115: Chapter 115 Bodyguard and Female Boss

The value of "every day" continues to rise.

Every year, the Chinese Music Industry produces many new songs, and there is naturally no shortage of love duets between men and women, but to be honest, not many of them become hits.

It is not because people do not like them; there is only one reason they do not take off: the quality of the works on the market is truly uneven, and there are quite a few that are just making up the numbers.

But now, with "every day," first, the Songwriting is good; second, both Ruan and Lin sing it well; and third, it has the added boost of Ruan Xingyu's fame.

If it does not become a hit, what will?

After the song became a hit, it was actually fine for Ruan Xingyu, as she already had many representative works.

But for Lin Chuyan, it was different.

Many people have already noticed: how did this kid, slowly but surely, end up with so many well-known representative works?

From "ambush from ten sides" to "I Am a Fish" and then to "every day"...

Even "the flower that blooms only for itself," a song that had never been released, could become the ending theme for Director Li Li's movie. As the movie box office keeps climbing, how many people across China have heard it?

Don't look at the many people online scolding Lin Chuyan; are they scolding the song? Everyone knows clearly that the scolding is basically aimed at Lin Chuyan the person. At most, they say he got lucky, or that someone else could have sung the song just as well, but no one says he does not sing well...

Finally, look at Aiyue.com; Lin Mer still has many songs registered but not yet released...

Many people have already started looking forward to his next album.

Lin Chuyan himself was fine. For the past two days, his lovestruck brain had been acting up, and he only thought about one thing every day: wanting to check major platforms from time to time to see the comments about "every day."

It is fun, really fun.

Fortunately, after two days of slacking off, some real work finally found him.

Wu Yue entered the rehearsal room: "Xiao Yan, good news."

Lin Chuyan composed his expression again: "What is it, Brother Yue?"

"News from Zheng Hai says that Douyin wants to invite Ruan Xingyu to join the platform."

"She did not tell me. And then?"

"Then I told Zheng Hai, why not let you join too? You aren't expensive anyway. Guess what Douyin said?"

Lin Chuyan became interested and followed up: "What did they say?"

"Douyin does not want you, hahaha! They said you can join if you want, just register an account yourself, and they will add a V to verify it for you, hahaha!"

"Fine, fine, they only want top-tier stars, right? Big platforms are just arrogant." Lin Chuyan twitched his mouth. "Brother, why don't you just tell me the good news?"

"Hahaha!" Wu Yue laughed a few more times before stopping. "Alright, I will stop laughing. It is like this: Douyin is all about making videos. How your girlfriend posts her first video after joining is a question. So, I made a suggestion to Zheng Hai. Aren't you going to shoot the MV for "every day" later? Why not just have an exclusive premiere on Douyin?"

Lin Chuyan's eyes lit up: "As expected of you, Brother Yue! That is a great idea."

"Right? Zheng Hai thought it was good too. After mentioning it to Douyin, they also thought it was a good idea, since "every day" is so popular lately."

Lin Chuyan pondered for a moment: "That is not bad. As long as we get paid, it is fine."

It is all business, and besides, their strategy is to only want top-tier stars, so what can you do? There is no need to care about face in this regard. How much is face worth anyway?

Moreover, regardless of whether Douyin invited him or not, he had planned to open an account—he had witnessed the traffic of Douyin back when the scandal with Pei Li was spread. These are all treasure chests.

The reason he kept putting it off was partly because he was busy, and partly because he did not know what content to film.

He felt he could let Xia Zhi think about it; maybe filming some daily life videos would be good?

Wu Yue nodded: "The money is still being negotiated, don't worry, you won't lose out. Anyway, the MV can be filmed first."

With Wu Yue there, Lin Chuyan was very relieved.

Originally, the director responsible for shooting the MV for them was supposed to be Tianxing's in-house director, Liang Junjie, who had previously filmed "I Am a Fish" for Lin Chuyan.

However, because of the exclusive deal, Douyin sent an entire directing and planning team over, and they would continue to produce other creative videos for Ruan Xingyu later on.

As for shooting the MV, Lin Chuyan and Ruan Xingyu could be considered experienced...

Both of them thought of the scenes from when they shot "I Am a Fish" last year, looked at each other, and well, remembered many things.

Back then, when they were in the ambiguous phase, they did not drag it out too long; both chose to be brave and took that step forward.

After they got together, the fact that they saw less of each other did not make them drift apart; instead, it made them cherish this relationship even more.

Everything was understood without words.

However, things were not quite what they had imagined.

After hearing the introduction from the Douyin directing team, Lin Chuyan wanted to say that there must be someone on the team secretly shipping him and Ruan Xingyu...

It was absurd. For such a love song, the lyrics did not convey any plot, yet the team designed a complete movie-like plot for the MV, forcibly arranging two roles for them—a handsome bodyguard and his female boss.

It wasn't complicated; it was just a bodyguard and a boss harboring secret crushes on each other.

But! But! Lin Chuyan wearing a suit is really fucking handsome!

Because he was just a bodyguard, it was actually just a plain black suit, but who knew it would look so good on Lin Chuyan?

The girls from the Douyin team were all beaming, and they became even more confident in this MV.

Ruan Xingyu found a chance to whisper to him: "No wonder. How does that saying go? A suit is a man's best weapon?"

Lin Chuyan also lowered his voice: "You like it?"

Ruan Xingyu was not shy at all, saying generously: "I like it. It looks good, I love looking at it, wear it more often, thanks!"

"..."

It was clear that she really, really liked it.

The subsequent shooting went very smoothly.

After all, this was just an MV. Many plot developments relied on intuition, so the difficulty was not high.

Although Ruan Xingyu had not acted before, this role of a cold, aloof female boss suited her very well. With her face, when she was usually stern, she had a very strong imperial sister aura.

And the part that was originally the hardest for Ruan Xingyu—showing affection for her subordinate bodyguard while being cold and aloof—was actually a bit too simple because of some reason that could not be told to outsiders...

The result was that the MV director's requirements for her had changed.

"Um, Teacher Ruan, you can rein in that look a little bit more. We can suppress the emotions here first."

And as a professional actor, Lin Chuyan naturally had no problems at all.

As the saying goes, even when a lion hunts a rabbit, it uses its full strength.

So, the final effect presented was that he brought a cinematic feel to this MV.

He portrayed a bodyguard who was serious and responsible about his work, but felt extremely conflicted because he had fallen in love with his female boss, vividly and thoroughly.

He loved her and tried his best to protect her, but he knew his status was low, so he only dared to hide his love in his heart, revealing only a tiny bit inadvertently...

Who wouldn't like a handsome bodyguard who was a bit shy, secretly hid love in his eyes, and looked very secure?

Well, the MV had not even been released yet, and the girls at the shooting site were already mesmerized.