these three creatures lose all humanity when they’re sick.

There were countless examples, like the game streamer who cooled off a while ago. The existence of such bootlickers only disturbs the market. Moral Celestial Masters who are self-moved, backstabbing friends.

Although Xu Qingyan was loath to admit it, he sometimes truly feared that one day Zhou Mian might indeed become a bootlicker. In case he became desperate and spilled secrets to some goddess as if offering a treasure.

He also feared the drunken rich second-generation might blab his mouth after a bout of drinking.

The chances of these events happening were small because he was pretty decent to his friends. It’s just that human nature can’t stand the test, and accidents are not absolutely impossible to occur.

Therefore, Xu Qingyan could only climb higher, increase his influence to such an extent that these “blemishes” became negligible. After growing stronger, friends could be found everywhere.

Now he was no longer the amateur that he was back in the days of the love reality show; the roles of attacker and defender had been reversed.

Lost in thought, he found the internet celebrity who made room exploration videos. Half a year had passed, and with two million followers in the world of Douyin, it seemed like their updates had become less frequent.

Swiping off the screen, he went downstairs to grab a bite to eat and took the chance to reply to messages.

By the time Xu Qingyan returned to the apartment, it was already eight-thirty in the evening. There was a computer at home, so there was no need to go to the studio specifically; he could rest at night.

Busy for nearly two weeks, he was planning to give himself a day off, but he couldn’t stay idle at night and decided to do some preparatory work for arranging music for tomorrow.

At the request of Mr. Zheng, he had to select a promotional song for Southern Yunnan.

The requirements were first, it had to feature local characteristics to showcase the customs and culture, and second, it had to be catchy, with lyrics that held some depth and were not vulgar or composed of rap.

In summary, it couldn’t be too provincial or too trendy; preferably, it should have an air of grandeur. It should both display the unique cultural charm of Southern Yunnan and appeal to the younger generation.

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