Financial freedom starts with smiling at life

Chapter 290: Being taken advantage of?
Best friend Zheng Jiamin took the initiative to share her competition results with Jiang Beicheng, taking a big step towards learning to get along closely with a best friend of the opposite sex like Jiang Beicheng.

She said that she seemed to be famous, and Jiang Beicheng remembered that last night was the day when iQiyi's folk music variety show was broadcast.

Because Haitangxi and I reached the peak moment at the same time last night, I enjoyed the feeling, fell asleep in each other's arms, and ignored this matter.

The third sister had specifically reminded him of this before.

My male best friend is a bit incompetent.

Jiang Beicheng first watched the first episode of the show, in which Zheng Jiamin sang an original folk song "The Owner of the Barbecue Shop".

When you see the title of this song, you know she is writing about her good sister Liu Shuyun.

Originally, one thought she wrote this song to praise the friendship between best friends, but as Jiang Beicheng listened, he heard the attitude of an ordinary girl working hard to live her life.

This girl is Liu Shuyun, the female owner of the barbecue restaurant, herself who is working hard to pursue her dreams, and an ordinary girl who loves life and pursues her ideals.

The most appealing thing about folk songs is that they are meaningful and relatable, giving people a strong sense of immersion.

Jiamin's original folk song has made great progress in both lyrics and music creation, completely breaking away from the previous formulaic routine of writing lyrics and composing music.

Jiang Beicheng was very pleased that he had spent money to send her to Beijing for classes and the results were remarkable.

After watching the show, I guessed in my heart that this kind of folk song might become popular on the short video platform.

At least four conditions are required to become popular.

First, it describes the living conditions of ordinary people, which is easy to resonate with people.

Second, since it praises women, it is hard not to be popular, and this topic must be very popular.

Third, the lyrics and music are perfectly matched with Zheng Jiamin's unique voice. Listening to the song will produce a sense of picture, which is the most popular music type for short video creation.

Last but not least, it has been a long time since the folk music circle has seen a female singer with such high looks. Her eyes can touch the soul and are very pure.

Jiang Beicheng opened the short video and did a random search, and it was the same as he predicted.

Many entertainment marketing accounts are strongly recommending this song.

There are also many self-media that use this song as BGM to edit videos.

Zheng Jiamin and "The BBQ Shop Owner" were pushed to the hot search list.

The popularity has reached over five million.

Seeing this popularity, Jiang Beicheng smiled.

For a short video platform with 700 to 800 million daily active users, this level of popularity cannot be considered "hot" in the true sense.

It can only be said that more people have noticed it.

But he could also understand Jiamin's mentality at the moment. In the past few years, her audience had all been guests in bars and restaurants, and now she had just stepped onto the big stage and created a hit song.

It must be very exciting.

Before replying to her best friend's WeChat message, Jiang Beicheng first called the general manager of Yizhi Culture and asked him to make some arrangements to leverage the momentum to increase Zheng Jiamin's popularity.

Create an inspirational story of an ordinary girl chasing her dreams.

This kind of story is very popular.

After making the arrangements, Jiang Beicheng replied to Jiamin: "You can become even more popular, my big star!"

When Zheng Jiamin saw the reply, she smiled instantly, her true feelings revealed.

In the past, she had to think carefully before making a decision whether or not she should smile.

Put all emotions in a cage and lock them in your heart.

She looks like a girl without emotions.

Now, in her communication with Jiang Beicheng, she slowly tries to open the cage and return to her true state.

Jiang Beicheng wished her to become more famous, and she was very happy.

But what made her happiest was the following sentence: "My big star!"

The two most valuable words in this sentence are "mine!".

She is now very mentally dependent on Jiang Beicheng.

These words made her feel a sense of "belonging".

In her heart, when she mentioned the word belonging, she could only think of Jiang Beicheng and Liu Sanmei'er.

Now Jiangbei City’s position is slightly more important than Sanmei’er.

"Yeah! I'll try my best to win the championship and come see you!"

Zheng Jiamin replied to Jiang Beicheng.

A very innocent and pure way of expressing emotions.

She had no idea how cruel and brutal the game of capital was.

Jiang Beicheng carefully protected Zheng Jiamin's dream, did not talk about realistic things, and encouraged her to move forward.

"Which girl makes you laugh so happily?" The old lady looked at Jiang Beicheng and suddenly asked.

Jiang Beicheng smiled but did not answer.

The old lady fanned Jiang Beicheng on the shoulder with a palm-leaf fan and said, "Everything is fine, but I just can't get over the woman. Sigh~."

No more criticizing Jiangbeicheng.

I know that my eldest grandson’s character cannot be changed.

His father was the same.

His grandfather is the only decent person in the family.

He sighed, stood up, fanned himself with a palm-leaf fan, and went to take a nap.

