Soon, haters appeared under this comment:
Manxi’s die-hard fan: [Miss Yan Lu? Which miss?] Yan Lu, please return Manxi’s resources: [Yan Lu still has fans? Which company’s paid commenter are you?] [Tell us, how much did Yan Lu pay you?]
Bystander 1: [Have Manxi’s fans gone mad? Not everyone is a paid commenter. Look carefully at who you’re attacking.] Bystander 2: [I thought it was a fake account. I just checked the profile and came back kneeling (kneeling emoji)] Bystander 3: […May I quietly ask, has no one listened to the song?]
On the set of “Da Yong”.
As the first scene began, Wan Qiushan didn’t want any mistakes. Preferably, he wanted to get it in one take. He directly filmed two veteran actors shooting “Liang Zewen’s” scene.
After filming, he remembered Yan Lu’s matter and asked the publicity department about their comment control efforts.
“You haven’t checked Weibo yet, have you?” The publicity staff was stunned, then tactfully suggested Wan Qiushan check Weibo.
Wan Qiushan quickly opened Weibo.
The usually smooth Weibo was a bit laggy today.
He opened Yan Lu’s account and found that in just half an hour, Yan Lu’s Weibo post had already received 230,000 comments!
Wan Qiushan immediately noticed the most liked comment from “Jiangjiang Music Academy”.
With trembling fingers, he clicked on “Jiangjiang Music Academy” —
[v Jiangjiang Music Academy Following: 6 Followers: 9.87 million]
Over the microphone, the publicity staff was still speaking. He suppressed his excitement: “It’s the official account of Jiangjiang Music Academy! How did you find Miss Yan? Director Wan, do you know about ‘Bet on Wine’? Just now, every music platform asked if our production team could buy out the copyright! Did you introduce this song to Yan Lu? Even Jiangjiang Music Academy has gotten involved…”
Jiangjiang Music Academy, a music sanctuary in Asia, let alone domestically.
In the entertainment industry, anyone associated with this school would be worth promoting as a scholar. Who would have thought that the official account would directly promote Yan Lu?
Director Wan hung up the phone and clicked on Yan Lu’s video.
The clear sound of a guzheng gradually approached, and four lines of text slowly appeared —
[“Bet on Wine” Lyrics: Baijian Composition: Baijian Arrangement: Jian]
Baijian? Jian?
No one had any impression of these two names.
But immediately after, the sound of a pipa attracted everyone’s attention. With a drum beat, Yan Lu’s slightly deep and unique voice rang out —
“One cup of wine, to past days…”
The video had just a few simple scenes, but with Yan Lu’s voice, mixed with drums, guzheng, and pipa…
The lyrics and music perfectly blended the traditional Chinese style, and everyone seemed to see a life full of ups and downs.
Good music doesn’t need promotion. It spreads from one person to another. By 9:30, the Weibo hot search had climbed to a terrifying number —
Hot Search #1: Bet on Wine (Exploding) Hot Search #2: Yan Lu (Exploding) Hot Search #3: Who is Baijian (Exploding) Hot Search #4: Da Yong Starts Filming Hot Search #5: Jiangjiang Music Academy
Yan Lu hadn’t even started filming, but with just one unreleased song, she directly dominated all of Weibo!
The haters wanted to find something to criticize, but after listening to the song repeatedly, from lyrics to composition to arrangement, they found nothing to attack —
Of course, no one would know that it was arranged by Jian Zhongyou, who stands at the pinnacle of the music world, and even the various instruments were played by renowned teachers from Jiangjiang Music Academy.
Especially the composition, by the original author of “Bai Yi Xing” which has been passed down for a thousand years. With such a combination, how could it not explode on Weibo?
This wave sent the entire Weibo into a frenzy.
Yan Lu became famous because of one song.
Countless people on Weibo were looking for other compositions by this “Baijian”, but this Baijian seemed to have appeared out of thin air, having only written this one song.
Another topic was climbing in popularity —
[I think I’m witnessing the birth of a divine composer]
Bailian wasn’t online.
She didn’t know how viral this song had become on the internet.
