Chapter 55 – The tool man had finally ushered in his own spring.

The executive couldn’t figure it out, and he wondered if he’d heard wrong.

The purchase agreement that their platform signed with its producers is indeed similar to a gamble.
However, what they pay additionally is not real money for the investment, but rather rely on the platform’s traffic to give the publicity resources.

In the past, those who dared to take the initiative to enter the game were usually strong and powerful entertainment companies.
Xinghe, just relying on a film to make a name for themselves, generally speaking they will definitely be more cautious.

“Mr.
Song, do you want to……?” The executive had to ask again.

Song Yunran said: “I still have two TV series in hand, one has been finished and one is in the process of preparation.
How about adding ‘Hongbai Xixi’ to the package and signing it with you?”

I really heard it right.

The executive was even more confused, he looked at Song Yunran’s shining eyes and thought, ‘Could it be that we misunderstood before.
In fact, this man is a foolish son of a landlord’s family?’

But when he thought about the box office miracle of “Hong Bai XiXi”, he felt that he could not take it lightly.

After thinking about it, he could only respond cautiously: “In that case, it might be necessary for us to sit down and talk slowly.”

Song Yunran was delighted to see the other party’s relaxed attitude.

He nodded his head with a pleasant smile on his face, “Then it’s a deal.
By the way, we hope to broadcast it in the first quarter of next year, but please don’t delay too long.”

“……is fine.”

The moment the executive agreed, he suddenly realized that something was wrong!

He obviously only wanted to buy one “Hongbai Xixi”, how come he wanted to buy three of them after just a few words?

Could it be that Song Yunran had planned this long ago, the conversation just now was just waiting for him to take the bait!

Looking at Song Yunran’s happy figure leaving, his eye color sank.

As expected of the Prince of Ning Dong, he really should not be underestimated.

Song Yunran was in a very good mood after having made a big deal.

He took another step forward and went around the ballroom, exchanging contact information with several industry professionals he had admired before.
He planned to work together to make money in the future.

When he changed to his second glass of lemonade, a small figure suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

Song Yunran took a good look and found that it was Shen Yiyi, whom he had not seen for a long time.

Shen Yiyi seemed to see him beforehand and came forward with a smile: “Finally, I found you.”

Song Yunran froze for a moment.

In his previous life, Shen Yiyi left the country shortly after uncovering Chu Xiao Chen’s marital infidelity, and was a dispensable passerby.
But why did she appear here today?


This again does not correspond to the plot of the original work.

The two of them were victims of Chu Xiao Chen’s case.
After meeting, they inevitably had the same enemy and dragged out Chu Xiao Chen, who was waiting to be sentenced, and cursed him.

After cursing, Song Yunran couldn’t hold back his curiosity and asked, “I heard earlier that you were planning to leave the country?”

Shen Yiyi asked curiously, “Who did you hear that from?”

Song Yunran: “I forgot.”

Shen Yiyi didn’t care about these details and admitted, “Actually, if it wasn’t for Chu Xiao Chen kidnapping me that day, I would have been abroad by now.
Originally, I was planning to go abroad to study, take a break, and ideally start a new life.
But after walking through the gate of ghosts, I changed my mind.
Really, I was too stupid before.”

Song Yunran’s nerves trembled and he thought this sounded familiar.

Shen Yiyi tilted her neck and drank half a glass of champagne in one gulp.
When she put down the glass, the light of striving shone in her eyes: “I decided to change myself, to pull myself together, I want to inherit the family business!”

Song Yunran: “……”

“In the past, I used to always develop an evasive mentality, deceiving myself when I found out my husband was cheating on me.
It was so easy to get a divorce but all I wanted to do was leave this sad place.”

Shen Yiyi mentioned the past and smiled self-deprecatingly, “but that’s not right.
Especially when I saw the publicity ads for “Hongbai Xixi” all over every city, I decided to follow your example and make a good career.”

Song Yunran never thought that one day he would become a role model for others, and it wasn’t by appearance, but by his personality that he gained the admiration of Shen Yiyi!

This feeling is really great.

It was almost as if the tool man had finally ushered in his own spring.

“Yes, I support you!”

Song Yunran felt happy for her transformation, “So which company are you in now, maybe we can work together in the future.”

Shen Yiyi smiled mysteriously, “Didn’t we already work together?”

Song Yunran: “?”

