Huayu 16: I Became the Dream-Fulfilling Master for Young Actresses

Chapter 103 [Tian Xiwei: Chen Xingzhou, you're a scoundrel!] [Tian Xiwei is cyberbullied]

Zhou Ye nodded and sat back down after seeing everyone get into work mode.

She then turned to look at the office, bit her lip, and gave a smug look.

This foul-mouthed girl is still playing the obedient childhood sweetheart waiting to sign a contract, while Zhou Ye has already kissed her senior.

in the office.

Chen Xingzhou offered Tian Xiwei a 10-year contract with a 5/5 split. Tian Xiwei looked at it carefully for a while, then raised an eyebrow at him.

"Brother Xingzhou, why is it only 10 years? That's the shortest it's ever been! I want a longer one!"

"Do you know what 10 years means for an artist? This is not a game."

"Mind your own business! I want to sign—two years—no! I want to sign for life!"

Chen Xingzhou reached out and poked her forehead. "Are you playing house? I suggest you hurry up."

"Hmph," Tian Xiwei pouted, then her eyes lit up, and she grabbed his finger, saying, "I want to add an additional condition."

"What?"

"If I win Best Actress in a TV series or Best Actress in a Film within ten years, my contract will be automatically renewed, and I can decide how long it will be renewed."

"You?" Chen Xingzhou asked incredulously.

Does this girl think she can just take it whenever she wants? Although he was indeed very confident that she could get it, he was really bragging without thinking.

"————" Tian Xiwei wanted to bite his finger, but he dodged her. Then she pouted and said, "Just tell me if it's okay or not."

"Alright." Chen Xingzhou nodded, picked up his pen, and wrote on the contract:

If Party B wins the Golden Eagle Award, Magnolia Award, or Flying Apsaras Award for Best Actress, or the Golden Rooster Award or Hong Kong Film Award during the contract period,

The Golden Horse Award for Best Actress will automatically renew the contract, with the renewal period to be determined by Party B.

"That's more like it."

Tian Xiwei nodded in satisfaction, picked up the pen, and signed her name.

Watching her sit there signing her name, Chen Xingzhou couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

After Shirota signed a contract with her agency, she happily came to him to celebrate.

Later, when she got her first role, she came to celebrate with him.

Then came the first leading lady, her first award-winning performance.

Every time, she seemed to want to be the first to tell him.

He was an observer then, but now he's a party involved.

In her past life, Tian Xiwei knew that he hadn't really become famous before his rebirth, but in this life, he would help her achieve her goal.

"Brother Xingzhou? Brother Xingzhou?"

"What's wrong?" Chen Xingzhou snapped out of his daze and focused his gaze on Tian Xiwei's face. She was very close, and her small face was a little flushed.

What were you spacing out about just now?

"It's nothing."

"Really? Hmm—let me think, are you just staring at me because I've lost a lot of weight recently?"

"Have you lost weight?" Chen Xingzhou looked her over carefully for a while.

Tian Xiwei's face is indeed much smaller than before, her jawline is also much more defined, and her breasts in front of her also look a little smaller.

Chen Xingzhou is someone who can visually estimate circumference; he was absolutely not mistaken.

"Where are you looking?" Tian Xiwei covered her chest with her hand, blushing as she spat at him, "You pervert."

"Ahem, I didn't see anything—but you have indeed lost some weight. Alright, go and look at your script. It won't be long before it's your turn to film."

"Hmph, you're just being stubborn."

Tian Xiwei looked incredulous, but the corners of her mouth curled up in a sweet smile.

Just as Chen Xingzhou turned his head to show his embarrassment, she kissed his cheek without warning, and a soft slapping sound echoed in the quiet office.

"A reward, a reward for you! ————"

Chen Xingzhou touched his face, only to see Tian Xiwei closing the door behind him.

[The first half of my life premiered on July 4th, with Jin Dong and Ma Yili tearing away the facade of a respectable middle-aged marriage. The show's ratings soared above 2%, and its viewership on iQiyi surpassed 500 million in a single day.]

