Huayu: This top star doesn't play by the rules.

The next morning, early in the morning, Chen Chao was awakened from his sleep by the vibration of his cell phone. At this time, a sliver of light was just beginning to seep through the gap in the curtains in the bedroom.

He yawned, reached for his phone on the bedside table, and squinted at the screen. The name displayed was his business agent, Bai Chen.

"Hey, Brother Bai." He kept his voice down, afraid of waking Meng Ziyi, who was still fast asleep.

"Ah Chao, are you up yet? Today we're shooting GG for Pulse, and tomorrow it's Li Ning's. The makeup and hair team will be at the shooting location around eight o'clock, so hurry up." As if he understood something, Bai Chen lowered his voice to remind him.

"Okay, I'll go wash up now, and we'll leave in half an hour."

After exchanging a few more words, the two ended the call. Chen Chao gently lifted the blanket, glanced at Meng Ziyi who was still curled up in a ball, sleeping soundly, and then quietly left the bedroom.

After washing up and taking care of personal hygiene in the bathroom in the living room, Chen Chao returned to his room to change his clothes, only to find that Meng Ziyi had already woken up and was leaning against the headboard rubbing her sleepy eyes.

"Why are you up so early today?" Her voice sounded a little hoarse, probably because she had used her voice a lot last night.

"I'm going to shoot GG today." While answering Meng Ziyi's question, Chen Chao took out the clothes that Su Wan had picked out for him in advance from his suitcase.

"Take a picture of GG?"

"Yeah, Brother Bai just helped me negotiate the foster care arrangements with Pulse and Li Ning." After quickly getting dressed, Chen Chao walked to the bedside, leaned down and kissed her forehead. "You can continue sleeping. I'll have someone bring you lunch."

"No need, I can just order takeout myself." Meng Ziyi stretched lazily and waved her hand gently.

Seeing that Meng Ziyi had said this, Chen Chao didn't say anything more. He just smiled, nodded slightly, said hello, and left. After Chen Chao left, Meng Ziyi closed his eyes again to catch up on sleep.

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The filming location for Pulse GG was a studio in Songjiang. When Chen Chao arrived at the scene, he saw the staff setting up the venue under the director's direction.

"Mr. Chen Chao, I've heard so much about you. I'm Guo Yilong, the manager of the Pulse brand department." Before Chen Chao could even take a good look at the venue, a woman in her early thirties, dressed in a smart black business suit, came up to him.

"Hello, Manager Guo." Chen Chao greeted her with a smile, politely extending his hand to shake hers.

"Our brand department watched your behind-the-scenes footage from 'Duckweed' and felt that your image perfectly matches our 'Sports Energy' positioning," Lin Wei said as she led the way. "Moreover, your fan base is mainly young people, which happens to be our core target audience."

Upon hearing this, Bai Chen, who was walking beside Chen Chao, spoke up at the opportune moment, "Manager Guo, according to the details of our previous communication and the signed contract, this time GG will be simultaneously broadcast on Weibo, Douyin, and TV stations, right?"

"That's right, we've already allocated enough media budget." Guo Yilong nodded with a smile. "As long as today's shooting goes smoothly, we can arrange for the final product to be released online."

As they walked and chatted, Chen Chao and his group soon arrived at the director who was directing the setup of the set. After Guo Yilong spoke a few words to the director, the director immediately beckoned Chen Chao over, saying, "Come on, Mr. Chen Chao, let me tell you about the few shots we'll be filming today."

The director's idea was actually quite simple: to film a few shots of Chen Chao exercising, then have him take a sip of a sports drink while drenched in sweat, and then show a carefree smile.

Although it sounds simple, shooting moving shots that are effective and natural enough is not an easy task.

After Chen Chao and the director finished discussing the shooting content, Su Wan also finished communicating with the makeup and styling team arranged by Pulse and began to do Chen Chao's makeup.

About thirty minutes later, Chen Chao's first makeup look was complete: a fresh and natural base makeup, slightly messy wisps of hair, and a casual outfit that Pulse had prepared in advance.

"The requirements from Pulse are 'sportiness' and 'youthful vitality,' so I didn't use too heavy makeup on you. The focus is on highlighting your natural youthful vitality." While tidying up her tools, Su Wan explained her makeup ideas to Chen Chao.

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Sister Su Wan."

"It wasn't hard work, boss. You have a great foundation. I didn't actually do anything," Su Wan said with a smile as she closed the makeup case she had just finished packing.

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"Cut! That's a wrap!" The director slapped his thigh excitedly, extremely satisfied with Chen Chao's performance. "That final smile was absolutely brilliant!"

Guo Yilong, who agreed to monitor the entire filming process, couldn't help but nod repeatedly, "Your artists are really so worry-free. I've heard many friends say that the artists they work with have to do dozens of takes for a single action scene."

"They either had stiff expressions or unnatural movements. I didn't expect that Teacher Chen Chao would pass them in just one or two takes. And I didn't expect that Teacher Chen Chao would know so many sports. It seems that we really hit the jackpot this time."

Bai Chen pushed up his glasses, but didn't say anything. He just smiled and nodded slightly in response.

Next, several close-up shots were taken from different angles, and Chen Chao nailed each one in one take. GG, who originally expected to be filming until late at night, finished shooting around 2 PM.

After politely declining Guo Yilong's invitation to have dinner together, Chen Chao and Su Wan got into Bai Chen's van and left the filming location.

This GG shoot has provided Chen Chao's studio with a significant boost in working capital. Pulse is offering Chen Chao a three million yuan endorsement fee per year, while Li Ning is offering two million yuan per year.

"By the way, boss, President Ji has already coordinated with Teacher Li Ronghao's team." As if suddenly remembering something, Bai Chen looked through the rearview mirror at Chen Chao in the back seat, who was slurping a latte to replenish his energy, and said in a deep voice.

"After you finish filming Li Ning's GG tomorrow, we'll head to Beijing the day after tomorrow morning. We'll be renting Li Ronghao's recording studio."

After hearing Bai Chen's words, Chen Chao nodded slightly. He silently calculated the time in his mind. By the time GG finished filming and he arrived in Beijing, it would be around the 8th.

According to the album release date he had previously discussed with Ji Ran, it was to be before the Spring Festival, so the recording time for this album was a bit rushed, since he also planned to shoot music videos for a few of the songs.