Why doesn’t he remember?

Shen Yiyi saw that he really didn’t know, so she explained, “I invested in the variety show that you and Qin Ke are going to participate in.”

Song Yunran froze on the spot, not expecting Shen Yiyi to move so fast.
She actually formed a project in the blink of an eye.

As soon as he thought about the time Qin Ke received the invitation from the program team, he immediately understood: “Did you invite Qin Ke on purpose?”

Shen Yiyi nodded: “He is also injured because of Chu Xiao Chen? This matter in the end is because of me, giving money and gifts to apologize at the door is too tacky.
I thought of using this way to express my apologies.
But I didn’t expect that even you would be willing to join in, it seems that your relationship is indeed very good.”


Song Yunran choked for a moment, remembering that Shen Yiyi had misunderstood him and Qin Ke as lovers before, and hurriedly explained, “You misunderstood, Qin Ke is not my boyfriend.”

Shen Yiyi: “……what?”

Song Yunran sighed and told the story of how he was hospitalized when he hit the glass door, as well as the reason why he asked Qin Ke to come to the hospital to accompany him, carefully.

In the end, he whispered, “He and I are friends at most, it’s not as complicated as you think.”

Shen Yiyi blinked in confusion, she recalled the tone of Song Yunran’s complaint to Qin Ke in the hospital room.
Although she thought it was full of pampered flavor, in the end, Song Yunran told her that she was overthinking everything?

An indescribable sense of regret crept into her heart.

Shen Yiyi silently finished the remaining half glass of champagne, turned her head to look out of the window at night for a long time, and suddenly slapped her forehead: “Oh no!”

Song Yunran was startled: “What’s wrong again?”

Shen Yiyi twisted her head: “I thought you and Qin Ke participated in the variety show together, and definitely wanted to fall in love openly.
I specifically asked the program team to prepare a lot of show off love sessions.”

“……”

Song Yunran was numb, he also silently finished the cup of lemonade.
It was half a day before he could say anything: “Is it too late to change?”

“I can’t promise,” Shen Yiyi said honestly, “I can only say that I will try my best.”

In order to ensure a smooth recording of a full season variety show like this, the production team often needs to devise a plan well in advance.

Now that the recording will start next month, it is really difficult to warrant it in terms of time and expense if you really want to make major changes.

The joyful atmosphere just now faded away as the two of them simultaneously placed their glasses in the tray of a passing waiter and fell into an awkward silence.

After a while, Shen Yiyi advised, “Actually it’s not that serious, maybe when it’s broadcasted, people will just think it’s a brotherly love.”

Song Yunran thought about it, “Well, that makes sense.”

It must have been his prejudice that made him so resistant to the so-called show of love.

As long as one is careful to keep a good grip on the situation and not to blush and cause suspicion, there will be no speculation in the direction of ambiguity, except for the brain-dead girls who are dizzy.

I am sure no one will speculate in the direction of ambiguity, Song Yunran thought apprehensively.

Time flies quickly at the end of the year, and in the blink of an eye, it’s the end of December.

The Christmas season has just passed, and the stores on the street have immediately changed their decorations to celebrate New Year’s Day and prepare for the arrival of the new year.

The day Xinghe officially sold the network broadcasting rights of the three films, the theatrical share of the proceeds of “Hong Bai Xi Xi” also arrived.
After deducting the $20 million investment and the promotion costs that needed to be paid to Ning Dong, Xinghe made a net profit of $150 million from this film alone.


The joy of the profit successfully diluted Song Yunran’s inner apprehension, which directly led him to leave the recording of the variety show at the back of his mind.
It was not until just after New Year’s Day, when he heard Assistant Tang remind him that he had to leave for a provincial recording the next day, that he reacted with an afterthought.

“How come it’s tomorrow?” Song Yunran was surprised, “I’m not ready yet.”

Assistant Tang pushed the frame: “President Xiao Song, I have already informed auntie to help you pack your luggage, you just need to leave on time, no need to make other arrangements.”

Song Yunran sneered, “You don’t understand.”

Qin Ke recently has a full schedule of work, the two have not seen each other for more than a month.
He has not yet speculated in which way Qin Ke will call him father, but in the blink of an eye, it is time to prepare for the departure.

At the thought of a long-cherished dream spanning two lifetimes about to be realized, the smile on Song Yunran’s face grew bigger and brighter.