【玄幻爱情电影《三生三世十里桃花》8小时全网播放量近3000万，24小时播放超4660万，轻鬆打破12月发布超前预告24小时2016万的播放纪录，再次创造了国产电影预告片的历史新纪录。】

On July 15th, the fourth episode of "The Rap of China" was released, and within just forty minutes, it had surpassed 7 million views.

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As of July 17, the program had garnered 710 million views.

Kris Wu's line, "Do you have freestyle?" has become a universally used internet meme.

[Lu Han's digital album "1" has just surpassed 100 million copies sold, earning it diamond record certification.]

Zhang Yixin's debut solo album, "LOSECONTROL," was released on Tencent Music's three major platforms on July 21st.

The Asian Music Awards were held in Guangzhou on July 19th, and Xue Zhiqian and Hebe Tien's duet of "The Actor" went viral on social media.

The battle for copyright protection among music platforms has reached a fever pitch. Tencent Music's total digital album sales have surpassed 200 million yuan, and on July 24th, it announced that it will help original musicians earn over 500 million yuan within three years.

May 10th, 10:00 AM.

The official Weibo account for "Go Go Squid!" posted its first message.

A concept poster.

Bai Mengyan, who plays Tong Nian, stands in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the K&K Club. The backlight outlines the contours of her face, and outside the window is the skyline of Shanghai.

The poster features only one sentence: "September 10th, let's meet with passion."

The color tone is a warm orange-pink that makes you want to fall in love.

Two hours later, the number of followers on the official Weibo account of "Go Go Squid!" increased from 0 to 5.

Bai Mengyan reposted: 【Where is my little donkey?】

Chen Xingzhou reposted: 【Hello everyone, this is Gun.】

Meng Ziyi forwarded: 【Ai Qing is not about love ————】

Zhou Ye reposted: [My Sun Yaya! She's here!]

Within minutes of the four people sharing the post, their respective comment sections were flooded with comments.

At 2 PM, the first emotional trailer was released simultaneously on iQiyi and Weibo.

[Go Go Squid!, premiering September 10th exclusively on iQiyi.]

Bullet comments:

[The Oarsmen have arrived!]

[Another new drama starring my favorite male god?! I have to support it!! Ahhhhh—]

[Han Shangyan!! The original novel fans are here!!]

【My Tongtong!!】

[There's still more than a month left?! I can't wait!!]

Less than an hour after the trailer was released, the hashtag #GoGoSquidReleaseDate# climbed into the top 15 trending topics on Weibo.

That evening, the trailer garnered over eight million views across the internet.

This number is not surprising, and it even seems low-key in the context of the 2017 summer movie season.

However, data from iQiyi's backend shows that the trailer's completion rate exceeded 80%.

On August 15th, the original soundtrack album "Go Go Squid!" was officially submitted to Tencent Music for review and inclusion in its database.

This album contains eight songs, four of which are sung by Chen Xingzhou, Bai Mengyan, Meng Ziyi, and Zhou Ye, and four are performed by professional singers.

The album cover features a burning K&K logo on a dark blue background, with the song list printed on the back. Chen Xingzhou's name is listed in the lyrics, composition, and producer sections.

QQ Music, Kugou Music, and Kuwo Music simultaneously launched the album's pre-sale page.

On the same day, the official music video for "The Nameless" was released.

Within two hours of its release, the video garnered over one million views on Tencent Video.

Starting August 17th, the OST will be released weekly.

The first week's releases included Meng Ziyi's "Happiness Together" and Chen Xingzhou's "The Nameless".

On the first day of its release on Kugou, Meng Ziyi's song received over a thousand comments.

comment:

[The pitch was definitely off, but it still made me cry.]

[Meng Ziyi's singing is indeed far inferior to that of professional singers, but it conveys the most genuine emotions.]

The second week's releases included Bai Mengyan's "Milk Bread" and a professional singer's rendition of "Love Is Not Up to Me".

"Milk Bread" immediately entered the top ten of QQ Music's Peak Chart on the day it was released.

The comment section was flooded with CP fans of Tong Nian and Han Shangyan:

This is the love letter Tong Nian wrote to Han Shangyan.

[I'm dying from this!! Ahhh—]

So sweet! It hasn't even aired yet, and I already feel like I've been fed enough dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing excessive displays of affection)!

9 month 1 day.

