HuaYu: Starting with Photography to Navigate the Entertainment Industry

Seeing that Liu Yifei seemed a little confused, Xu Lang reminded her:

"Think about how those animals eat, and try to imitate them to get a feel for it."

Seeing Xu Lang's mischievous grin, Liu Yifei blushed even more.

"Xu Lang, you didn't make a good decision!"

"No, I really just wanted to help you find the feeling of Xiao Wei."

After much persuasion, Liu Yifei nudged Xu Lang twice with her mouth, and then went back to their battle.

"Ugh, being a sparring partner is really tough on your kidneys!"

Xu Lang thought to himself, "I'm getting a good deal, but I'm also being smug."

Fourth point!

Xu Lang was telling Liu Yifei:

Develop "scent recognition"!

"Think about it, whether it's a fox or a cat, they distinguish people or things not by their appearance, but by their scent."

right?

Therefore, you should make good use of this point when experimenting with Xiaowei.

"Huh? How do I practice this?"

This was no problem for Xu Lang, who took out a leather eye mask and put it on Liu Yifei.

"When the eyes can't see, other senses are amplified, and you can identify things by smell and touch."

"this..."

Liu Yifei, whose vision suddenly went black, suddenly had a completely new experience.

She held her nose and sniffed around Xu Lang, but inexplicably, her heart started pounding.

"This feeling... is so exciting!"

Subsequently, the teaching evolved once again into shameless practical exercises!

Fifth point!

"This is also the most important thing."

Xu Lang instructed Liu Yifei:

"That is... mastering the laugh that is both innocent and cruel!"

"Naive? Or cruel?"

Liu Yifei never imagined that these two words, which could be described as having opposite meanings, could be put together.

"You should know that Xiaowei the fox demon's smile is not a seductive smile, but an instinctive smile when she sees toys or food, full of pure curiosity."

There was no malice intended, but it was chilling.

Xu Lang's words gave Liu Yifei goosebumps; just thinking about them made her shudder!

Xu Lang found her a mirror and had her practice in front of it, while he took a camera and circled around Liu Yifei's expressions, looking for the most "inhuman" angles.

"Note that you should laugh without making a sound, just move your muscles."

Three more days have passed.

Over the past three days, Xu Lang has been following Liu Yifei's instructions step by step, repeatedly practicing the five points from before.

Originally, Xu Lang had planned to take this opportunity to enjoy some time alone with Liu Yifei.

But in the end, Xu Lang couldn't take it anymore and asked to leave, ending their time together prematurely.

Reason?

It's easy too!

Once, Xu Lang had just woken up and was still half asleep when he opened his eyes and saw Liu Yifei looking at him with her head tilted back.

No, that's not called looking.

That's called... staring!

It was like the gaze of a predator fixed on its prey, as if it were about to deliver a fatal blow at any moment.

But that wasn't the most important thing. Then Liu Yifei lightly lifted her nose, and the smell of that delicious aroma made Xu Lang's hair stand on end.

Then, Liu Yifei smiled slightly at him.

This smile was devoid of sound and warmth; it was merely a twitch of the muscles at the corner of the mouth.

Naive yet cruel!

"what!"

Xu Lang suddenly sat up.

"Hmm? Xu Lang, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Liu Yifei's expression had changed and was now filled with concern, Xu Lang finally felt relieved.

"It's alright, it's alright!"

Although he said it aloud, he had already made up his mind.

"We can't practice anymore, or something bad will definitely happen!"

Thus, Xu Lang and Liu Yifei ended their secluded cultivation and emerged from their retreat!

Liu Yifei, who hadn't been home for a week, went back to see her mother as soon as possible.

After dropping Liu Yifei off, Xu Lang headed towards the company. After all, he had been away for a week, and there were bound to be many things waiting for him to handle.

Just as he returned to his office and called Zeng Jia over to ask about her recent situation, Liu Xiaoli called him.

"Hello, Aunt Liu, what's up?"

After developing a close relationship with Liu Yifei, Xu Lang's relationship with Liu Xiaoli improved considerably.

"Xu Lang, what did you do to my daughter? She... she's like a completely different person."

Before Liu Xiaoli could finish speaking, Liu Yifei took the phone.

"Xu Lang, it's nothing. My mom just asked me where I was, so I showed her what I was doing, and she got scared."

"That's all, you can go about your business."

With that, Liu Yifei hung up the phone.

"this..."

Thinking back to how startled he had been earlier, Xu Lang suddenly understood how Liu Xiaoli had felt.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Lang didn't think much of it and continued to ask Zeng Jia.

"By the way, how's it going with Hunan TV? Have they decided to buy 'Struggle'?"

When this was mentioned, Zeng Jia's face lit up with excitement.

"These past few days, Wang Tai said he couldn't get through to you, so he called me instead."

His meaning was that he wanted to exclusively broadcast "Struggle" by buying out the broadcasting rights for three years.

"Buyout?"

Xu Lang pondered for a moment,

"What about the price? Have you calculated the costs? Is it a good deal for us?"

"Well..."

Zeng Jia flipped through the documents in his hand and said:

"Our original offer was 60 yuan, but we only gave the film to Hunan TV."

But somehow, about a dozen TV stations, including Beijing TV, Zhejiang TV, and Shanghai TV, found out and said they had seen the sample footage and contacted us.

However, our original plan was for a four-star simultaneous broadcast, which is impossible to provide to so many stations at the same time, so the purchase price for these stations changes every day.

Currently, the highest-paid debut is 80 yuan per episode, and that's the price for a four-star broadcast.

As Zeng Jia calculated the price, her eyes sparkled.

"With four satellite channels broadcasting simultaneously, that's equivalent to 320 million per episode. For our 28-episode drama, that's 8960 million. Not counting any other revenue, we'll have a profit of nearly 6000 million."

"Is that exaggerated?"

This number exceeded Xu Lang's expectations.

After a moment's thought, Xu Lang asked:

What's the situation in Wangtai, Hunan?

He had barely finished speaking when the phone rang again.

I picked up my phone and saw that, as if on cue, Wang Bingwen was the one making the call.

"Xu Lang, are you deliberately avoiding me?"

As soon as the call connected, Wang Bingwen questioned him very bluntly.

"No, I've been in seclusion these past few days cultivating. Besides, I wouldn't avoid you, no matter who else I'm avoiding!"

Xu Lang was genuinely embarrassed by his question.

"Xu Lang, you probably know what I mean by calling. I'm telling you, you absolutely have to give me exclusive rights to broadcast the drama 'Struggle'."

Name your price, and I'll agree to anything.

"Well..."

Wang Bingwen's tone really put Xu Lang in a difficult position.

Saying things like "Name your price" is just something to listen to, but you absolutely shouldn't take it seriously. Do you really dare to ask for 320 million per episode?

That's not tender!

By simply offending someone, her relationship with Hunan TV was completely severed.

Xu Lang was unwilling to see this happen, after all, Hunan TV had helped him build his fortune.

What's more, he still has "hostages" at Hunan TV, such as Yang Ying and Liu Yan, who are still working there as hosts.

And the national competition for "Super Girl" is about to begin.

Zhang Liangying is still aiming for the championship.

Now, if things really fall apart with Hunan TV, wouldn't Wang Bingwen just kick Zhang Liangying out of "Super Girl"?

More importantly, Xu Lang felt that Wang Bingwen had treated him well, and he didn't want to ruin their relationship.

but. . .

This is no small amount of money; it can easily be in the tens of millions.

Xu Lang was genuinely puzzled.