Rebirth of the King of Waves

Chapter 82 Public Debut (Part 1)

Ning Bishu spent the entire night cultivating his mind and body. The next Saturday morning, as soon as he opened his eyes, he felt exceptionally refreshed and full of energy. He didn't know if it was because his body was already in good shape, or if the Chinese medicine was truly miraculous.

"Alas, Taotao and Tingting are unlucky and missed a strong opportunity for morning exercise." He felt sorry for the two girls. He quickly got up and washed, then called Zhang Long and Zhao Hu to go to the hotel restaurant for a simple buffet breakfast.

They even offer charcoal grilled oysters early in the morning.

I don't know what the hotel thinks about their hospitality towards guests.

For a moment, I couldn't tell whether it was concern or ridicule.

Shortly after breakfast, the TV station called. Ning Bishu gave them the address, and within ten minutes, they drove directly to the hotel entrance. Bai Sujie and her assistant came to meet them in person.

When the two met for the first time, Bai Sujie was polite to Ning Bishu but kept her distance, calling him "Mr. Ning", "distinguished guest", and "young and promising man". Ning Bishu was in a good mood after hearing this.

Ning Bishu also took a few more looks at Director Bai. She was about 37 or 38 years old, but she was well-maintained. Unfortunately, she had a flat figure. Ning Bishu had no interest in her, so he was also polite and seriously praised Bai Sujie's business. He said something like "Director Bai can hold an important position in such a large TV station in Shanghai, which shows that she is outstanding in ability. She is a role model for women in Shanghai."

Bai Sujie felt as if she were basking in the spring breeze, and her impression of Ning Bishu changed greatly.

"His style is totally different online and offline. I thought he was as high-profile in his daily life as he is online. I didn't expect he is so well-educated and gentle." After a while, they arrived at the TV station. Bai Sujie arranged Ning Bishu and bodyguards Zhang Long and Zhao Hu in the lounge. Then, when she turned around and came out, she commented on Ning Bishu to the assistant.

The assistant nodded repeatedly, having a very good impression of Ning Bishu. She echoed, "He seems to have a good temperament, not irritable at all, and speaks in a gentle and friendly manner. You really can't judge people by their online side. I feel like even the nicest people will turn into crazy people once they're online."

Bai Sujie nodded slightly and asked again, "Is Professor Lu here?"

"Already arrived."

The assistant took out her phone and looked at the message in the work group and said, "Pei Qingsheng has arrived too. She should have gone straight to the studio."

"Well, let's start right away in twenty minutes. Go call the team and they can start work."

Bai Sujie raised her hand to check the time and said competently.

"Okay." The assistant responded and ran quickly towards the far end of the corridor.

Bai Sujie turned and went into the bathroom.

Generally, a program takes two to three hours to record.

As a producer and host, she usually won't leave the studio until the filming is completed.

……

Ning Bishu waited in the lounge for about ten minutes before being called into the studio by the assistant. When he entered, the audience seats below the stage were already filled with quite a few university students who had come to experience the studio atmosphere on Saturday.

On a sofa on the stage, there were also a man and a woman sitting. The man was in his fifties, wearing a pair of reading glasses, looking thin and smiling. He must be the "academic guest" that Bai Sujie mentioned on the phone yesterday.
The woman was much younger, probably only around 25 or 26, about the same age as Chen Tingting. She had delicate features, but unfortunately, she was still too peaceful. Ning Bishu remained unmoved, his face full of gentlemanly grace and moral integrity.

The assistant introduced two people to Ning Bishu: "Mr. Ning, this is Professor Lu Yiyang, a teacher at the School of Media at XX University. This is our Shanghai actor Pei Qingsheng. You should know him, right?"

"It's nice to meet you, Miss Pei. You've acted in many plays!" Ning Bishu said casually, then turned around and shook hands with Lu Yiyang. "Professor Lu! Nice to meet you! It's an honor to be on the same stage with Professor Lu today!"

This attitude was so good. According to the original script, the two people were planning to embarrass Ning Bishu today, but now it was not easy to hit the smiling person. Pei Qingsheng even had a good impression of Ning Bishu and asked with a smile: "Have you seen my plays?"

"Do I even need to ask?" Ning Bishu said, "If you haven't seen any of these movies, go back and watch them immediately. No matter what, I'm going to give Miss Pei another heavyweight fan today, and that's me." He pointed at himself frankly.

Pei Qingsheng suddenly burst into laughter.

At this time, Bai Sujie also arrived on stage. The lights and camera were ready. The assistant hurriedly asked Ning Bishu to sit on the sofa opposite Lu Yiyang and Pei Qingsheng, facing the two of them. Bai Sujie sat on the high chair next to Lu Yiyang and Pei Qingsheng. The two sides formed an opposing camera pattern.

After a while, the audience fell silent under the guidance of the on-site director. After Bai Sujie's opening remarks, the recording immediately entered the main event: "Ladies and gentlemen, let's now turn the conversation over to our guests today, Professor Lu Yiyang of Shanghai XX University, and our renowned actress, Ms. Pei Qingsheng, known as the "Post-95s Female Stock Goddess" of the Shanghai entertainment industry."

clap clap clap...

