txolops Chapter 26 Empress Liu Siqi
Chapter 26 Empress Liu Siqi
"Well, I'm going to work now. If you stay home all day, I'll come back to cook dinner." After finishing her meal, Lu Ran tidied up a bit and headed out.
"It's not like you stop cooking when I'm not home." Shen Yuege gave Lu Ran a disdainful look.
After going downstairs, Lu Ran didn't go straight to the company, but instead sat in the car and turned on his phone.
He needed to give Shen Yuege an answer first, so that she wouldn't keep worrying.
Tomorrow: "Wow, it's a big star! He's here to collect songs again. Yes, yes, I'll make sure you get them all."
Shen Yuege: "That's great! I'm thinking of releasing another album soon, and I really need a few high-quality songs. I know you're very talented, so if you have any hidden gems, please share them. We can discuss the price; I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
Tomorrow: "Hey~ hey~ hey~, your praise is making me a little embarrassed. There are indeed songs. How about this, I'll organize them over the next few days and pick out a few good songs for you. The quality won't be worse than last time."
Shen Yuege: "That's great! So, what's the price this time? Should we go for a revenue split or a buyout?"
Tomorrow: "Just like last time, let's stick to a pure profit-sharing arrangement. I believe in you, and I believe in my song."
Seeing how much the other person trusted her, Shen Yuege felt greatly encouraged, but after thinking for a moment, she still typed:
Shen Yuege: But this time, I might not have my company's support, and I'm also facing a challenge from Xu Manlin. Do you want to reconsider?
Shen Yuege was doing this entirely for the other party's sake. In her situation, many people wouldn't be willing to give her songs to sing. It would be like going against the other party head-on, and if she wasn't careful, she could easily ruin the producer's career.
Tomorrow: It's okay, I know, I believe in you!
After ending her conversation with Mingri, Shen Yuege breathed a long sigh of relief, a huge weight lifted from her heart.
The opposing team has already guaranteed that the quality this time will be no worse than last time, so this time, at the very least, there should be one song to cover it up. Even if we lose, it won't be too embarrassing.
She walked to the window to get some fresh air, just as a familiar BMW drove out of the community gate.
"Huh?" Shen Yuege recognized it immediately; it was the car she had given Lu Ran. "Didn't Lu Ran leave a while ago? Why is he only leaving now?"
"Is it really such a coincidence?" Shen Yuege looked at Lu Ran's departing figure while glancing at the messages she had just finished exchanging on her phone, lost in thought.
After finishing his chat with Shen Yuege, Lu Ran arrived at the company in a cheerful mood, because he had just clocked in at 8:59.
Although this pleasant point was strange, Lu Ran had a deep-rooted impression of this rhythm that belonged only to urban white-collar workers.
Lu Ran had just sat down at her workstation, before even turning on her computer, when she saw someone running over.
"Brother Lu! Minister Lu! It's a bombshell! The data is off the charts!" Tan Yu rushed over excitedly, ready to hug Lu Ran, but Lu Ran nimbly dodged him and threw a folder with three points in it.
"Calm down, calm down. It's just a short drama that became a hit, look how happy you are." Lu Ran had a completely normal attitude.
"This is no ordinary explosion, Brother Lu!" Zhao Dapeng, Liu Jun, Sun Tianyu and the others also walked in.
Zhao Dapeng handed over his phone directly: "The Return of the God of War has already broken into the top five in the alternate history category of the Kuaishou short drama competition, and it's also in the top thirty overall! In just one day, our ranking has risen by more than thirty places!"
Liu Jun quickly added, "Brother Lu, there's also this. The song 'How Lonely It Is to Be Invincible' has recently gone viral and is already a new catchy anthem on the platform! There are already hundreds of thousands of people covering it, and I have my own hit song now."
Sun Tianyu was relatively calmer: "The recent data growth is indeed quite impressive. Our short drama content, coupled with the catchy and addictive theme song, has created a secondary spread. At this rate, we are very likely to take the top spot on the category chart, and it's not impossible for us to be in the top ten overall."
"Brother Lu, thank you so much for giving us this platform to prove ourselves." As he spoke, Tan Yu's eyes reddened. He was genuinely grateful to Lu Ran for giving him this opportunity.
The other three behind them were in similar situations.
Seeing that the plot was about to take an emotional turn, Lu Ran quickly interrupted Tan Yu's spellcasting.
"Wait, this is all what you deserve for your hard work. I was just too lazy to care, and it just so happened that you were able to unleash your talents. If you want to thank someone, thank yourselves for working so hard these past few days." Lu Ran quickly put a period to the matter.
Otherwise, if a few hundred more words of sentimentality are added, readers will definitely accuse the author of padding the word count.
However, this time, they did indeed experience an unprecedented sense of success.
Seeing how excited the group was, Lu Ran was very satisfied. The success of this drama could be said to have truly helped the four of them shed their reputation as playboys.
Starting today, "Star F4" will no longer be a derogatory nickname within the company, but will become a term of praise.
Just as the short drama team was cheering, a beautiful figure appeared at the office door.
A stylish and elegantly beautiful woman walked in.
"Sister, what brings you here!" Liu Jun exclaimed happily upon seeing the newcomer.
The person who came was Liu Jun's older sister, Liu Siqi, one of the pillars of Xingyao Entertainment and a rising star singer.
Liu Siqi smiled and nodded to Liu Jun, then her gaze fell on Lu Ran, her eyes filled with admiration and curiosity.
"I came mainly to see what kind of deity could train my good-for-nothing brother to be so motivated." Liu Siqi's voice was gentle, with a teasing tone. "Looking at it this way, Minister Lu is indeed extraordinary."
Lu Ran quickly stood up: "Empress Liu, you're too kind. It's all thanks to Liu Jun and the others' hard work. It has nothing to do with me. How could I, a notorious slacker in the company, have that kind of ability!"
Lu Ran firmly denied it, not knowing that if he admitted it, something else might happen to him.
The survival rule in the workplace is: if you don't know something, find someone else.
"It's a pleasure to have Queen Liu visit our short drama department today; it's an honor for our department!" Regardless of anything else, the first thing to do is to flatter her.
"Sigh, I came here partly to see Liu Jun, and partly to clear my head!" Liu Siqi sighed.
"Recently, the company filmed a period drama and found the director, who specifically asked me to sing the theme song," Liu Siqi explained. "But I wasn't very satisfied with the songs in the company's music library, or the demos that Director Zhang found, so I just wandered around the company to clear my head."
"You really need to relax," Lu Ran said.
Before the two could speak again, Liu Jun suddenly spoke up:
"Brother Lu is really good at songwriting, why don't we let him give it a try!"
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