Jiang Beicheng drove out and went to the Excellence Equestrian Club to check on the health of his beloved horse Wuzhui.

The Dutch Warmblood horse he bought for more than one million yuan is a breed with thick skin and few sweat glands, and has poor heat tolerance.

The horse farm in my hometown estate has not been completed yet, so I am temporarily fostering him at the Excellence Equestrian Club, and I am worried about him.

When we arrived, Wu Qian, the owner of Excellence Equestrian Club, was giving Wu Zhui a shower.

The best way to solve the problem of horses being afraid of heat is to shower frequently, which horses especially like.

"Mr. Wu is so thoughtful that he serves me personally." Jiang Beicheng went up to greet him with a smile.

Hand Wu Qian a cigarette.

Wu Qian smiled and put it on his ear, "I dare not neglect Mr. Jiang's beloved horse.

Regardless of how expensive it is, you trust me with your friendship, so I have to be worthy of you, right? "

Jiang Beicheng smiled and said, "Let me do it!"

She took the hose from him, changed into a pair of waders, and gave Wu Zhui a shower.

Wu Zhui was very excited.

He bared his teeth and enjoyed the service of his master.

After rinsing, I smoothed its fur.

Patting its face, he asked, "How do you feel? Is your father serving you well?"

Wuzhui jumped a few times and turned a few circles in the stable.

"Hahahaha, you two have a deep relationship!" Wu Qian laughed.

Jiang Beicheng went over and had a clash of cigarettes with him.

"I dug a hole on it, and a technician came to install a fan in the afternoon. It was hot at noon, so I asked the horse trainer at the farm to take the horse out for a walk every morning and evening.

"Young Mr. Jiang, you can rest assured. I can't say anything else, but when it comes to horse breeding, I'm second to none in the entire Jiangnan City." Wu Qian patted his chest and expressed his opinion to Jiangbeicheng.

I must take good care of this precious Duan Zihei horse for Mr. Jiang.

Jiang Beicheng smiled and patted Wu Qian's shoulder: "I don't know whether you are number one, but I know what kind of person you are."

"Mr. Jiang still has an art for speaking!"

Wu Qian was particularly happy to gain the trust of his good brother.

"We'll have dinner here this afternoon. I went night fishing last night and caught a silver carp!"

"Fished in the Yangtze River?"

"Yeah, it's the backwater bay where we fished together last time. The weather isn't too hot yet, and the fish are biting pretty well. Let's go night fishing when we're free!"

"Okay, let's find some time to do it."

Jiang Beicheng was very excited about Mi Qiao, so he had dinner at the Excellence Equestrian Club and had a few drinks with Wu Qian and the club's VIPs.

The VIPs of the Excellence Equestrian Club are also an elite group in Jiangnan City. This type of people has a high emotional threshold and learns to find emotional value by following the lifestyle of the top class.

Equestrianism is one of them.

Of course, there are also some wealthy players in the Excellence Equestrian Club, but they are basically informed in advance and received one-on-one.

Sometimes, to ensure personal safety, they would directly close the store. Wu Qian was actually considered a small wealthy man in Jiangnan City.

The horse farm is one of his industries and also the industry where he made his fortune.

He built his network of contacts through the horse farm.

What Jiang Beicheng admired most about him was that he was also down-to-earth.

After drinking, Jiang Beicheng got into Shen Jun's car.

"Mr. Jiang, I've got the tea back for you. Uncle Quan paid 25 for one kilogram!" Shen Jun said.

Every year, the Pu'er tea producing area auctions the King of Tea Trees, attracting many wealthy businessmen and tea merchants to bid.

The highest price sold was 68 yuan. On average, raw tea costs to yuan per kilogram, and the price is even higher after roasting.

This kind of old tree tea can usually be brewed nine or ten times. For tea lovers like Jiang Beicheng, one kilogram of Lao Banzhang can be drunk for two or three months.

Jiang Beicheng nodded, not caring about the two or three hundred thousand, and treating it as daily living expenses.

"Do I need to find another full-time driver? Can you take care of it?"

Shen Jun helped him handle many daily tasks and also served as an on-call driver. Jiang Beicheng showed concern for her.

"Mr. Jiang, just give me the driver's salary as well." Shen Jun said with a smile.

"Aunt Shen, if you need money, just ask for it yourself. Do you need me to ask?"

"No, Mr. Jiang, it was just a joke. I can handle it."

"Okay, let's talk about it later!"

Aunt Shen is a caring person. Every time after drinking, she will make you feel comfortable. Jiang Beicheng is used to her care and doesn't want to change the driver, not for the sake of saving money.

Go home, make some new tea, and sit on the terrace to cool off.

I drank tea and flipped through short videos.

The popularity of Zheng Jiamin and her original folk songs exceeded 10 million.

It became a small hit.

