HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 140 [140] Nokia Ad + Zhang Tong's Benefits

When the reporters entered the store, they were all in high spirits, thinking they could dig up some big news about Qi Yuan from Qi's parents.

They uncovered a major story, but when they left, they all seemed to have lost their ideals, their eyes revealing a sense of confusion about life.

After Qi Yuan returned to the mainland, Zhang Hao bought him a newspaper, saying, "You really are your father's biological son."

It's so similar; their pretentious methods are exactly the same as Qi Yuan's.

Qi Yuan was also amazed. The Qi couple really knew how to have fun; they actually opened a roast meat restaurant to pass the time.

That's good too. It's better for the elderly to find their own hobbies than to be idle at home. Once they have free time, they should be urged to get married.

After returning to the mainland, Qi Yuan not only prepared for her concert but also took on endorsements and filmed commercials.

Nokia has secured Li Xue as its brand ambassador in mainland China, with a two-year endorsement fee of eight million yuan.

In mainland China, this endorsement fee is astronomical, enough to make mainland celebrities envious.

These days, manufacturers prefer to hire singers as spokespeople because singers have a clear advantage over actors.

Popular singers have a large number of fans and can use music to convey emotions to fans and consumers; the songs themselves are a great promotional medium.

In the era before the internet was developed, actors had the most exposure through TV dramas, and naturally had fewer exposure channels than singers.

In the era of record labels, popular singers really earned more money than actors.

In fact, in regions with strong copyright awareness, such as Japan and the United States, top singers have always earned more money than top actors.

Only later in China did things become somewhat distorted. Apart from a few top singers, most actors earned far more than singers. Even actresses who weren't the most famous could earn a daily wage.

After the signing was completed, Nokia sent Qi Yuan's team a batch of the newly launched Nokia 5110 mobile phones.

All members of Qi Yuan's team switched to this phone, including Qi Yuan himself.

This phone is quite interesting; it was Nokia's first business-oriented phone and also popularized Nokia's signature game, Snake.

After getting the phone, Qi Yuan played a few rounds of Snake, but never played the game again.

As someone who has played modern AAA games, Snake, such an old-fashioned game, doesn't interest him at all.

For this Nokia advertisement, Qi Yuan chose Zhang Tong as the female lead. Shouldn't he take care of his own woman?

The advertising jingle can be changed from "Romantic Love" back to "Romantic Cellphone".

Chou Chieh Lun made a phone call to Chi Yuan.

His songwriting was recognized by Wu Zhongxian, and his first album, "Jay," is in production. He invited Fang Wenshan to be his lyricist.

He also invited Vivian Hsu, who failed to break into the Japanese music scene and whose Mandarin album released in Taiwan this year received a lukewarm response, to write songs for him.

Chou Chieh-lun said smugly on the phone, "Ah-Yuan, do you know, Sister Ruo-Xuan asked me to teach her to play the piano."

When you become successful, many good people will come into your life.

Although Jay Chou didn't achieve true success, he got the opportunity to release an album, and many people have started to approach him.

Vivian Hsu, who hasn't had a smooth career in the music industry, is one of them.

Qi Yuan knew that Zhou Jielun and Xu Ruoxuan would have a romantic relationship during their collaboration.

Vivian Hsu is quite talented; she wrote the lyrics for both "Tornado" and "Lovely Woman".

Jay Chou was never an innocent young man. In his early days, he was just insecure, which made him look shy and immature.

After his debut, his scandals were no less than those of Lin Junjie and Tao Ze.

Wang Lihong, who is the most handsome, actually has the fewest scandals among them.

It's no exaggeration to say that compared to them, Qi Yuan is practically an innocent young man.

In a courtyard house in Beijing, Qi Yuan.

He had just hung up the phone when Zhang Tong, dressed in her finest attire, arrived.

Zhang Tong looked exceptionally beautiful today. She wore the necklace Qi Yuan had bought for her in Hong Kong for tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, had applied exquisite makeup, and seemingly… even wore black stockings. Furthermore, Qi Yuan sensed that Zhang Tong was different from before, radiating a newfound confidence.

This might be what people often refer to as the nourishing effect of red aura.

After the drama "Love Will Carry On" aired on Beijing and Taiwan, Li Erpeng and Xu Jinglei became famous, and she, who played Ruotong, also benefited and gained a lot of popularity.

Several companies are already interested in signing her, and some production teams want to invite her to act in their films.

She studied the scripts and felt that the quality was just average, which is why she didn't go.

She wasn't that career-driven. In her previous life, she only started acting after finishing her senior year of college, which was already a bit late, as several of her classmates had already become famous.

Theoretically speaking, as the class monitor of the Central Academy of Drama's Class of '96 and the top scorer in the entrance exam for arts, she would have had many opportunities to take on acting roles after her junior year.

She didn't know why she missed two of the best years of her life.

Another classmate of hers, Zeng Li, did the same thing. After graduating from the Central Academy of Drama, she first joined a performing arts troupe before starting to take on acting roles.

There are only so many spots in the entertainment industry; if you arrive late, you won't get a table.

However, Qi Yuan didn't care. His woman could do whatever she wanted, as long as she was happy.

As long as Zhang Tong is happy, he can stay at the Central Academy of Drama to teach after graduation.

With her top-ranking grades in her class, it wouldn't be difficult for her to stay at the school as a teacher. She wouldn't earn much, but it would be easy and comfortable, and Qi would be able to support his woman.

"Whose call was it?" Zhang Tong asked with a smile.

“I have a friend from Taiwan named Chou Chieh-lun. He’s very musically talented. He composed the music for my song ‘Dong Feng Po’. Next time you go to Taiwan, I’ll introduce you to him.”

Qi Yuan placed her phone in the most conspicuous position on the table in front of Zhang Tong.

He has nothing to fear because he has left another phone in the car.

Besides, he really was on the phone with Chou Chieh-lun just now.

Zhang Tong then inquired about Fei Yuan's affair. Even though she was in the capital, she had heard about the scandal, which shows how popular it was.

In order to get some 'benefits' from Zhang Tong, Qi Yuan told a little lie, saying that the media wasn't entirely making things up, that the princess really wanted to pursue him, and that he hadn't agreed because of Zhang Tong.

Sure enough, Zhang Tong was deeply moved.

Qi Yuan took the opportunity to have Zhang Tong perform a classical dance for him.

She danced exceptionally well, it was a wonderful sight to watch, and Qi Yuan found it a pleasure to observe.

During her years as a member of the performing arts troupe, she systematically learned skills such as sketches, dramas, singing and dancing, and a dance was a piece of cake for her.

"Does it look good?"

Zhang Tong beamed with joy. She felt that Qi Yuan's eyes were glued to her, staring at her legs as she danced.

She wore black stockings on purpose today because she knew Qi Yuan liked them.

"like."

Qi Yuanxian expressed his approval, gently stroking Zhang Tong's leg with his palm before changing the subject.

"However, I am very unhappy because you just suspected me and the princess."

Zhang Tong did have some doubts earlier. After learning the truth, she danced a dance to make up for Qi Yuan's mistake. Unexpectedly, after being treated to a good look, Qi Yuan brought up old grievances.

This man is such a dog.

"Then what do you suggest we do? I admit I was wrong, okay?" Zhang Tong said in a soft, sweet voice.

“A verbal apology won’t put out the fire. Tell me how to put it out,” Qi Yuan replied.

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(End of this chapter)