After a round of applause from the audience, Lu Yiyang and Pei Qingsheng on the stage gave way to each other briefly. According to the script, Lu Yiyang took the microphone first and addressed Ning Bishu directly, "Mr. Ning, I've actually been following you for a very short time, just the past few days. It was probably around Tuesday or Wednesday of this week when I suddenly saw a forwarded X blog post in our student chat group.

I clicked on it and saw it was exactly about you. I heard you made a bet with someone that if the box office for "Nezha 2" didn't exceed 10 billion or something, you'd lose all your XX Media shares to the other person. If you lost, you'd make the other person eat... That was something that was hard to talk about, it was just incredibly vulgar.

Because I work in the media, this gimmick makes me feel that although the thing itself is uncivilized, it is indeed very attractive. Especially recently, from the Chinese New Year to now, "Nezha 2" has been very popular, extremely popular.

I'm thinking, with a petty mindset, are you deliberately using this incident to hype yourself up? Are you using it to boost your profile and gain fans? Okay, this is my first question. I have other questions later, but I'd like to ask Mr. Ning first.

Ning Bishu didn't have a microphone, he just wore headphones with a microphone.

He smiled and answered directly, "Professor Lu asked a very poignant question right from the start. But what I want to say is, of course not. Definitely not. I didn't have any followers at first. My X blog followers started growing around the Lunar New Year, and then slowly people started paying attention."

At first, my life was really boring during those few days. I was in Jinling to celebrate my son Taotao's birthday. We booked a small room in an e-sports hotel. I just wanted to have some quiet time during the New Year.

Then one night, Taotao from my family, oh, that underage girl on X Weibo, said something about me. It was actually a rumor. Taotao is my fiancée. She is indeed quite young, having just turned 6 this year. She is currently in her third year of high school and will take the college entrance exam in June. I want to clarify this first, and then I will definitely sue those who slandered me before...

I won't dwell on that, but let's get back to Professor Lu's question. During those days, the hotel's blankets were too thin, and Taotao had a slight cold. She didn't want to infect me, so I stayed up all night playing games in the lobby of the esports hotel outside my room. As you know, staying up all night can make people irritable. Plus, I was sanctioned by the matchmaking system that night, losing 12 games in a row, which only made me even more angry..."

Ning Bishu was talking nonsense on the spot, and there was actually a chuckle of empathy from the audience below the stage.

Ning Bishu also laughed, grinning as if he was telling the truth. "Then I stopped playing, exited the game, and started browsing X Weibo. And then out of the blue, I saw a post where someone said 'Nezha 2' was a rubbish movie, blah blah blah. I didn't think much of it at the time, but then I was unhappy. Why? Because I had just seen this movie with my son Taotao the night before."

Tao Tao was sobbing at the time, and honestly, I was also very moved. So let's be honest, "Nezha 2" is really a very good movie. Putting aside all other opinions, let's just talk about the quality of this animation, there is nothing to say.

So when I saw that guy, whose online name was 'Meeting at the Top of the Empire State Building,' who was lying so openly, I subconsciously thought, "Did he get paid? Is he a traitor?" Look at his crappy online name. It's already this late, and he's still saying "Meeting at the Top of the Empire State Building." Is he mentally ill? I replied directly to him, "Stupid... that." Ning Bishu looked at Bai Sujie.

Bai Sujie nodded, indicating that the scale was acceptable and Ning Bishu could continue.

Ning Bishu immediately continued, looking at Lu Yiyang and said, "So, Professor Lu, this matter is really not hype, it's just a process of talking about something. Because at the beginning, I didn't expect that the top of the Empire State Building... Later, I found out his real name was Guo Chen, and he was a partner lawyer in a BJ law firm. I didn't expect him to react so strongly.

He was the one who first posted my reply, letting his fans attack us, and then I arranged to meet him in person. I was really emotional that day, Taotao was sick, I hadn't slept all night, and I kept losing games.

Unexpectedly, Lawyer Guo was quite brave and actually accepted the challenge. As a grown man, I certainly couldn't back down. I bought a high-speed train ticket and headed straight to BJ. This led to the subsequent bet between Guo Chen and me. And I should point out that in the end, this bet was not signed solely with Guo Chen, but with their law firm.

Because the amount involved is substantial, and we agreed that this amount would be based on my stock holdings at the expiration date. In other words, my compensation would be based on my position. And the amount could only be higher than the figure on the signing date, not lower. This meant I couldn't sell prematurely, or I would immediately be compensated for the amount of stock I sold.

"So how much capital do you have in your current holdings?" Bai Sujie suddenly interrupted and asked.

"I haven't opened it to read for several days." Ning Bishu replied indifferently.

A close-up shot of the scene hit him in the face.

Then Ning Bishu said the second half of the sentence, "Probably around 200 million."

As soon as the words fell, the whole audience was in an uproar.

"Wow~~!"

(End of this chapter)