The weather at the end of July was very warm.
Even though they lowered the air-conditioning temperature, Fatty Wei’s forehead was still dotted with his sweat.
Lu Yuan felt very warm as well.
However, Lu Yuan felt a coldness that seemed to bring him to the heavens.
In this world, there would always be many sources of temptation.
Some sources of temptation could cause people’s hearts to twitch, their souls to tremble. In fact, some would even cause people to be unable to resist, and these would be like those who sold their souls to the devil.
Lu Yuan’s eyes widened. He felt like he was back in his beautiful dream, floating in an ocean of money notes. He could no longer extricate himself from it.
Selling his soul… Hmm, it didn’t seem that bad?
“I suddenly have a great idea!” Lu Yuan drew in a deep breath. He had a straight face as he stared at Fatty Wei who seemed a little puzzled.
“What idea?” Fatty Wei was engrossed by the song earlier. He basically had no idea what Lu Yuan was thinking.
“Why don’t…I…” Lu Yuan swallowed his saliva. He glanced at the Weibo’s headlines while feeling an itch in his heart.
“Damn. A`Yuan, do you have to be so low? You want to report yourself? This plan…” Upon seeing the strange look in Lu Yuan’s eyes, Fatty Wei instantly understood. After he understood, his gaze became complicated.
“How high do you think the possibility of success is?”
“The possibility is very high!” Fatty Wei gulped down, speaking as he heaved a sigh. All of a sudden, his mood wavered a little.
The two of them were partners in notoriety. The moment one showed an expression, the other instantly knew what it meant.
“Crazy!” Li Qing took the phone away and closed the Weibo app as he glared at the two of them. “Don’t act nonsensically.”
“Old Li, what do you mean? You don’t want the free $300,000?” Fatty Wei felt some unhappiness now. “Also, this won’t bring any troubles for A`Yuan!”
“If we report now, A`Yuan will only be worth $300,000. Do you know what it means to hype things up? I think your brain has turned to the brain of a pig!
“What? What do you mean? Pig brain? F*ck!” Fatty Wei was so angered that he roared. He immediately rushed toward Li Qing. How could the skinny figure of Li Qing withstand the bodyweight of Fatty Wei? With this rush, Fatty Wei directly trampled Li Qing beneath his body. Li Qing could only beg for mercy.
As for Lu Yihong, he speechlessly shook his head. He placed his book down and went toward Lu Yuan.
“A`Yuan, what do you think?”
“Cough, let me have a smoke first before thinking.
“The last stick was finished by Fatty Wei.”
“Alright then.” Lu Yuan scratched his head.
He really thirsted for the $300,000 and he indeed had the notion of reporting himself. But after he took a step back, Lu Yuan realized that his act of reporting himself was truly too shameless.
How would someone cultured do this?
Wasn’t this too ‘low-class’?
(No matter what, I’m a decent person. How can I do such a thing? Is this an international joke?)
“I feel that this song [Invisible Wings] is just starting to get popular, and its popularity hasn’t reached its peak yet. Many things can be hyped up; hence, I feel that if you want to report yourself now, the timing isn’t suitable. After all, we won’t be able to maximize the profits!” Lu Yihong was an experienced veteran in the entertainment industry. He had long thought of Lu Yuan as one of his real friends after hanging out so long with him. Hence, he pushed his glasses up and seriously planned things out for Lu Yuan.
“So, we should wait?” Lu Yuan wavered again. He wasn’t a fool and instantly understood the meaning after hearing this explanation.
“Yes. We will wait for the popularity of [Invisible Wings] to reach its peak. On the eve before our movie gets screened, we will find a group of people to stir this up again, whetting the people’s enthusiasm. At that time, we can also use the momentum and push our movie’s earnings up…” Lu Yihong nodded as he analyzed the benefits this incident could bring.
“Mn, correct.”
“Damn, not bad. Old Lu, when are you resolving your contract with China Gold?”
The eyes of Fatty Wei, who was still crushing Li Qing underneath him, brightened upon hearing this. After that, he moved to Lu Yuhong’s side as he asked.
“This year’s end. Why?”
“After your contract ends, come and join us. We only lack a good-for-nothing advisor… As long as we have food on the table, we won’t mistreat you!” Fatty Wei rubbed his throat as an excited gleam flashed in his eyes.
“Scram!” Upon hearing the words ‘good-for-nothing advisor’, Lu Yihong took a deep breath and shouted the word ‘scram’ in a very rude manner.