He patted his cheeks and thought, ‘I hope there will be some kind of preparation first, otherwise if Qin Ke calls him dad when they meet tomorrow, he might have a momentary slip of the brain and just give Xinghe over to Qin Ke as an inheritance on the spot.

The next morning, Song Yunran took the plane to the city where the variety show was to be recorded with great expectation.

The variety show was eventually named “Slow Holiday Travel”.

Although the contract does not list the detailed content of the variety show, from the name you can see that it is mostly a travel type of slow variety show.
Just get a few artists to have fun in beautiful locations with mountains and clear water.

Although a few years from now, this form of program will continue to appear with rapid momentum, but placed into the rebirth now, there are not too many domestic competitors yet.

Song Yunran is confident that the show will be a hit after it airs, and decided to put on a good performance.

As soon as he got off the plane and got on the bus, he got into working condition and greeted the staff sitting at the front with a smile, “Am I the first one to arrive?”

The staff said back, “Yes, several other artists will be arriving soon, so take a rest first.”

When Song Yunran was an artist before, he had never participated in this kind of variety show.

But he more or less understands the routine of variety shows, and knows that during post-editing, the footage will be adjusted according to each guest’s performance.
If he really sits stupidly in his seat and sleeps at this moment, then this segment will only become discarded footage.

So he took the initiative to interact with the camera in the car for a while, and chatted with the staff for a few minutes before finally expecting the second guest to appear.

After not seeing him for more than a month, Qin Ke’s silhouette is a bit smaller than before, and his features look more three-dimensional and outstanding.

When he got in the car and saw Song Yunran, he first smiled with curved lips, and then went to the seat next to him and sat down: “Hello, President Song.”

Song Yunran was slightly stunned, and inexplicably remembered that a long time ago, when Qin Ke was interviewed, he also used “President Song ” instead of “President Xiao Song ” when mentioning him.

No matter which way you think about it, there is a kind of public image for him to maintain.

Song Yunran was happy, turning off the radio and asking in a low voice, “Are you prepared?”

Qin Ke likewise lowered his voice: “Hmm?”


“What Hmm? Don’t play dumb here.”

Song Yunran looked at him sideways, “We had an agreement before, did you forget?”

Qin Ke pondered for a moment, as if he just remembered, and laughed, “No, but are you sure you want me to call out here?”

Song Yunran thought to himself, Yeah, this thing should have a sense of ceremony anyway.

He did not count the momentary gains and losses, but turned to remind, “By the way, Shen Yiyi misunderstood our relationship before.
Maybe we will encounter some inexplicable links later, you remember to stay away from me then, don’t let those CP fans have their way again.”

Qin Ke really did not understand this time: “What link?”

Song Yunran, who had no intention to say it directly, blinked his eyes and tried to use his eyes to let Qin Ke comprehend it by himself.

However, the deeper meaning was too abstract, which made Qin Ke even more confused.

So he simply came closer: “You can say it in a straightforward way.”

Song Yunran smelled the perfume on Qin Ke’s body for the first time in a long time.

It is very faint, and only when you are very close can you smell it.
But he instantly remembered that day in the car, when he accidentally fell into Qin Ke’s arms.

Song Yunran inexplicably began to get nervous, he cleared his throat, not knowing that his earlobes had begun to flush.
He deliberately pretended to be impatient, gave a “tsk”, and then used his hand to shield his lips: “That is, that, show, show love or something.”

“……”

Qin Ke lowered his eyes, his eyebrows dipped in the sunlight were slightly raised: “Okay, I understand.”

“You better really understand.”

Song Yunran warned again, and only then did he slowly pull away the distance between them.

The staff member who stood at the very front and watched the whole process was greatly shocked at this moment.

She remembered that a while ago, the investor Shen Yiyi urgently contacted the program team and asked them to change some of the links in the variety show that could easily lead people to think.
She said that she did not want netizens to misunderstand the relationship between Song Yunran and Qin Ke.

This has caused them to work overtime for many days, and she was not happy about it.

But now, she has nothing but approval in her heart.

Ms.
Shen is not wrong, it should indeed be changed.

Otherwise, according to the atmosphere between these two people who have only met, and are eye-to-eye, whispering, if the recording is done according to the original link…..

She was really afraid that the program would not air.

T/N: My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors.
But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative.
If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.

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