195: A 50-year-old woman guards the national gate
Since the incidents at Song Yushuo's home, many of his activities have been canceled. His aunt, who was his Agent and previously only managed him, can no longer support him and has started looking for new talent.
Song Yushuo naively thought he could rely on his strength to get roles and resources. Ridiculously, those who were once very respectful to him now ignore him completely.
He was thought to be a rising star, but turned out to be a shooting star.
Qingcheng Entertainment's new group, SG, is a huge hit. Although they debuted as a group, their main focus is acting and singing; only two or three are proficient in dancing.
The company has developed plans for each of them. To satisfy fans, they've also choreographed two singing and dancing performances as a bonus.
Lu Qingyu's variety show appearance really didn't waste a single bit of resources.
On the variety show rankings, besides Extreme Heartbeat, another show is highly anticipated: King of Singers.
When Lu Qingyu participated in Extreme Heartbeat, King of Singers had just been officially announced. By the time Lu Qingqingyu finished Extreme Heartbeat, the popularity of King of Singers had surpassed it, taking the top spot on the charts.
However, this top spot wasn't because the content was excellent, but because everyone felt embarrassed by the show.
King of Singers is already in its fifth season. The first four seasons were of high quality, and the singers invited were all famous powerhouses in the industry.
Perhaps because the show had already invited all the powerful singers in the domestic entertainment industry, there was no one left for the fifth season.
It wouldn't have mattered if the singers were lackluster, but the key was that besides the domestic singers, there were also two foreign singers.
After the first live broadcast, with all microphones live, the two foreign singers performed as if it were their own concert. Out of the seven people in the Program Production Team's lineup, only one fifty-year-old female singer could hold her own; the others' performances were disastrous.
The director is now being heavily criticized, with everyone blaming him for the poor quality of the singers he invited, saying he brought shame to the country.
So after the first episode, everyone has been @ing powerful singers in the entertainment industry, hoping they will go to King of Singers to save the day and not let the foreigners embarrass them.
With only four days left until the recording of the second episode of King of Singers, Director Hong is being scolded every day in comments and private messages.
[Are you happy seeing our own people get humiliated?]
[Look at the people you invited; none of them are fit for a competition.]
[What kind of songs are these? And what's with your band? The live performance was terrible.]
[How can someone of your level be a director? Just go die already.]
At the King of Singers Program Production Team, Director Hong was also getting frustrated looking at these private messages. He still hadn't decided who the Challenger Singer for the next episode would be.
The choice of this Challenger Singer was crucial. Although he was being harshly criticized by netizens, what they said made sense.
Because of the high quality of previous seasons, this show was quite famous abroad, and many foreigners watched it. Moreover, now that foreign singers had been invited, even more people were watching.
He didn't want to lose face internationally either, but he simply couldn't find anyone.
The show was in the middle of a storm, and Director Hong had sent invitations to many people in the industry.
Su Jixing also received one, but he couldn't agree because Lu Qingyu had gone abroad on business.
Moray had stayed in the Dragon Country for over a month. During this month, he followed Lu Qingyu and learned a lot, while also completing the task his father gave him. Since he still had many things to learn himself, although he was reluctant, he had to go back.
After Qi Fei returned from abroad, he left his company to be managed by a professional manager. The entertainment company Magic Paradise became famous after producing a movie as powerful as avatar and is now in need of good scripts.
The second project Lu Qingyu chose for Magic Paradise was a very long series, game of thrones.
Before deciding to make this series, Lu Qingyu specifically searched to see if the original book existed in this world. Fortunately, it did, but it wasn't as popular as in his previous life. It was currently being serialized, and the content released so far was just enough for the first season.
Lu Qingyu had someone make an appointment with the author of game of thrones. The first thing he did after the plane landed was to buy the copyrights.
George had been writing full-time for six years. During these six years, his life hadn't been great; his meager salary was barely enough for his daily expenses.
His greatest wish was to have his book published, to become a famous writer, and to write a work that everyone would love, but currently, that dream was still a bit far off.
In the evening, he sat in a bar drinking and brainstorming the next part of his book. While he was sitting there quietly thinking, a drunken brute next to him pushed him.
George wasn't paying attention, and the beer in front of him spilled all over him. George was angry, but when he looked back, it was actually Aivi.
Aivi was his neighbor, a man with massive muscles who looked like a Viking.
Aivi was currently working as a bodyguard for a wealthy man and earned a high monthly salary.
Aivi always liked to bully him. He was drunk now, and George didn't want to provoke him.
George stood up and turned to leave, but Aivi grabbed him by the collar.
"George, my good neighbor, where are you going? I came over to chat with you."
George tried hard to pull his collar out of Aivi's hand. Aivi didn't look like he was there to chat; he looked like he was there to belittle him, showing off his good job and mocking George's "trash" job as usual.
"You've had too much to drink, Aivi. You should go home."
"I'm going home too; I can't chat with you."
George wanted to leave, but Aivi suddenly pulled him back and restrained him.
"What's the rush? You don't have a girlfriend. Besides, who doesn't know you? What could you possibly have to do? Isn't it just writing that crappy book all day?"
The thing George could tolerate the least was people calling his book "crappy."
"My book isn't crappy. I will write the best story."
Hearing this, Aivi burst into laughter and even dragged George around in front of the other people in the bar.
"Everyone, look! George, my good neighbor, says he's going to write the best story. Too bad he's struggling even to make a living right now."
George felt humiliated, his face turning bright red. Aivi even patted his face.
"George, why don't you beg me? I can introduce you to my current boss. His family is still hiring bodyguards. With your size, you might actually have a future as a bodyguard."
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