Chapter 166: Mommy, I Want a Sister
The next morning, Jun Shiling and Xia Wanyuan left with the new tea leaves and a pile of colorful seashells.
“Mommy, you’re back!” Xiao Bao had just been sent back by Uncle Liu. Not long after, Jun Shiling and Xia Wanyuan returned to the manor.
“Mm, we’re back. How was it? Were you obedient this weekend?” Xia Wanyuan stepped forward and hugged Xiao Bao.
When she had just been reborn, Xia Wanyuan instinctively pitied Xiao Bao and pitied him more. After these days of being together, she could not bear to part with Xiao Bao anymore.
It had only been two days since she left, but she already felt that she missed him a lot.
“Mommy, I’m so obedient. Mommy, you’ve worked hard.” Xiao Bao wrapped his arms around Xia Wanyuan’s neck and whined to her with his big eyes.
“It’s good that you’re obedient. Mommy brought you a little gift,” Xia Wanyuan said as she took a box from Jun Shiling. She opened it and it was filled with small, colorful seashells. It was very beautiful.
“Wow, Mommy, this is so beautiful!” Xiao Bao happily held the shell and studied the patterns on it seriously.
“I’ll use it to make a little accessory for you later and tie it on your school bag, okay?” Xia Wanyuan smiled and pinched Xiao Bao’s soft cheeks.
“Okay! Mommy, can you make four accessories? We’ll each have one!” Xiao Bao smiled brightly.
“Four? Your great-grandfather isn’t suitable for this.” Hearing Xiao Bao mention four, Xia Wanyuan was stunned. She then thought of Old Master, but he wasn’t suitable for these little things.
“That’s not it! Mommy, you need to make four. One for me, one for you, one for Daddy and one for my sister. Won’t that make four?” The words’ Mommy, you’re stupid ‘seemed to be written all over Xiao Bao’s wet eyes.
“Sister? Which sister?” Xia Wanyuan was puzzled. She had never heard that there was a child younger than Jun Yin in the Jun family.
“Sister is here!” Xiao Bao put down the seashell in his hand and pounced into Xia Wanyuan’s arms. He carefully pointed at Xia Wanyuan’s stomach. “Mommy, didn’t you go outto give birth to my sister this time?”
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Xia Wanyuan looked at Xiao Bao’s innocent eyes and was stunned.
Jun Shiling, who was drinking tea leisurely, was caught off guard by his son’s words and choked on his tea.
“Who told you that?”
“Great-grandfather said so.” Xiao Bao looked at Xia Wanyuan expectantly. “Mommy, I like my sister. Can you give me a beautiful sister?”
Xia Wanyuan did not know what to say for a moment, so she could only cast a pleading gaze at Jun Shiling. However, at that moment, Jun Shiling’s gaze was somewhat strange. For some reason, Xia Wanyuan felt that she did not dare to look him in the eye.
“Alright, go and play by yourself. Stop pestering your mother. She’s tired from the long flight.” In the end, it was Jun Shiling who spoke up to save Xia Wanyuan.
“Okay, Mommy, you’ve worked hard.” Xiao Bao got off Xia Wanyuan and planted a kiss on her face before he left.
After Xiao Bao left, Xia Wanyuan felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. She looked up at Jun Shiling and met his faint smile. Xia Wanyuan recalled Xiao Bao’s words and her cheeks heated up.
“I’ll go up first.” Xia Wanyuan avoided Jun Shiling’s gaze and went upstairs with a box filled with shells.
Not long after Xia Wanyuan went upstairs, Chen Yun called.
“Wanyuan, something happened. Quick, look at the company’s latest Weibo post!”
Chapter 167: The Princess’s Song Was Stolen
Xia Wanyuan found the Weibo account she had not used in a long time and clicked on it. As usual, the screen was filled with 999+comments.
After searching through the official Weibo account of Star Creation Entertainment, its latest Weibo post had already become popular and was being enthusiastically discussed.
Xia Wanyuan clicked on it and had a look of ‘as expected’.
@ Star Creation Entertainment’s official Weibo: “The little goddess of the country, Xie Rou, has brought a new talent to attack. This time, she will break all the boundaries and use her fullest passion and top-notch strength to bring us into her country style world and inherit China’s traditional culture together.”
Over the years, China’s traditional culture had gradually weakened, but in the end, the Chinese were a race with chivalry and gentleness carved into their bones.
More than a decade ago, a very groundbreaking singer had combined traditional styles with modern pop music and triggered huge success.
Over the years, generations of singers had dedicated themselves to the creation of national-style music.
The late-stage music production of “The Long Ballad” had invited Mo Feng Studio, which had been very popular a few years ago, to take advantage of the popularity of Xia Wanyuan’s incident. In the end, they had failed to steal a chicken and ended up eating rice instead.
