Over the weekend, Ancheng gambling king Zhang Jiuliang returned to Arcadia Community carrying a small schoolbag.
Today, the elevator was undergoing routine maintenance for about two hours, so the little girl was forced to take the stairs. Fortunately, she lived on the ninth floor at home, not the thirtieth floor, otherwise running up would have cost her half her life.
The height of the nine-story building was extremely easy for the Anseong gambling king who exercised regularly. She jumped all the way up to the eighth floor. The subconscious in her mind made her stop and take a look at the door on the eighth floor.
Inside is a new home that her brother bought for her, but the decoration has been completed for a year and she has not moved in. She runs to the ninth floor every day.
The gambling king stood at the door with his head tilted and thought for a long time, and finally made a decision:
"If it's empty, it's still empty. I'll put it up for rent on 58.com, which will increase my monthly expenses a lot."
The gambling king was very happy when he thought that he had found another way to make money. He turned around and walked up to the ninth floor in three steps and two steps. He happily took out the key and opened the door.
But as soon as she opened the door, she felt something was wrong. The room was quiet, and there was a solemn atmosphere in the air. Through this solemn atmosphere, she could vaguely feel that a big battle had happened in this living room.
"Could it be..."
The gambling king's eyes were stunned, and then he patted his thigh regretfully: "I missed a good show!"
"Liangliang! You are back, come here quickly."
Li Youqing, who was sitting on the sofa studying the script, saw Zhang Jiuliang coming back and waved to her quickly.
After getting along for several years, the relationship between the sister-in-law and the sister-in-law has become much closer. Although it has not yet reached the level of family affection, basically as long as Li Youqing is willing to spend some money, there will be no secrets between them.
"What's wrong? Where's my brother?" Liangliang casually kicked off her flat shoes, put on her slippers with a slight hook of her toes, and walked towards the sofa while looking towards the kitchen.
There seems to be some noise in the kitchen.
"He's cooking in the kitchen, leave him alone." Li Youqing's tone changed slightly when he mentioned Jiangbei, full of resentment.
Liangliang knew that there might be some conflicts between the young couple.
But why do conflicts occur?
Could it be that the brother’s ban on his sister-in-law was exposed?
That's not right! If she was really exposed, she would have been targeted as an accomplice, so that's not the problem.
Since it had nothing to do with her, Liangliang didn't care so much. She walked to the sofa and sat down and asked, "What does sister-in-law want from me?"
Li Youqing handed over the A4 paper on the coffee table and said: "Look, this is the script given by Teacher Ji. She suggested that I make this promotional video longer, and it would be better to have a plot transition like this."
Liangliang picked up the paper and took a look. She was really not very interested in these things. She flipped through them briefly and said, "Isn't that pretty good?"
"But your brother doesn't agree, because this investment requires 20 million, and he doesn't think it's necessary."
Li Youqing finally revealed her purpose. She wanted to win Zhang Jiuliang's vote, hoping that through the cooperation between her sister-in-law and her sister-in-law, Jiangbei would agree to the filming of the promotional video.
But Liangliang was in the same camp as her brother, and she would definitely not help her sister-in-law, so she immediately wanted to take sides and spoke out.
But as she spoke, her sharp eyes noticed that her sister-in-law calmly took out a stack of red bills from her pocket, and visually judged that there were at least ten.
The gambling king was silent.
Li Youqing glanced at the kitchen and lowered his voice and said: "This is the deposit. If this matter can be settled, Alipay will transfer another ten thousand to you."
"My brother is not sensible, I will tell him to go later." Liang Liang stuffed the cash into his pocket and patted it, patted his chest, got up and walked towards the kitchen, while giving a reassuring gesture.
In the kitchen, Jiang Bei is carefully steaming hairy crabs.
In fact, there is nothing special about steaming hairy crabs. It's just a matter of adding water to the fire and steaming the crabs. I don't know how Li Youqing managed to keep the crabs alive after steaming in the past, which caused pain to the crab eaters and even more pain to the crab cooks.
"Brother, I heard that you don't approve of your sister-in-law investing 20 million in a promotional video?" Liangliang walked in and grabbed a cucumber and asked.
"The entire hot pot enterprise has a total investment of 50 million, and shooting an advertisement will cost 20 million. Do you think it's appropriate?" Jiang Bei glanced at the door and said in a low tone.
"Sister-in-law can't hear you, so stop acting." Liangliang bumped Jiang Bei's arm and whispered, "I think brother, you should agree to your sister-in-law's filming of this promotional video."
"Um?"
What is this nonsense?
How do my teammates talk to the enemy?
"I'm not talking to my sister-in-law, I just feel that there is no need for this to affect the current loving relationship between you and your sister-in-law." Liangliang continued to eat cucumber casually.
"The conflict is only temporary, and I can't indulge her in everything, otherwise how will I maintain my supreme family status in the future?" Jiang Bei shook his head, not agreeing with Liang Liang's explanation.
"That's true, but are you sure that my sister-in-law's plan is really arbitrary?" Liangliang asked, tilting her head.
Jiangbei was silent when he heard this.
In fact, although Li Youqing's plan is a bit risky, if it succeeds, the benefits will still be considerable. It will not only open up the hot pot brand chain market, but also get more attention for herself.
