212: Bring glory

After Lu Qingyu finished his performance, he headed toward the backstage. When he arrived at the lounge, the singers sitting in a row immediately stood up, and a round of warm applause rang out. Lu Qingyu greeted everyone modestly.

The veteran singer Na La couldn't help but step forward first. This was her first time meeting Lu Qingyu, and the moment she saw him, she couldn't help but give him a thumbs-up in excitement.

"Incredible, you are just too incredible."

Sister Na La was very excited. She had been in the music industry for decades and hadn't expected to still be competing on the same stage with others at her age.

The previous performances by the other Dragon Kingdom singers on the Program Production Team had been too disappointing, so everyone had pinned all their hopes on her. It was impossible to say there was no pressure.

But she had no choice. At her age, she wasn't like the youngsters; even if she wanted to fight, she didn't have the energy anymore.

In the first six episodes of the show, her best result was second place. Not to mention Su Wang wanting to leave this show, she felt the same way.

The feeling of being unable to leave yet unable to win was too painful.

At the same time, she was truly unwilling to see Dragon Kingdom people being suppressed by foreigners.

She was so happy to see Lu Qingyu today; he had truly brought glory to the Chinese people.

Lu Qingyu respected Sister Na very much and stepped forward very politely to shake her hand and give her a hug.

"Thank you, Sister Na."

Lu Qingyu won Sister Na over instantly. He was so handsome, so talented, and younger than her own son. If he were her son, she would be so happy.

"Young man, you're so handsome, just like my own son."

Lu Qingyu, who possessed a mature soul, suddenly felt awkward. Why did it feel like everyone wanted to treat him like a son? But he only wanted to be other people's father.

After greeting Sister Na, Lu Qingyu greeted the other singers as well.

Caesar was won over by Lu Qingyu's strength. He gave a thumbs-up and then gave Lu Qingyu a big hug.

He said to Lu Qingyu in broken Chinese, "Nee tai bang le."

Lu Qingyu thanked him repeatedly.

When it came to Levi, Levi reached out to shake Lu Qingyu's hand. There was no warmth, no excitement, and no happiness—only a standardized smile.

He hadn't expected Lu Qingyu to be such a dark horse; it seemed he had underestimated the enemy.

After a round of greetings, everyone sat on the sofa and chatted for a few minutes. In less than five minutes, the director came backstage to announce the results.

Holding the list in his hand, the director kept everyone in suspense. An answer that could have been announced in one minute was dragged out for ten minutes by him.

He first announced the rankings of all the singers. When it was finally time to announce Lu Qingyu's challenge results, he was still slow and deliberate.

"Qingyu, how do you think you performed?"

Lu Qingyu: "Quite well."

Those two simple words revealed his confidence; Lu Qingyu didn't waste any words at all.

Director: "Do you think your challenge today will be successful?"

Lu Qingyu: "Yes."

Levi curled his lips into a smile, and the director let out a loud laugh.

"So confident?"

Lu Qingyu looked at the director. The director's eyes were practically disappearing from smiling. Yes, he was, so could they please hurry up? He still had a flight to catch.

Lu Qingyu appeared very calm and not excited at all, as if he were full of confidence in his results.

Every one of his answers was very simple. The director thought Lu Qingyu was an introvert, but in fact, Lu Qingyu wanted to finish the recording quickly so he could rush to the airport. If he were delayed, the next flight wouldn't be for another 12 hours.

He was currently a man carrying a $2 billion KPI. The appearance fee for participating in King of Singers wasn't even enough to cover one day's interest on $2 billion.

Seeing that it was about time, the director proudly announced to everyone, "Congratulations to Lu Qingyu for a successful challenge."

The result seemed to have already been in all the singers' hearts, and everyone stood up one after another to congratulate Lu Qingyu.

Lu Qingyu accepted everyone's congratulations, and the program was finally finished recording.

When he came out of the TV station, Lu Qingyu's fans were outside supporting him. Because he was in a hurry to catch a flight, he didn't have much time to interact with them. Lu Qingyu had his studio staff buy milk tea for all the fans on-site, and then Lu Qingyu left first.

The fans excitedly held their milk tea:

["Waaa, I'm so touched, my idol treated me to milk tea!"]

["Save me, this milk tea is so sweet I feel like I'm floating."]

["This is the happiest I've ever been supporting him."]

["Little brother has grown taller again and become even more handsome."]

Two hours later, Lu Qingyu fell asleep on the plane.

After working for over twenty hours straight, he had to recharge his energy for two hours.

Su Jixing silently pulled Lu Qingyu's laptop from his hands and placed it on the table.

The makeup on Lu Qingyu's face hadn't been removed yet, but even so, traces of dark circles could still be seen. He suddenly felt a bit sorry for Lu Qingyu.

Sometimes it was hard to reconcile Lu Qingyu the person with his age.

Lu Qingyu was the most worry-free person he had ever managed, and also the most formidable artist he had ever managed.

He was too powerful; it seemed that as long as it was something he wanted to do, no one could defeat him in that field.

He also hadn't expected that following Lu Qingyu would allow him to be not just an Agent, but also a manager.

He even less expected that money could be earned like this. Before, he thought people were all more or less the same, but now he felt that some people simply couldn't be compared.

After the first episode ended, the ratings for King of Singers were in a league of their own among variety shows, ranking first.

The director finally didn't have to be scolded anymore, and this season of King of Singers finally had its own iconic moments.

Having been suppressed for so long, everyone finally felt a sense of pride.

Levi took second place in this episode. Levi didn't care about this result; he considered it a case of underestimating his opponent this time. Next time, first place would be his again.

After Lu Qingyu returned, he used the fastest speed to first compile the story of "frozen." Because it was pure animation, it didn't require live actors, only the company's special effects team to design the character models and then produce the entire film.

Two days later, the first film project to be launched was "frozen." Another two days later, the "iron man" project began operations, followed by "Thor," "transformers," and so on.

The projects that started the slowest were the TV series "gotham" and "the boys."

This was because these two scripts were the hardest to write, and they were all completed by Lu Qingyu alone.

He felt like the CPU in his head was about to burn out.

After Lu Qingyu returned from the variety show, the company's film and television projects started one after another.

Morgan and the others also received the news. Precisely because they saw the news, they felt that Lu Qingyu was truly unprofessional.

"He hasn't even finished one project and is already thinking about doing others. The stuff produced this way will just be shoddy workmanship."

Monica smiled. "It seems he wants to win through quantity."

Morgan shook his head. "They've started so many projects with such fanfare, the initial investment must be significant. But he hasn't considered one problem: not all movies make money. If a movie doesn't reach its expected box office, it can even lose money."

Monica: "President, do I need to cause some trouble for them?"

Morgan puffed on his cigar and gently blew out a smoke ring. "No need. After all, they still have Kane Bailey as their background. Let's not act rashly. Besides, in my opinion, they will collapse on their own before we even have to lift a finger."