Hence, when many entertainment companies designed music styles for their celebrities, they would want to nurture a group of country-style singers in order to develop in the recording market.
Xie Rou happened to be a singer who was specially created by Star Creation Entertainment to follow the national style music industry.
However, over the years, Xie Rou’s results had actually been average.
The first reason was that the entire country’s style music environment was dispirited.
Secondly, she actually despised country music from the bottom of her heart. Back then, she had gone to Country Kimchi to be a trainee, but she had failed her debut there and returned to China.
In her heart, these old-fashioned traditional music could not compare to foreign music at all.
However, there was nothing she could do. At that time, she was in a hurry to debut. The other roles in the company had already been filled with celebrities, so she could only choose to debut with this image. Hence, she had not spent much effort on this in the past few years, let alone producing quality music.
However, some time ago, Xia Wanyuan’s ancient zither song had exploded on the Internet, causing her to sense something unusual, so she went to ask CEO Wang for a country album.
At that moment, there was the preview of the six songs that she was about to release on Star Creation Entertainment’s Weibo.
In order to whet everyone’s appetite, he even specially played a ten-second audio clip from Xie Rou’s song.
The magnificent background music and melodious singing immediately made everyone look forward to it.
[ Wow, although it’s only a small paragraph, it feels very nice. ]
[ Don’t tell me he released the best part?? The rest are all sh*t? ]
[ Xie Rou’s previous songs were only average, right? Why has her standard suddenly become so high? ]
[ If the finished product maintains this standard when the time comes, I will definitely buy it until it explodes. It feels really nice. ]
[ Yes, yes. I haven’t heard such a national style song in a long time. It’s quite magnificent and pleasant to listen to. ]
It had to be said that Star Creation Entertainment’s marketing this time was very successful. With the high reputation of passing down historical culture and the high standards of the songs released, it attracted widespread attention in the industry and outside the industry.
Even before the song was released, there were already advertisers with keen senses who came looking for the door, wanting to sign Xie Rou in advance.
Xia Wanyuan clicked on the audio and switched it off after two seconds. She was too familiar with the lyrics and melody she had written. Star Creation Entertainment really did not change a single note.
“Wanyuan, I’m sorry. I was too careless. I didn’t expect CEO Wang and the rest to be so despicable. My email was hacked and they erased the traces of my documents.”
On the other end of the line, Chen Yun was full of frustration. Ever since he had a conflict with the higher-ups a few years ago and was kicked to Xia Wanyuan’s side, he had given up on himself.
Thinking of how Xia Wanyuan had to settle a few things herself recently, he felt ashamed that not only did he not help but drag her down.
“Have you contacted the recording team yet?”
I’ve contacted him. Don’t worry this time. He’s a good friend of mine for many years. They’re a gold medal production team. If you have time, let’s meet up sometime.”
“Sure, tomorrow.” Xia Wanyuan felt that at the rate Star Creation Entertainment was going, they should be releasing the album soon. She could not be too slow.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Yun looked at his hacked email and sighed heavily. After what had happened five years ago, he had completely let himself go.
Gradually, indulgence became a habit. Now, it has finally caused a huge disaster. It’s all because of his negligence. The song that Xia Wanyuan had painstakingly written had been stolen in the blink of an eye. He didn’t know how to face Xia Wanyuan.’
“CEO Wang, will Xia Wanyuan directly leak it out?”
In the office, Xie Rou sat beside CEO Wang and asked worriedly.
“Don’t worry, I’ve already destroyed her manager’s work email backstage. He doesn’t have any evidence to prove it. Even if he dares to say it, no one will believe him.”
As CEO Wang spoke, the flesh on his face trembled.
“Thank you, CEO Wang.” Xie Rou was relieved and smiled at CEO Wang.
“What are you thanking me for? Shouldn’t I do it?” CEO Wang grinned and reached into Xie Rou’s dress.
Xie Rou trembled, but in the end, she still smiled and lay in CEO Wang’s arms.
Xia Wanyuan had only planned to make a small accessory for Xiao Bao for the seaside seashell she had picked up from the beach.
Unexpectedly, there were too many seashells. Xia Wanyuan made herself a bracelet. The exquisite and colorful seashells strung together had a unique charm.
Xia Wanyuan tied the small pendant to Xiao Bao’s school bag. Xiao Bao bounced around at the side, glanced at the seashell bracelet in Xia Wanyuan’s hand, and then looked at the expressionless Jun Shiling.
“Mommy, why does Daddy not have any?” Xiao Bao suddenly asked.
Hearing this, Xia Wanyuan looked at Jun Shiling. His image was really not suitable for a little seashell.
