APCF -Chapter 4 (2)

Once the deal was successful, Du Lanxin was the first to hang up. Qi Xingchen transferred out the recording of the call and played it back. After confirming that he did not record wrongly or leave out anything, he slumped back heavily onto the chair.

A manager who procures their artistes was so despicable, so disgusting that he came close to smashing his phone. As the opportunity in front of him could only be given by Du Lanxin, he could only endure it until now.

He drank a mouthful of water to calm down, then opened Weibo, logged on to the Weibo account he registered two days ago and followed1 Bo Ye and Bo Ye’s super topic.

He then very smoothly collected the daily sign-in bonus of the super topic, sharing comments and completed other such popularity tasks, and finally sent his very first Weibo post.

—Yearning through the entire night: 【I fell in love with a fairy that fell into the mortal realm.】

5 minutes later, his second:

—Yearning through the entire night: 【I heard from a friend that Ye-geis going to be on this season’s 《Let’s Budget Travel!》. Very excited for it [cute] [cute]】

Soon there were replies from fans who were browsing through the super topic:

【Is this true?】

【So obvious that your friend is fake, get out rumourmonger 】

【Sister’s ID is from “Lovers resent the long nights, and yearn for one another through the night” right? How romantic!】

【Oh, a certain TV is here to rub off the heat again. Please, spend some more money next time and buy some water troops as followers, ok or not? 】

Qi Xingchen: “……”

Looking at his data of ” Following 1, Followers 0″, he really had overlooked this.

He opened Taobao. Using the original owner’s bank card, he gallantly bought 30 thousand live followers, immediately switching back to Weibo to search up his name.

The first account that jumped out was his main account, verified as Noah Entertainment’s artiste.

Follower count: 23k.

Qi Xingchen sunk into deep thought — the number of followers from his main account was not even larger than his side account with the purchased followers. How did the original owner mess it up this badly?

He poked into his main page again……it was clean and empty with very few Weibo posts. The last post was published more than half a year ago.

Afraid that newcomers do not know how to navigate their speech well, the original owner’s Weibo had always been operated by his manager. From the looks of it now, ever since the original owner offended Du Lanxin, Du Lanxin has not helped him with his business.

If his manager did not want to help, he would just have to do it himself. Fortunately, the phone number the Weibo account was linked to was the original owner’s, and he was able to change the password very easily.

Next, he found an angle that he felt was not bad and took a selfie, edited it on Weibo, then sent it out.

—Qi Xingchen: 【Heh, Starlights, long time no see.】.

For the money, Du Lanxin was very efficient. He received the selection notice at daybreak, and he prepared for it at home the entire morning.

Because they would only select from those in Noah, there was no pomp from the variety show producers. Together with the general director, a group of people gathered in force at Noah.

At 14:00, outside the top floor conference room were 10+ small artistes either stretching their muscles or memorising scripts. Han Qing lugged Qi Xingchen along while babbling, but Qi Xingchen let the words go into one ear and out the other, keeping a watchful eye on Zhou Yu’s movements.

Zhou Yu hummed a song for a bit, eyes sweeping around shiftily, then walked to the window at the end of the corridor and took out his phone.

“Hey, Yuji, did you miss me?”

“Do your nails less, it’s not good for your health. What am I doing? The show《Let’s Budget Travel!》 came to Noah to select people, I’m currently waiting for my selection interview.”

“Yeah, of course, I would really like to be on this show. Since I didn’t manage to go for fashion week this time around, if I get chosen, I will charter a flight to bring you to the North Pole to see the Northern Lights.”

“You know the producer? That’s really—”

“Yu-ge, you’re also here for the interview?”

Before he could finish speaking, a voice interrupted him.

Zhou Yu heard who it was, and his anger immediately flared up, “Qi Xingchen, can’t you see that I’m on the phone?”

“Sorry Yu-ge, I couldn’t see it from behind,” Qi Xingchen said weakly, “It’s my fault, don’t be mad.”

Once he was done, Qi XIngchen left quietly. Qi Yuji, who was on the other end of the call, heard that someone dared to shout at her dearest didi and was so pissed that she immediately hung up!

The Qi family is involved in a wide variety of industries, including investments in the entertainment industry, and they are thus well-connected to others. The reason behind Zhou Yu scheming to get close to Qi Yuji was to get these resources.

He was dumbfounded and tried to call her back a few times, but the calls were all rejected.

The duck that was right by his mouth flew away. What was more loathsome was that he did not even know why it flew away. Zhou Yu was cursing in his heart that women were so problematic while he was shoved with gritted teeth into the conference room by his manager.

Very obviously, his expression was not good when he came out.

The next person was Han Qing, and when he came out, he looked like it went well. He went to Qi Xingchen’s side to cheer him on: “Xingxing, it was not difficult at all. Don’t be nervous when you go in, your idol will be in there looking at you!”

“Bo Ye is also present?”

“En, after all, he is the main cast in this season,” Han Qing winked, “I wish you success in chasing your star!”

It did not matter if he succeeded or now, he only wanted to be “chased” into the show. When it was down to the last few people for interviewing, the assistant director came out to call his name.

Qi Xingchen carried a bag in. The first row in the conference room was almost completely filled, with Bo Ye and two middle-aged men sitting right in the middle.

Today, Bo Ye wore a dark coloured jacket with jeans and did not get his makeup or hair done. But after putting on a cap and a mask, he was still so dazzling that it was impossible to look at him directly.

He raised his head to look at Qi Xingchen. Thoughts of the hand placed on his waist two days ago inexplicably arose in Qi Xingchen’s head, and he lowered his head to rub the tip of his nose.

“You are Qi Xingchen right?” The director was very pleased with his outer appearance, his stern face finally revealing a smile, “Relax a bit. Showcase for us a bit of yourself.”

All the people before had showcased nothing more than: Hello director, I am xxx and my strengths are in singing, dancing, performing…… The director did not hold any expectations for this part.

“Okay,” Qi Xingchen responded with a clear and bright voice unique to youths. He then placed his backpack down and took out a stack of bowls from within.

“Then I will perform a Pagoda of Bowls for everyone ba.”

The director: “……”

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