Who taught you to be a celebrity like this?

"Did you accidentally touch your phone?" Li Ye was shopping at the supermarket with Li Xiran when he suddenly received a video call from Wang Fu.

It's reasonable to speculate that the two haven't been in contact since the show ended.

However, Li Ye still answered the phone politely.

"Director Wang?"

Seeing Wang Fu's face appear on the phone screen, Li Ye was somewhat surprised that it wasn't a mistake. He pointed to the phone at Li Xiran and quickly walked to a less crowded corner.

"Ah Ye, I'm currently with the producer and director of 'Summer Surf Shop'."

Wang Fu got straight to the point, then turned around, held up his phone, and took a picture of the two people across from him.

"Hello, I'm Huang Wei, the producer of Summer."

Huang Wei twitched the corners of his mouth and forced a smile.

Although he already felt that Li Ye might be a good candidate, the forced choice he was being made to make left him feeling rather upset.

"I am Liu Zhiyuan, the director of Summer."

In contrast, Liu Zhiyuan's smile was much warmer and more natural. Without much formality, he asked directly, "Li Ye, I'd like to invite you to participate in 'Summer Surf Shop.' Do you have the time?"

Wang Fu suddenly called, and the producer and director of "Summer Surf Shop" even showed up together. Li Ye already had some guesses.

Upon hearing Liu Zhiyuan extend the invitation directly, Li Ye was surprised but quickly composed himself: "You're not joking, are you?"

"Of course not. I saw some of your material with Director Wang and felt that you were a perfect fit for our program. It would be a pity for both of us if we couldn't reach an agreement," Liu Zhiyuan said with utmost sincerity.

"I have time."

Once he was sure it wasn't a prank, Li Ye nodded decisively.

Although Chen Yusheng had recently promised to do his best, time was limited, and Ding Yan also told him not to have too much hope.

Unexpectedly, things took a dramatic turn.

Producer Huang sighed inwardly, glanced at Wang Fu, and interjected with a smile: "Director Wang Fu admires you a lot. He's very generous with his praise for you. He even said that if our show didn't have you, we would definitely regret it later."

"Of course, that's what Director Liu and I think too now," he added.

"Thank you, Director Wang."

Li Ye was genuinely surprised, as he had always believed that Wang Fu was prejudiced against him.

"Great job, Xiao Huang, I have high hopes for you..." Wang Fu praised Producer Huang's thoughtfulness in his heart, but waved his hand with a reserved expression: "No need to say such things. I'll give Director Liu Ding Yan's contact information later. It seems you're out. Let's leave it at that for now."

After ending the call, Li Ye immediately called Ding Yan to inform her of the matter.

Upon hearing this, Ding Yan was quite surprised, and then instructed, "Although Liu Zhiyuan said he saw your footage and thought you were very suitable for the show, you have to understand that without Wang Fu's recommendation, Liu Zhiyuan would not have been able to see this footage at all."

"I know."

Li Ye thought it through more clearly: even if Liu Zhiyuan saw these materials without Wang Fu, he probably wouldn't have felt much about them.

However, he couldn't understand why Wang Fu wanted to help him.

During the recording of "Celebrity Daily Life" a couple of days ago, Li Ye could clearly sense that Wang Fu had a great prejudice against him.

Perhaps Wang Fu was trying to make amends because of these prejudices?

Li Ye quickly shook his head in denial and didn't think about it anymore. Whatever the reason, he just needed to remember that Wang Fu had helped him.

Are you and Xiran still at the supermarket?

"Yes, Mom, we're shopping at the supermarket."

Upon learning that Li Ye was calling Ding Yan, Li Xiran immediately came over to eavesdrop. When she heard Ding Yan's question, she immediately responded happily.

Ding Yan ignored her and reminded her again, "When you get home, remember to call Director Wang to thank him. I'll talk to you later, I'll wait for the Summer Program team's call."

Li Xiran, who had originally planned to go to the movies, said sensibly, "Let's go back then."

After returning home, Li Ye sat down on the sofa and called Wang Fu.

In response to his gratitude, Wang Fu said it was just a small favor, and told him that the incident actually stemmed from Zhang Hai and Yan Tao.

Only then did Li Ye realize that so many people had been working hard to help him and doing so many things without his knowledge.

"By the way, I'll send you that video too. You can post it on your own social media accounts." Wang Fu said casually and then hung up the phone.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ye received a cloud drive link from Wang Fu.

Li Ye initially thought it was just some unedited surfing footage, but after downloading and watching it, he discovered that the video was meticulously crafted.

The editing, color grading, music, visual quality, and even the pacing all demonstrate that a lot of time and effort was put into this video.

Li Ye also had an idea: could these surfing scenes be set to the music of "The Ordinary Road"?

He didn't have any intention of making a music video; he just felt that "The Ordinary Road" was a good fit for these scenes.

It might even serve as a form of publicity.

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"Director Wang, what's wrong with you today?"

"What? What happened?"

Wang Fu stared at the chat box with Li Ye on his phone without looking up, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Wow, Director Wang, this video is so well edited! I love it, thank you so much!

[I'm glad you like it; the staff really put a lot of effort into it.]

For some reason, Wang Fu subconsciously concealed the fact that he had personally edited the video.

"What's wrong? You were distracted before you left, but you came back with a big smile on your face. If I didn't know your character, I would have suspected you were having an affair!"

"Haha, I think so too. So, Director Wang, what good thing happened during your trip?"

The female colleagues made jokes about Wang Fu with a bit of impunity.

"Guess?"

Just as Wang Fu was about to make a joke, he saw another message from Li Ye: "[Director Wang, the song 'The Ordinary Road' that I sang on the show before has been recorded. After watching this video, I think I can re-edit it based on this song. Could you give me the contact information for that staff member?]"

Has "The Ordinary Road" already been recorded?

Wang Fuya felt a little jealous. He thought Li Ye was lying to him. This song had indeed been written a long time ago, otherwise it wouldn't have been recorded so quickly.

[It's a minor issue. That staff member has already left the company. Just send me the audio.]

After replying, Wang Fu quickly realized that this might also be a good thing for the program.

Although he hasn't heard the complete "Ordinary Road" yet, Wang Fu thinks that just that chorus is enough to make him a minor celebrity on short video platforms.

If "The Ordinary Road" were released after the show aired, it would definitely generate some positive traffic.

Wang Fu was still hesitating about how to start when he saw a new message from Li Ye: "[No problem, the post-production of the song will be finished in the next couple of days. I'll send it to you as soon as it's done. Also, when will 'The Daily Life of a Celebrity' premiere? If needed, I can release 'The Ordinary Road' after the show airs.]"

Wang Fu had only a slight smile on his lips before, but now he burst into hearty laughter.

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