HuaYu: Starting with Photography to Navigate the Entertainment Industry

Wang Peng was arguing with Xu Lang when a staff member walked over.

After glancing at Xu Lang, he handed the report to Wang Peng, and was about to lean close to his ear to report something when Wang Peng interrupted him.

"Alright, just say it directly. You can't stop Xu Lang anyway, so you might as well be frank."

The staff member gave an awkward laugh and said:

"Currently, the number of SMS support votes in the background shows that Zhang Liangying's votes have surged, exceeding Li Yuchun's 11 and reaching more than 13."

"Well..."

Wang Peng sighed helplessly and waved his hand at the man.

"Okay, I understand."

After the staff member left, Wang Peng gritted his teeth and said to Xu Lang:

"Don't be so smug. Zhang Liangying is starting, and Li Yuchun hasn't come out yet. Once she does, she'll definitely overtake them."

As expected, Wang Peng's prediction was quite accurate.

Subsequently, Li Yuchun's appearance caused a surge in her votes, directly raising her vote count from 11 to 18.

During this period, Zhang Liangying's votes continued to increase, reaching 178,000.

The number of votes was very close to that of Li Yuchun.

Seeing Wang Peng's smug smile, Xu Lang ignored him and instead sent Zhang Liangying a text message.

"Xiaoying, wipe them out in the next round!"

"receive!"

Soon, the second round of the competition began, and Zhang Liangying went on stage again, directly uttering four words:

"Unparalleled in the world!"

Immediately, both the audience at the scene and those watching on television became excited.

There's a sense of satisfaction in having a wish fulfilled!

Since Zhang Liangying revealed her identity in her last song, everyone knows that she sang "Peerless Under Heaven".

In addition, the recently released film "The Return of the Condor Heroes" has brought the song to unprecedented popularity.

Even before the last song ended, everyone had a wish in their hearts.

"I wish I could hear dolphins' sounds live!"

Now, with the release of Zhang Liangying's song title, the feeling of having this wish fulfilled has instantly excited everyone.

"Zhang Liangying, my goddess, I will always support you!"

The opening notes, featuring a martial arts-themed intro with flute and drum, and the chorus, which blends the joys and sorrows of traversing the mortal world with dolphin-like high notes and folk singing, sound like a dragon's roar or a phoenix's cry!

It shocked everyone.

In an instant, Zhang Liangying's SMS support popularity soared from 178,000 to 288,000.

Xu Lang was surprised when he saw this number.

He remembered that in his previous life, Li Yuchun won the championship in the Chengdu division with a total of just over 20 votes.

Now, they have directly overtaken each other by nearly 3%.

Of course, Li Yuchun's SMS votes were also rising, but the gap between her and Zhang Liangying's votes was widening.

Finally, before the competition was even over, Zhang Liangying's votes had already reached over 47, putting her more than 10 ahead of second-place Li Yuchun.

Wang Peng pointed at Xu Lang and complained to Wang Bingwen:

"Old station director, did you see it? Because of him, the final match became garbage time. The champion was decided before the final round even started. How can we compete like this?"

"Ha ha!"

Xu Lang felt extremely pleased and retorted to Wang Peng:

"You're to blame; the players you picked were terrible, not even good enough to beat!"

"you..."

Listening to the two bickering, Wang Bingwen felt both annoyed and amused.

In the end, all he could say was:

"Alright, that concludes the Chengdu finals. Now it's time for the national competitions. Take a break and prepare for the next round."

And so, the Chengdu division finals of "Super Girl" came to an end.

Zhang Liangying won the championship with an unshakeable 55 votes, leading the second place by 15 votes. Li Yuchun and He Jie won the runner-up and third place respectively.

"Haha, Xiaoying, you're amazing!"

Back home, Xu Lang cancelled all the celebrations and took Zhang Liangying to a room alone. He wanted to celebrate Zhang Liangying's championship victory in his own way.

"Tonight, you are the queen. Please allow me to serve you exclusively with the 36 Dongguan-style techniques!"

"Ahhhh!"

Zhang Liangying's dolphin-like calls lasted all night.

It wasn't until the next day, when Zhang Liangying's voice was hoarse, that she leaned on Xu Lang and asked,

"The national finals are starting in a month. Do you have any suggestions on what song I should sing?"

Upon hearing this question, Xu Lang couldn't help but smile.

"If this continues, the national finals will lose their appeal."

However, I've made it a bit more difficult for you.

"Huh? You're making it harder yourself?"

Zhang Liangying was exasperated. What kind of brain circuit did Xu Lang have?

However, she was still very curious.

"How can we increase the difficulty?"

"It's very simple. In the finals, we won't cover other people's songs or sing old songs. We'll use original new songs to compete."

How about it? Are you confident?

"what?"

Upon hearing Xu Lang's request, Zhang Liangying thought she had misheard.

"Xu Lang, are you crazy, or are you talking in your sleep?"

It's no wonder Jane Zhang reacted so strongly; the difficulty of creating an original song and a cover song are on completely different levels.

Moreover, since it's a new song, it will definitely take some time for people to accept it because they haven't heard it before.

The games are fast-paced, so there's no time for the audience to slowly get used to them.

Isn't this just courting death?!

"What are you afraid of? I'm here!"

Xu Lang patted his chest, speaking with great confidence.

"Furthermore, you can't just focus on the competition; you need to look at it from a higher perspective, and even more so at your future career."

For example, your first album...

"Album?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liangying's eyes lit up.

Which singer doesn't want to release their own album?

Xu Lang's words immediately pulled Zhang Liangying out of the competition and made her start planning her future.

With the Chengdu division of "Super Girl" over, Xu Lang has finally accomplished one of his goals.

The next day, he returned to the film set and continued filming.

Speaking of which, the TV series "Struggle" has also had many twists and turns. It has been filmed for more than four months, twice as long as originally planned.

Fortunately, filming for the drama "Struggle" finally wrapped up around mid-July.

After the last scene was filmed, everyone cheered and celebrated loudly, as if they had been liberated.

Xu Lang was naturally happy, after all, this was his first work.

After the wrap party, everyone went home to their own families.

Before leaving, Liu Yifei specifically sought out Xu Lang and handed him an invitation.

"I'm turning 18 in a few days, and I'd like to invite you to attend."

Flipping through the invitation in his hand, Xu Lang was both surprised and delighted, joking as he spoke.

"Oh dear, you're 18 now, so you can book a room now, right?"

This is something to celebrate!

"Are you trying to die?!"

Liu Yifei was used to Xu Lang's nonsense, but she still jokingly scolded him.

"What gift do you want? I'll get it for you."

Xu Lang looked at Liu Yifei and asked with a smile.

"You don't need to ask others for gifts; just prepare what you think is appropriate."

With that, Liu Yifei turned around, put her hands behind her back, and strode away.

As Xu Lang watched Liu Yifei's retreating figure, the smile on his face slowly faded.

Others may not know, but he does. For him, Liu Yifei's coming-of-age ceremony was the beginning of a calamity!