Sister Xin called her, her tone very respectful, “Miss Bai, all major platforms are buying the copyright for ‘Bet on Wine’. I’ve discussed with Yan Lu, and we want to give all the copyright fees to you and Principal Jian…”
“No need,” Bailian walked along with the crowd, seeing Jiang He waiting for her by the roadside, she walked in that direction, “Just give the normal amount.”
Sister Xin was stunned by Bailian’s response for the first time: “…”
Miss Bai, this is a copyright fee, not cabbage.
Of course, Sister Xin wouldn’t really just give the normal price. She asked about another matter: “As for Principal Jian…”
Principal Jian had arranged the music and helped Yan Lu record the song. Sister Xin naturally wouldn’t forget these two benefactors of Yan Lu.
She didn’t have Principal Jian’s contact information.
“I’ll ask for you.” Bailian stood in front of Jiang He, lazily reaching out to lift the back of his collar.
Lu Xiaohan was beside Bailian. With Jiang Fuli not around, she dared to greet Jiang He with a smile: “Little bird brother.”
Jiang He’s little face was very cold.
He tried to resist the three words “Jiang Little Bird” with all his might.
Jiang Fuli was busy on Monday, so Ming Dongheng was driving. After getting in the car, Bailian sent a message to inquire about Jian Zhongyou.
Principal Jian: [No need] Principal Jian: [Just come to our school] Baijian: [I want to apply to Jiangjiang University] Principal Jian: [What’s so good about it?]
He was even more casual than Bailian. After all, at Principal Jian’s position, he was no longer constrained by money. What he pursued was the true sanctuary of art.
Bailian threw this screenshot to Sister Xin.
Sister Xin: […]
This screenshot would be quite explosive in the entire entertainment industry.
Every sentence could make netizens collapse.
The car quickly stopped at the gate of an ancient-style courtyard. It was Lu Xiaohan’s first time here. The iron fence was covered with various vines and flowers, and a winding pebble path led to an old three-story Chinese-style building.
She was very amazed.
In the garden in front of the building, three people sitting in wicker chairs heard the sound and quickly turned around.
Chen Ju saw Bailian and immediately put down the documents in his hand, exclaiming with delight: “Miss Bai, you’re here?”
Bailian had been here fewer times than to the library.
“I’ll go make tea.” Ming Dongheng walked towards the hall after parking the car.
Chen Ju remembered that Bailian loved the pastries here, so he quickly followed, “Miss Bai, I’ll go check the kitchen.”
The other two people also stood up when they saw this. They were a man and a woman, Chen Jingyu and Yu Hongyi.
Yu Hongyi finally got a clear look at Bailian this time. She looked at the “Xiangcheng No.1 High School” uniform Bailian was wearing, “Hello, I’m Yu Hongyi.”
She introduced herself using “I am” instead of “My name is”.
Generally, people without much fame wouldn’t dare to introduce themselves like this.
Yu Hongyi was wearing casual clothes. Having long been at the top of the martial arts world, there was an undisguisable arrogance in her every move, and her aura was strong. Lu Xiaohan didn’t dare to talk to her and just stood next to Bailian.
“Bailian.” Bailian nodded slightly to her, concise and to the point.
After speaking, she led Lu Xiaohan towards the small laboratory.
Jiang He followed closely behind her.
“What’s this?” Lu Xiaohan looked in surprise at the air raid shelter iron door to the left of the small wooden building.
Beside Yu Hongyi, Chen Jingyu saw that Bailian was actually walking in that direction and quickly stopped her. He glanced at Bailian and frowned: “This is an experimental restricted area, you can’t go there.”
Everyone knew Jiang Fuli’s identity.
The research and laboratory were all top-secret files.
In his experimental restricted area, except for his team members, even Ming Dongheng and Old Mr. Chen couldn’t enter freely.
Yu Hongyi also looked over, her gaze lightly swept over Bailian’s school uniform, finally stopping on Jiang He behind her, “You might not know, but everything here can’t be touched carelessly. Little He knows this, right?”
These two were both martial artists. Lu Xiaohan didn’t dare to make eye contact with them.