“What? We are a bunch of young men overflowing with talent. In the future, the entertainment industry will definitely have a place for us! We have dreams and ambitions. This is especially so for A`Yuan, he is incomparably awesome!”
“Are you crazy? You guys are but a motley crew!” Li Qing raged.
“What? Say it again!” The fatty raged, and once again pressed Li Qing underneath him.
“…”
Lu Yihong stared at the two clowns. He then looked at Lu Yuan who was looking at his phone. After that, he closed his eyes.
Actually…
He really liked living like this very much.
If the movie was a success, then…
He shook his head.
Now, it was still too early to think of all these.
As for Lu Yuan, there was a calm look on his face. Lu Yuan only wanted to obtain more money.
It was useless for you to speak of things such as dreams and ambitions to him.
Lu Yuan’s dream and ambition were to become a wealthy person.
…………
After confirming that they would wait, Lu Yuan and this bunch of motley crew also became serious (rarely) and began to make the preparations for matters such as the editing of their movie, contacting the various sponsors, applying for advertisements, etc. The $300,000 was no longer fore-front in their minds.
Although Lu Yuan and the others temporarily gave up on this, others who saw the Weibo headlines were incomparably agitated.
“I finally saw all my dreams blossoming into flowers.
The youth chasing after his dreams.
How resonant his voice was.
I finally soar.
Use your heart to see, there’s no need to fear.
Fly as far as you can, to wherever there’s wind!”
At the start, this song was only popular via CD and radio tapes. But as time flowed by, this song began to spread through the great streets and small alleys; everyone in the city was singing it. Also, An Xiao’s posters were pasted everywhere. One could see her face on the video net, music web, and singing companies… In any case, the various large cities of China were all filled with An Xiao’s voice and promotion for [Invisible Wings]. Not even half a month later, this song became a hit that must be selected for sure if one went to KTV. It was simply so popular that it was beyond belief…
Now that [Invisible Wings] got popular, the first step of An Xiao going solo was a great success!
Naturally, news about Doggy Lu also started to hype up.
The headlines of Weibo was dominated by false news about ‘Doggy Lu’ and ‘Barbarian Lu’
Some people said that ‘Doggy Lu’ was a talented wealthy person and fell in love at first-sight with An Xiao. Hence, he spent a few months writing this song to confess to her. Some felt that ‘Doggy Lu’ was a famous musician in the industry. It was unknown how many favors An Xiao had called in and how many times she had pleaded before the musician wrote this song for her. There were also people saying that ‘Barbarian Lu’ / ‘Doggy Lu’ were childhood sweethearts with An Xiao. They grew up together and had such deep emotional ties, which was why he could write such a good song.
Naturally, countless rumors were floating online. No one inspected and verified the news. The bounty on Weibo also grew increasingly higher, from the starting $300,000 to $350,000 and from $350,000 to $400,000…
There would always be brave men stepping out on account of such heavy rewards. At the start of august, a bunch of reporters flooded the ‘Meeting You’ Cafe and kept trying to find out if An Xiao had come here before.
However, everyone at [Meeting You] coffeehouse politely shook their heads, indicating that they didn’t know.
Even if they knew, they wouldn’t say.
This was their industry rules; they wouldn’t break it.
As for the main lead himself, he spent his days substantially and speechlessly. Although he was busy with the later-phase work of the movie, he would always be awakened by Fatty Wei’s duck-like laughter. Every morning when he opened his eyes, he would see Fatty Wei passing his phone over and pointing to the latest news as he clutched his stomach while laughing.
“A`Yuan, when did you become a lyricist that’s 80 years old?”
“A`Yuan, when did you become so awesome?”
“A`Yuan, you have been secretly in love with An Xiao for over 30 years? Why don’t I feel that you are that old?”
“A`Yuan, haha. The comment here said that you have changed your gender!”
When facing all these nonsensical news reports, other than Lu Yuan grabbing Fatty Wei’s phone and tossing it to the side, he had no solutions to deal with it…
These people of the media were too shameless. They were not only shameless, but they were very excessive as well. Lu Yuan had no way to deal with them!
………
“I have news!”
“What news!”
“Distant Entertainment!”
“What? I’ve never heard of this before.”
“An Xiao went to Distant Entertainment before!”
“What? You are saying…”
“Haha, the $400,000 reward is ours!”
“But we have no proof!”
“Yes, but we will know after we go and check it out…”
“Right!”