265: Chapter 265 Someone's here! Real stuff!

Though he called it taking a break from his busy schedule, Lin Chuyan had quite a bit of work these past few days.

One was recording songs.

After finishing all the remaining harmonies for "my territory" and "Drifting", he would run to Tianxing every morning, just to pester Zheng Hai to hurry up and record "in the name of the father" as well.

Zheng Hai was very cooperative. That day, he held the Songwriting for "in the name of the father," looking at it left and right, studying it for a long time without figuring anything out, and then eventually gave up trying...

It was another rap song, and another song he couldn't quite imagine before recording!

"Dude, seriously? This intro... 1 minute 41 seconds? Is that really okay?"

"And also, the beginning, middle, and end are all in Italian? I heard from Xingxing that Xiao Yan accepted an endorsement for Vogartis, so this song really is just a commercial jingle?"

" 'We are all sinners? Committing different sins?' "

"You're telling me this is a commercial jingle?"

Zheng Hai looked it over again and again, savoring it, and his final thought was just one: What new album? Forget it, I must get this "in the name of the father" finished first!

He personally handled the post-production mixing and mastering, and the whole progress was incredibly fast. By the time "in the name of the father" was actually finished, Zheng Hai was somewhat speechless.

After deliberating for a long time, Zheng Hai said with a very serious expression: "Xiao Yan, there really hasn't been a song like this before."

"Is that so..."

"Let me emphasize this again, you really are a genius."

"Alright..."

Lin Chuyan's inner monologue: Jay Chou is the real genius.

"Remember to make Vogartis pay more."

"Hahaha, that's a good idea!"

Besides recording songs, Lin Chuyan had also quietly spent money on two things these past few days.

The first was buying a new house for his parents back home.

It was still in the same city, but it was much bigger, the environment was much better, and there was no other reason—it was just to make living there more comfortable.

He didn't let his parents handle the renovation either; he directly paid for a designer recommended by Ruan Xingyu. After confirming with his parents, he had the designer directly coordinate with the renovation company.

Lin Zhiyuan also listened to his son and stopped working.

Lin Chuyan had talked to him once before, and at that time, he knew his son could earn a lot of money. But how should he put it? No matter how much the internet said, for an honest cook who had spent his whole life in a small city to imagine how much a top-tier artist in the Chinese Entertainment Industry could earn in a year was still a bit detached from reality. Especially when that person was his own son, it was even more shocking.

Knowing that stars make money was one thing, but when Lin Chuyan would occasionally tell his parents that he earned 10 million for filming this drama, or 15 million for accepting this endorsement, it was another thing entirely.

Therefore, Lin Zhiyuan and Su Lanxin stopped worrying about anything—they couldn't worry even if they wanted to. At first, when Lin Chuyan just started earning money and gave them 100,000, the two of them didn't spend it, still thinking of saving it for him to get married. But now? Especially after hearing from their son that his girlfriend could earn even more than he could...

Forget it, they wouldn't worry about anything. If it weren't for the house matter, the two of them had already planned to pack their luggage and travel across the magnificent landscapes of the motherland.

Now, every time Su Lanxin called her son, the questions she cared about had changed, basically focusing on three points:

1. Warning him that men shouldn't go bad when they have money.

2. Treat my future daughter-in-law better.

3. Get married, get married, and get married.

Lin Chuyan nodded and agreed to each one, almost swearing an oath. However, he was still very relieved in his heart. The thing he feared most was his parents suffering unnecessarily. One had to know that for some people of the older generation, "not refusing to enjoy" was simply harder to achieve than enduring hardship.

The second sum of money was spent on doing charity work together with Ruan Xingyu.

Charity couldn't just stay on their lips, right? The two of them discussed it and decided it would be best to start from this birthday—no matter how grand the birthday party was, it wouldn't be as meaningful as this.

The two decided to do it together, and even started preparing to establish a charity foundation.

They had already thought of the name; it would be called the Yanyu Charity Foundation.

After consulting with professionals, they began preparing the relevant materials, such as the application, draft articles of association, capital verification certificate, and proof of address... and they would have to hire quite a few people later on.