She unconsciously grabbed the hem of Bailian’s clothes.
A layer of coldness tinted Bailian’s eyes. She reached out her hand, unhurriedly using her phone to move Chen Jingyu’s blocking arm away.
Her right index finger pressed on the fingerprint lock, “Beep—” The door opened.
She went straight in.
Jiang He skillfully followed behind her.
Lu Xiaohan was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed.
The door slowly closed. It was Lu Xiaohan’s first time entering such a high-end private laboratory. She quickened her pace, wanting to say something to Bailian, but heard Bailian quietly chanting the Heart Sutra?
No, Sister Lian, you…?
Bailian and Jiang He were very familiar with the laboratory. The two demonstrated many experiments for Lu Xiaohan.
Lu Xiaohan held the camera, barely keeping up with their pace.
Two hours later, the three finally came out, still full of interest.
Outside, the garden lights were as bright as day.
Yu Hongyi was holding a long spear, demonstrating spear techniques to Ming Dongheng.
Chen Ju didn’t understand, so he was just watching for fun. Seeing Bailian come out, he quickly went back to bring out the pastries and walked to her side, “Miss Bai, are you done? Oh, Master Yu is teaching Mr. Ming the long spear. Master Yu’s long spear is unparalleled.”
Bailian took the pastries, thanked him, and lazily looked towards the garden clearing.
Hearing Chen Ju say this, Lu Xiaohan also looked towards Yu Hongyi.
Lu Xiaohan had seen Bailian’s long spear, and also Yan Lu’s. She had the intention of filming the long spear, so she watched very carefully. Yu Hongyi’s spear technique was not bad, with strong force and fast movements.
But Lu Xiaohan had seen the “returning horse spear” where every thrust was powerful.
Even Yan Lu, an actress, could perform the spear technique very well. She had high expectations for what Chen Ju called “unparalleled”.
As a result…
Lu Xiaohan even had a feeling of “just this?”
Hearing Chen Ju say Yu Hongyi was very skilled, she couldn’t help but scratch her head and quietly ask Chen Ju: “This is unparalleled?”
Not to mention Sister Lian, even Yan Lu is an expert.
“This…” Chen Ju didn’t really understand either, but Yu Hongyi’s long spear was indeed very powerful. He couldn’t praise the specific aspects as he didn’t learn the long spear, “Master Yu is really very skilled, look at her… look at how she thrusts one spear after another, right.”
Lu Xiaohan: “…”
One spear after another?
Do you need to retake Chinese classes?
The two spoke softly, but martial artists have keen hearing. Yu Hongyi stopped halfway through her demonstration and looked at Lu Xiaohan: “How many levels have you passed in long spear? Eight levels?”
Lu Xiaohan was stunned, “What levels?”
Yu Hongyi narrowed her eyes, “You don’t even know about levels?”
“I’m sorry…” Lu Xiaohan realized that Yu Hongyi had heard her words.
“Your Blue Dragon Swings Tail technique, the spear head is too high,” Bailian patted Lu Xiaohan’s shoulder and looked at Yu Hongyi, “Your wrist strength is weak, you need to practice wrist power. The Blue Dragon Swings Tail has two attack modes, the retreating step and counterattack are both…”
Bailian had a good impression of people who played with long spears.
Yu Hongyi politely said to Ming Dongheng: “Mr. Ming, don’t you have anything to say?”
Ming Dongheng looked at Yu Hongyi. He was also caught off guard by Bailian’s sudden critique of Yu Hongyi. After all, in his view, Yu Hongyi was indeed a top-tier long spear user: “Miss Bai is very skilled, I think…”
“If that’s the case, Mr. Ming, you can let Miss Bai guide you.” Yu Hongyi’s mood was completely gone. She threw away the long spear.
Bailian looked at the long spear thrown on the ground. She walked over, bent down to pick it up, and frowned: “You…”
Yu Hongyi thought Bailian was going to lecture again. She raised her hand, directly interrupting Bailian: “When you reach the eighth or ninth level in long spear, perhaps you can talk to me.”
Sister Lian: Take the test, take it right away!
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