HuaYu: Starting with Photography to Navigate the Entertainment Industry

"Hey, you three, are you all spineless? You've lost interest in pretty girls?"

Xu Lang sat up, unable to contain his curiosity.

"Ugh!"

Jiang Wei lay on the bed, looking utterly dejected. "They say comparing yourself to others is a recipe for disaster, and comparing goods is a recipe for disaster. I didn't believe it before, but now I do!"

"Isn't that right!"

Even the usually sharp-tongued Mao Jian was unusually moved, saying, "Tell me, how can there be such a huge difference in people's character?"

"Um?"

Xu Lang was even more curious. What was going on?

He looked at Zhang Yanbin and pressed, "Tell me honestly, what happened?"

"Ugh!"

Zhang Yanbin couldn't help but sigh, "Brother Lang, don't let us see your photos next time, it's too discouraging."

"Yeah," Jiang Wei chimed in, "After seeing your entry and then thinking about mine, I really have no ideas at all."

"What other ideas could there be?"

Mao Jian's words were full of envy, jealousy and hatred: "The third brother's photography skills are already good, and now he has such a beautiful model. What's even more infuriating is that the model is so willing to go all out."

At this point, he looked at Xu Lang and said, "Are you trying to kill us all?"

Without comparison, there is no harm!

This saying proved true once again for the three sacrificial animals.

However, this time the blow was exceptionally severe, and it completely collapsed!

"Ha ha!"

Xu Lang chuckled softly. The saying "no comparison, no harm" applied to him as follows:

Happiness is always something you discover through comparison!

"Oh, so that's what it was about." Xu Lang put away his camera. "You guys picked the wrong comparison. Why compare yourself to me? Why don't the three of you compare yourselves?"

Xu Lang's words sound arrogant, but in reality, they are very down-to-earth.

Even without a god-level photography system, Xu Lang's shooting skills are still unmatched by the three of them.

At least Xu Lang has twenty more years of experience and photography expertise, which is a real and overwhelming advantage.

Despite saying that, Jiang Wei and the other two were still depressed.

It's like in a dorm room, there are three underachievers and one high achiever. When the high achiever is studying, the three underachievers can't even enjoy playing games.

Xu Lang had tried to persuade him and provided the benefits, which was more than enough. He then lay in bed playing on his phone.

Open QQ and send a message to Qin Feifei:

"Sister Fei, your competition photos are no good. You need to retake them, and take higher quality ones."

Qin Feifei quickly sent back a message:

"That shouldn't be the case; the photo is already quite good."

Without saying a word, Xu Lang sent over the photo he had taken of Su Wan earlier.

This time, Qin Feifei didn't reply for a long time.

After a long pause, she finally replied:

"Our school is truly full of hidden talents; we actually have entries of this caliber!"

Qin Feifei majored in acting and minored in photography in college, so her ability to appreciate photographic works goes without saying.

"It seems she was also shocked by this photo!"

As Xu Lang was thinking, Qin Feifei sent another message:

"Where did you get this photo? Do you know who took it?"

"I took the picture."

"Well..."

Qin Feifei was somewhat speechless. The top of the input box kept switching between "typing" and "blank," clearly indicating that she was struggling with her choice of words.

After waiting a moment, Qin Feifei finally sent a message:

"What do you mean? Just say it!!!"

Seeing the three exclamation marks, Xu Lang's heart skipped a beat. "Oh no, it seems Sister Fei is angry."

Just as he was about to reply, Qin Feifei sent him several more messages in quick succession:

"Is it because I didn't pay you? Just tell me how much it is, and I'll pay you back right now."

"Or rather, you feel I'm wearing too much clothing, and you want me to take it off?"

"Who do you think you are? Just because I give you a friendly look doesn't make you think you're above the law, do you? You even want to boss me around?"

. . . . . .

Holy crap!

Xu Lang was stunned when he saw these few lines of text.

What's going on?

Qin Feifei, did you take the wrong medicine?

Or did you get upset somewhere and take it out on me?!

Xu Lang couldn't understand why Qin Feifei suddenly seemed to have a breakdown.

Is such a strong reaction really necessary?

Taking a deep breath, Xu Lang calmed down and thought about it:

Without a doubt, Qin Feifei thinks I did it on purpose, that I wasn't careful when taking her photos, and now I'm using other people's photos to provoke her, which is malicious.

As for her understanding of ulterior motives, one was that they wanted her money, and the other was that they wanted to take advantage of her body.

"Oh!"

Xu Lang was speechless.

Since his rebirth, he has given Qin Feifei the utmost patience and respect, yet she still thinks of him this way.

Xu Lang not only felt wronged, but also a little sad.

This doesn't fit his usual behavior at all!

Opening the chat window, Xu Lang didn't hold back and replied directly:

"A real man keeps his word; if I say it's free, it's free."

"And what did you say about me wanting you to take your clothes off? Do you really think I want to see you that much? What, do you think Su Wan's are smaller than yours?"

Xu Lang's two sentences were utterly merciless, especially the second one, which was extremely vicious.

As expected, Qin Feifei broke down again.

"Xu Lang, you bastard!"

"You were the one who started this unreasonable behavior."

Every time Qin Feifei said something, Xu Lang would retort, until Qin Feifei was speechless.

Qin Feifei fell silent, but Xu Lang became even more animated.

"I solemnly declare that the photos I took of you required several times more effort than the photos I took of Su Wan!"

"You've studied photography yourself, so you should know that the quality of a photograph isn't entirely determined by the photographer."

"The model herself is also crucial!"

"If you don't perform well and are too stiff about everything, don't push the blame onto the photographer."

Qin Feifei, who had been silent, was once again brought to her breaking point by Xu Lang's words:

"Don't you even know? I was a top student in the acting department back in the day, always ranking first in every subject. You think I didn't perform well? Humph, you really dare to say that!"

Oh?!

That's really arrogant!

Xu Lang sneered and typed directly into the chat box:

"Objectively speaking, the previous scenes I filmed for you were all posed, and you were at a disadvantage in terms of emotion. So, I'll pick a scene for you, and if you can express that emotion, I'll be impressed."

However, if you're too scared to act or can't perform, then stop bragging and apologize to me properly.

"Okay, tell me, which scene?"

This is exactly what Xu Lang was waiting for.

His lips curved into a smile, and he raised an eyebrow, looking as if his wicked scheme had succeeded.

"In The Return of the Condor Heroes, Guo Fu's famous scene is kneeling down on the battlefield and begging Yang Guo to save Yelü Qi."

Well...

Qin Feifei on the other side fell silent again.

Seeing this, Xu Lang quickly continued his attack, using the provocation tactic once again.

"What? You're scared now? If you admit defeat now, even if only the two of us know, you'll still look bad."

As soon as he sent his message, Qin Feifei replied with a message from the other end.

"Xu Lang, you don't need to goad me. Your little tricks won't work on me."

However, I can still agree to your request.

Remember, it's not because your wicked scheme succeeded, it's because I'm going to slap you hard in the face!

Slap me in the face?

Haha!

Xu Lang wasn't afraid of this.

"Okay, remember what you said."

I'll go find the photographer at the studio to borrow the space and costumes in a bit.

"Go ahead and try if you dare!"