Jiangbei City has made the operation of Yizhi Culture effective.

The inspirational story of the girl chasing her dreams has been recognized by netizens.

"Wow, this song is so sad."

"Her voice has its own resonance, it's so beautiful!"

"My ears are pregnant."

"We are all like the owner of that barbecue restaurant. This song is about ordinary women like us."

"Determine this year's hottest songs online in advance!"

“Persistence may not necessarily lead to results, but it will definitely be cool. Keep going, I’m rooting for you!”

"..."

The reputation is improving.

This popularity is expected to last for a day or two. Zheng Jiamin has achieved a good start on this iQiyi program.

Jiang Beicheng was happy for her.

I stopped paying attention, put down my phone, and chatted with Aunt Shen about daily life.

……

When Jiang Beicheng went to the company for a morning meeting in the morning, she received a WeChat message from another close friend, Liu Sanmeier.

"Jiang Jiang, Jiamin seems to be really popular!"

The tone was filled with surprise and suspicion.

After listening to this, Jiang Beicheng checked social media again.

She is trending.

There are hot search terms about her on Weibo and Douyin.

And the popularity of that song exceeded 30 million!

Jiang Beicheng frowned slightly.

Instead of feeling happy for my best friend, I noticed something was going on.

Whether it’s the trending topics on Weibo or the over 30 million views on Douyin, the more you look at it, the more it looks like intentional marketing.

It is very different from what Jiangbei City asked Yizhi Culture to do.

It has a flavor of artist marketing in the entertainment industry.

I thought of iQiyi. It is possible that the platform saw Zheng Jiamin's popularity and used Zheng Jiamin to market the platform and the program.

To be honest, Jiang Beicheng was worried that her best friend couldn't handle so much attention.

"Mr. Jiang, everyone is here!" The administration came to inform him that the company's middle and senior management were waiting for him in the conference room.

Jiang Beicheng nodded.

I didn’t reply to Liu Sanmei’er and went to the meeting first.

……

IQIYI Film and Television Center in Beijing.

I'm taking a break today and not recording any shows.

Liu Shuyun accompanied Zheng Jiamin to practice singing in the practice room.

Program director Zhang Miao brought a strange man into the practice room.

"Director Zhang!" Liu Shuyun called out.

Zhang Miao introduced: "Jiamin, this is Mr. Zhao from the Artist Management Department of Guoguo Entertainment Company.

Guoguo Entertainment is an agency under the platform, and the platform holds 95% of the shares! "

Zhao Yue added: "Our CEO of Guoguo Entertainment, Mr. Liu Tao, is also the vice president of iQiyi, responsible for half of the entertainment content.

Hello, Jiamin.

Your outstanding performance on the show has been recognized by fans and netizens.

I heard from Director Zhang that you haven't signed with an agency yet, so I came over to discuss the matter with you."

Zheng Jiamin looked at the director and Mr. Zhao in confusion, then looked at Liu Shuyun.

Liu Shuyun has sufficient social experience and guessed that the platform might be doing marketing for Zheng Jiamin.

I came here today to sign her.

"Mr. Zhao, I'm sorry, we have already negotiated with a media company. Once the contract is drafted, we will sign it." Liu Shuyun continued.

At the same time, he gave Zheng Jiamin a look, asking her to remain silent.

She was afraid that she was too straightforward and might say something wrong, which would make the director and Mr. Zhao unhappy and affect the subsequent recording.

Zhao Yue continued, "This type of verbal agreement has no legal effect and will not affect your contract with us. If the other party sues you, our company will help you hire a lawyer to defend you.

Bear all expenses.

Jiamin, I hope you will seriously consider this. With the support of the platform, you will go further.

The resources we provide you can help you realize your dream. I have read your dream-chasing experience and I admire you from the bottom of my heart..."

Mr. Zhao plays the emotional card.

But Liu Shuyun and Zheng Jiamin did not respond. Liu Shuyun's Tai Chi skills are still pretty good.

Mr. Zhao glanced at the time and smiled, "I came here with sincerity. If Jiamin is interested in cooperation, please contact me at any time."

Ask the director to push the WeChat message to her.

Before leaving, he gave the director another look.

The director nodded.

After Mr. Zhao left, the director closed the door.

"Jia Min, there are some things Mr. Zhao can't say, so let's talk behind closed doors." Zhang Miao said directly: "Signing with the platform is definitely the best choice for you right now.

If you want to go further in this show, please trust me and sign with Guoguo Entertainment.

Let me put it this way, according to the competition rules, two seats for the top three of this show are reserved for folk music veterans and famous musicians, and only one spot is reserved for newcomers.

As a newcomer, you were able to participate in our program by paying for the spot through the back door.

Although you are very good, can you imagine that there is a position in the top three that belongs to you?

That’s all I have to say. Think about it again!”

(End of this chapter)