The Weibo hashtag #GoGoSquidReleaseDate# has accumulated over 80 billion views.

Bai Mengyan posted a message in the Tong Nian supertopic, accompanied by a behind-the-scenes photo of her eating a boxed lunch on set while wearing Tong Nian's costume, with the caption: 【See you soon!】

The final trailer was released on September 3.

In the two-and-a-half-minute version, Han Shangyan's monologue runs throughout the entire film:

[I'm not a hero, I'm just someone who's pretty good at video games, but Tong Nian made me feel that being seen by just one person is enough.]

With seven days to go until the premiere, the official Weibo account announced that there will be live chat with comments and the OST will be available online during the week of the premiere.

On the same day, iQiyi and Weibo jointly released a special promotional campaign for the premiere of "Go Go Squid!", with the hashtag #HanShangyanSeptemberBoyfriend#.

Fermentation begins.

At the same time, two officially verified accounts appeared on QQ Music:

【Squid】and 【Mobile User 3023033】.

The former is Tong Nian's account, and the verified information states that she is a "popular singer in the mainland music scene who combines idol status with strong skills".

The latter is Han Shangyan's account, with the K&K team logo as the profile picture, a blank bio, and the registration time shown as two days ago.

These two accounts are part of a promotional campaign launched in collaboration between Chen Xingzhou and QQ Music.

Squid updates its status daily: cover demos, daily musings, and selfies with a peace sign in front of the camera.

Mobile user 3023033 only follows one person, occasionally appears in her comment section, and always leaves comments of three words or less:

[It sounds nice], [Hmm], [Don't stay up late].

By September 5th, Youxiaoyu's QQ Music followers had reached 300,000.

Countdown posters for the premiere of "Go Go Squid!" have been successively displayed in subway transfer passages in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, on large screens at the entrance of iQiyi's headquarters, and on outdoor screens in popular business districts.

The poster features a dual visual of "Han Shangyan × Tong Nian" with the caption "[August 10th, meet with passion]" below them.

September 8th, less than ten days before the start of the new semester at the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

In the QQ group of the 2016 class of the Dance Academy of Shanghai Theatre Academy, 205 Fairy Breeding Farm, messages were being sent at breakneck speed.

It all started when someone posted a countdown poster for the premiere of "Go Go Squid!".

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Lin Le Ge Xiao Lin: [Another Chen Xingzhou drama? "A Love So Beautiful" just finished airing, and now a new one is coming out.]

Xu Jingjing: [This time the production team is even bigger than "A Love So Beautiful." My cousin, who interns at iQiyi, said that internally they rated this drama as S+.]

[S+, do you know how amazing that is?!]

Juanjuan, who loves gossip: [Is Bailu the female lead again this time? Her resources are amazing. After Chen Xiaoxi, she'll take over as Tong Nian.]

Staying up all night to finish the script: [Who can argue with that? ————She's so lucky; a model, and suddenly she's the lead actress in an S+ drama.]

Ah—I wish I had that kind of fate—

Hey guys, do you remember that guy from the acting department—Tian something-or-other? The one Chen Xingzhou personally escorted to register at the start of freshman year.

"You mean this? I actually remember! I was there! The one you're talking about is named Tian Xiwei. I asked around among my classmates, and it seems she and Chen Xingzhou are childhood sweethearts."

[Childhood sweethearts?! Really? Then why isn't Chen Xingzhou promoting her?]

[It seems she's not in this drama. Chen Xingzhou promoted a whole bunch of people, but didn't even give his childhood sweetheart a role?]

[We were just talking about whether someone has a fiery destiny, and here comes one! Haha, they have a fiery destiny, but they can't use it.]

The mockery in the group continued, with every word comparing Bai Mengyan and the other two women to Tian Xiwei, belittling Tian Xiwei. There was not a single word of empathy, only the mockery of those watching the spectacle.

Meanwhile, a heated discussion was taking place in the dance academy's freshman group chat.

[Family members, does anyone understand? I was watching "Go Go Squid!" and saw Bai Lu playing Tong Nian, which reminded me of Chen Xiaoxi from "A Love So Beautiful", and suddenly I thought of Tian Xiwei [haha]]