“Mommy, make one for Daddy too. Everyone in our family has one, okay? Mommy.” Xiao Bao hugged Xia Wanyuan’s arm and shook it.
Xia Wanyuan had no choice but to tie a small ornament, a red tassel, and handed it to Jun Shiling. After all, Jun Shiling didn’t know how to use it.
Jun Shiling glanced at it and took it, then casually placed it on the table. Now, Xiao Bao was finally not making a scene.
The next day, in the CEO’s office of the Jun Corporation, the management of all the departments were called over for a meeting.
What surprised everyone was that there was a string of seashell accessories on the most obvious area of Jun Shiling’s desk.
However, this matter was too strange. No one dared to look up at it and pretended as if nothing had happened.
After the meeting, Jun Shiling glanced at the shell accessory and then at his subordinate in front of him, displeasure flashing across his eyes. Why didn’t anyone notice?
“Come back for another meeting in the afternoon.”
Chapter 168: So It was a Public Display of Affection
Upon hearing Jun Shiling’s words, everyone suddenly panicked.
They had already finished what he needed to report. According to Jun Shiling’s usual habits, there was no need to have another meeting in the afternoon.
There must be a reason for the abnormality. It was very likely that they would be stabbed.
Everyone could not help but think about what they had done wrong this week, afraid that they would be criticized by Jun Shiling as a negative example.
Only Lin Jing looked calm and did not panic at all.
“Young Master, the meeting is over. Let me boldly ask.” Lin Jing adjusted his glasses and turned his gaze to the table. “Where did you buy this accessory? It’s beautiful. I want to buy one for my girlfriend.”
Everyone had originally stood up to leave, but when they heard Lin Jing’s words, they were all confused.
What was Special Assistant Lin doing?? Talking to CEO Jun about accessories???
Besides, didn’t Assistant Lin say that he was single yesterday and wanted everyone to introduce a girlfriend to him? How did he get a girlfriend overnight?
Although they were puzzled, everyone still chose to follow Lin Jing’s footsteps in the end. After all, Lin Jing was excellent at guessing Jun Shiling’s thoughts.
“Yes, yes. It’s indeed beautiful. I want to buy one for my wife too.”
“It’s really not bad.”
“It must be very expensive. This style and color… Tsk, tsk. It’s too beautiful.”
Everyone praised him. Sitting on the chair, the corners of Jun Shiling’s lips curled up slightly. “I didn’t buy it. Someone made it and gave it to me. Alright, let’s end the meeting. I’ll inform you again if there’s a need to hold the meeting in the afternoon.”
Everyone looked at Jun Shiling’s cold face and actually had a faint smile on it. Then, they looked at the obvious little woman-style accessories.
They finally understood. So CEO Jun was showing off his love?!!
There was actually a day when Jun Shiling would show off his love. Everyone felt that the world was magical. They really did not know what was so gentle that it melted this piece of tempered steel.
After everyone left the office, Jun Shiling took the accessory and looked at them with a warm gaze.
“Old Liu, this is the artist I’m currently managing, Xia Wanyuan. Wanyuan, this is Xia Yue Studio’s Liu Can.”
In the coffee shop, Chen Yun was introducing Xia Wanyuan to the producer of Xia Yue Studio, Liu Can.
Xia Yue Studio could be said to be the most famous music production team in the country.
Even if Star Creation Entertainment personally appeared, they might not be able to invite Xia Yue’s studio.
However, the boss of the studio, Liu Can, had been Chen Yun’s comrade since a long time ago. During a training session, he had almost lost his life. It was Chen Yun who had saved him.
Liu Can had always owed Chen Yun this favor. In the past few years, Chen Yun’s career had not been smooth. Liu Can had wanted to help him, but he had refused. In the end, a few days ago, Chen Yun suddenly came to him and asked him sincerely to help make an album.
Liu Can had agreed, so he sat here today.
Looking at the gorgeous Xia Wanyuan in front of him, Liu Can recalled some comments online about her. He did not think that he could help her make any good music.
However, since Chen Yun had asked, he would also help Xia Wanyuan produce an album.
“Miss Xia, what style do you want to use for your album? What are your requirements for the lyrics? How many songs do you want to record?” Liu Can asked a few questions as usual.
“I’ve already written all the lyrics and songs. Here.” Xia Wanyuan took out a stack of documents from her bag and placed them in front of Liu Can.
Liu Can took it and glanced at it a few times. When he looked up at Xia Wanyuan, his gaze was somewhat strange.
“Logically speaking, Chen Yun saved my life before, so I should help him, but I can’t do something that goes against the law.”
As the most professional music production team in the industry, they were still very sensitive to changes in the industry. Hence, they immediately paid attention to the song that Star Creation Entertainment had announced as something they had tailor-made for Xie Rou.