It's like an investment. Investment has risks, and the benefits behind this risk are indeed worth the gamble.
So it's really not a willful thing to say.
"Of course, brother, you can also say that my sister-in-law is being willful, but are you really willing to see the relationship between you and your young couple that has finally become close begin to decline? And to take a step back, my sister-in-law still understands your character very well, brother.
Your rejection of her on the grounds of 'too much investment' is obviously untenable. If you persist, it will only be counterproductive and make her suspicious and expose yourself."
Zhuge Liang is indeed Zhuge Liang, he can always find reasons to persuade you from all aspects.
"Then you mean that I agree to her taking 20 million to make a promotional film?" Jiang Bei glanced at the gambling king and asked.
"Let her shoot it. It's just an advertisement anyway, and it won't bring any substantial benefits to my sister-in-law. Not to mention the fame, it's just temporary popularity at most." Liangliang finished speaking indifferently, and then
He took the initiative to get closer and lowered his voice and said: "And I heard from my sister-in-law that after the promotional video is produced, she will consider selling it to an online broadcast platform to recoup the cost. I seem to remember that my sister-in-law proposed to Erjing Film and Television that it be a free (nominal one yuan) endorsement.
Our hot pot brand, so the corresponding promotional video cannot be used for profit, otherwise as an artist under Erjing Film and Television, she will damage the interests of the company. Since it has damaged the interests of the company, does the company have reason to punish her?
Where’s the punishment?”
"That makes sense!" Jiang Bei's eyes lit up as he looked at the steaming steamer.
Capitalists are chasing profits. Erjing Film and Television spends tens of millions every year to sign Li Youqing. The purpose must be to use her to achieve the purpose of making profits for the company.
This time Erjing Film and Television agreed that Li Youqing would endorse "Qingjiang Hot Pot" for free. In addition to Jiangbei's secret instruction, it was also related to the "free" aspect.
But once this promotional video actually makes money, the problem will become serious. Because apart from being a spokesperson, Li Youqing is also the proprietress of Qingjiang Hot Pot.
In other words, two partners agreed to sell goods for free, but one of the partners secretly took the goods and sold them privately to make a profit.
Such behavior is unacceptable to anyone.
But then, Jiang Bei thought of another question: "But this matter cannot be exposed, otherwise it will implicate the hot pot restaurant."
"Oh! We are the masterminds of this matter, how can it be exposed?" Liangliang bumped her brother's arm with her arm, and Nunu said: "Xie Qiangqiang ran out."
"Fuck!"
"..."
In the end, Jiangbei decided to follow Liangliang's suggestion and agreed to Li Youqing's proposal to invest 20 million to shoot a micro-film-style promotional video.
This agreement also made Xiao Nizi very happy, and she even became particularly proactive and enthusiastic when the two of them were whispering, which could be regarded as allowing the old man to take advantage of his return in advance.
In another room, the gambling king of Ancheng looked at the 1,000 yuan transfer from Alipay on his mobile phone and cursed: "Damn it, Li Youqing, the math teacher was taught by ghosts, right?"
...
Golden autumn October.
The entertainment industry is constantly changing. Yesterday, Kun Kun dominated the rankings, and today they are fighting for the top spot. Artists have become less and less valuable in this era of traffic.
Even Li Youqing, who has been popular for several years, has not been able to escape this pattern. For nearly a year, she has no works and even few hot searches that have been exposed to the public eye. In the first three quarters of Baidu, she ranked among the most searched female celebrities in the entertainment industry.
The ranking has dropped from first to ninth.
If this rate continues, it is estimated that Li Youqing will fall out of the top twelve on the list before the end of this year.
In fact, there are already many fans on Weibo asking and urging her, hoping that she can release new works as soon as possible, etc. There are even some fans whose comments are particularly true, directly saying that they have been attracted by other female celebrities and want to leave the kindergarten.
The organization is really sad.
But this is the entertainment industry, especially in today's traffic era. If you want to ensure long-term popularity, you must continue to produce new and high-quality works.
And this is what Li Youqing himself is currently worried about.
Her dream is not yet complete.
I will never allow myself to be abandoned by the entertainment industry like this.
That's why I was willing to spend 20 million to shoot a short-film-style promotional video this time, in order to seek the opportunity to appear in front of the public eye again.
"Don't worry, Youyou. If the response to this promotional video is good, we can directly make it into a film and TV show and put it on the big screen." At the Weilan Film and Television Base, Ji Yingzi and the filming crew are waiting for the staff of the Weilan Film and Television Base to help free up space for filming.
At the venue, she saw that Li Youqing had been scrolling through Weibo. Knowing the situation, she comforted her.
"Um."
Li Youqing nodded upon hearing this and was about to answer when Ji Yingzi's assistant suddenly ran over and said: "Director, our shooting location has been occupied. The staff at the Weilan Film and Television Base told us that we might not have a free location for us to shoot until the evening.
"
Ji Yingzi frowned and asked in confusion: "Didn't we already contact each other a long time ago? And at that time, they said they had a good venue for us?"
The assistant wiped the sweat produced by running and said hurriedly: "It was temporarily requisitioned."
"Who is so capable that they can temporarily requisition them?" Ji Yingzi asked with a sneer.
"The crew of "The Splendor of Daqing" is a historical TV series invested by Erjing Cinema."