As for the foundation's purpose and focus group, the two had already thought it through clearly. There was no need to make it so complicated; just focus on the elderly and children. There would always be vulnerable groups in this world living difficult lives unseen by anyone; finding them and giving them help was enough.

As for the money, he didn't feel bad about it.

For one, he was indeed earning money quite fiercely now; he had earned a lot this year but had absolutely no time to spend it... Furthermore, as long as his fame was big enough, taking on a few more endorsements brought in money too quickly. Just filming for a few days was equivalent to filming a drama for several months.

Another thing was, on second thought: Wedding house? Already saved up for it. Cars? His girlfriend had already bought him two... So it might be better to do more public welfare and charity. Their army of transmigrators still had to do some good deeds, no other reason, just to thank fate's gift for being so lucky to possess a system.

As for whether doing charity would burn through all his money? It didn't matter; at worst, he could just live off his girlfriend in the future...

Doing charity, and then living off his girlfriend.

Isn't this a kind of shameless spiritual realm?

Besides these unplanned matters, China Mobile was also coordinating with him to film the MV for "my territory".

Because it was a new brand aimed at young customers, the MV location was unhesitatingly set on a campus.

And some of the things that appeared in the lyrics of "my territory" would also appear, which was something both sides had agreed upon after deciding to add the commercial jingle.

The director filming the commercial greeted him, led him around for a lap, and finally stopped at the place where costumes and props were kept, starting to introduce them to him: "Teacher Lin Chuyan, these are today's clothes."

"Hey, this one looks good."

Lin Chuyan picked up a red crewneck sweatshirt; the pattern on the front was a huge Peking Opera face mask, simple yet distinctive.

"The street Dance and Xingyi Monkey Fist that appear in the lyrics have been combined into a short Dance sequence on our end. We can learn it simply in a moment. Don't worry, Teacher, there are only a few moves in it, and it's not difficult."

His status was getting higher and higher now, and many staff members he had just met were becoming increasingly cautious when speaking to him.

"It's okay, it's okay, just do what needs to be done, I will definitely cooperate well." Lin Chuyan thought for a moment, and gave them some reassurance, directly guaranteeing it, "Don't worry, Director, I have a foundation in Dance, I'm not a newbie with uncoordinated limbs. If it's just simple moves, I can definitely complete them very well."

He was indeed not lying; he often practiced boxing and swordplay, so his limbs were quite coordinated. Besides, "Dance" was a specialized skill he had never added points to; at worst, he could just add points to it up to 21.

"Alright, besides dancing, everything else is just some small plot points interspersed in the film. For example, the 'ballet' that appears in the lyrics, we will arrange for you to peek at the girl you like dancing ballet at the beginning of the film, you don't need to do it yourself..."

The director was afraid that Lin Chuyan wouldn't take it to heart, or hadn't even looked at the filming plan provided earlier, so he emphasized it to him once more.

"Understood." Lin Chuyan nodded. He knew all these things the director mentioned, but he always felt it wasn't quite satisfying enough, "Is there anything else? Isn't there any other talent showcase? I saw in the filming plan that it says I'll be wielding a sword."

"Uh... that's just taking a wooden sword and playing around with it, it doesn't really count as a talent showcase, just doing it for show is fine."

"A wooden sword, huh... Can you bring it over for me to see?"

"Doing it for show" wouldn't do. Since it was work, he had to do it to the best of his ability.

The director soon brought the prop over to him.

It really was just a wooden sword, and it was a bit short, looking not very sturdy.

Lin Chuyan took it and weighed it; it was super light, and he couldn't feel anything in his hand: "How do you want me to play with it?"

The director took the wooden sword back and demonstrated.

Chopping left and hacking right.

"It's like this, and then like this..."

Lin Chuyan: "..."

"Director, I think... since we're filming it, why don't you just let me perform a more impressive set?"

Sure enough, having many skills is never a burden. Couldn't the Fangcun Sword Technique he learned from Master Huang come in handy now?

Also, why use a wooden sword? Someone, come here! Bring the real stuff!