Just by looking at the score, Liu Can could tell that the composition in front of him should be very similar to Xie Rou’s.
“Old Liu, to tell you the truth, it’s all my fault. Wanyuan composed this melody herself, but I was too careless and allowed the melody to be stolen.” When Chen Yun spoke of this, he was still filled with guilt.
“You’ve been a person for so many years. I’m willing to believe you, but will others believe you? I can’t gamble my studio just to believe you.”
Liu Can knew Chen Yun’s character, but he could not believe in his heart that Xia Wanyuan was actually able to write a song with such standards.
As if she had expected Liu Can’s reaction, Xia Wanyuan was not surprised. “When you flipped to the last page, it is a song that I composed myself, known by the entire internet.”
Liu Can flipped to the last page. It was a song that Xia Wanyuan had composed live. It was indeed original, but what did it have to do with the one in front?
Xia Wanyuan took out a brush and drew circles on the book. At first, Liu Can did not understand, but slowly, his eyes lit up, and the way he looked at Xia Wanyuan changed.
“I’ve underestimated you, Miss Xia. I’m really impressed. Miss Xia, don’t worry. I’ll definitely make this album to your satisfaction.”
“Happy cooperation.” Xia Wanyuan used tea as water and clinked glasses with Liu Can.
After discussing the cooperation, Liu Can left in a hurry, leaving Chen Yun and Xia Wanyuan behind with hesitant expressions.
“I.”
Before Chen Yun could finish his sentence, Xia Wanyuan interrupted him.
“Don’t need to say it, I know.” Xia Wanyuan drank a mouthful of tea and looked at Chen Yun. “There are many things you haven’t done well.”
Chen Yun’s heart sank when he heard Xia Wanyuan’s words.
“If I meet a suitable manager, I’ll find another one.” Xia Wanyuan’s words made Chen Yun feel uncomfortable. Thinking of his family’s pile of mortgages and car loans, as well as the large family he had to support, Chen Yun was very flustered. However, he was indeed incapable and irrefutable.
“I won’t fire you. You can take care of other things. The salary will be as usual. Besides, I believe you’ll do better than you originally did.”
With that, Xia Wanyuan left the cafe.
When she had just arrived in the modern world, the original owner of the body was still in a mess. As a manager, although Chen Yun was scolding her, he was still cleaning up her mess.
Just based on this point, Xia Wanyuan would not fire him easily. However, she really had to find a more suitable manager. It had been a long time since Chen Yun had fully entered the entertainment industry. Many of his ideas were still the same as ten years ago. He was indeed not used to it now.
According to the habits of the Watermelon TV Station, they usually recorded variety shows the previous week, and after a week of post-production, the program would be released the second week.
The novel “The Long Ballad” already had a considerable number of fans of the original novel. In addition, Xia Wanyuan’s high-definition photos were released by the Galaxy Wind. Although there were many controversies, everyone’s interest was aroused. They wanted to see if the Xia Wanyuan in the video was really that good-looking.
Hence, before the Happy World began on Friday night, many people were already waiting on the video platform at Watermelon Platform.
Chapter 169: Variety Broadcast
[ Squeeze a little. Hurry up. Why isn’t it here yet? ]
[ In order to see today’s happy world, I turned on HD on the television and turned on the comments on my phone. It’s too difficult for me. ]
[ Me too. I even set up two devices just to watch the comments. ]
[ Why isn’t it starting yet? I haven’t watched the Happy World in a long time. I’ll make an exception for “The Long Ballad” today. ]
Before the program began, the netizens could not wait anymore. The comments flooded one after another. Finally, at eight o’clock sharp, the video room was opened.
A familiar background sound rang. It was still the few hosts that everyone was familiar with. Amidst the singing and dancing, the curtains to the Happy World were drawn.
As usual, the host announced the names of the sponsors and introduced the guests.
“Alright, then let us welcome Qin Wu, Ruan Yingyu, Xia Wanyuan, Qian Yong, and Liu Jia from the production team of ‘The Long Ballad’ to our stage today!”
After the host finished reporting, the entire stage darkened.
The melodious sound of a flute sounded. On the big screen, ink spread and outlined the three words “The Long Ballad”.
The display screen around the stage and the entire stage were printed with patches of green bamboo forest. The fog made of dry ice was constantly drifting around the stage.
A bright light shone on the stage, and Qin Wu, who was dressed in black, appeared in everyone’s line of sight. He had straight eyebrows, bright eyes, and was handsome and tall, instantly causing the audience to exclaim.
As Qin Wu gradually walked to the center of the stage, the large screen kept playing the publicity video of the role released by the production team of “The Long Ballad”.
Senior Brother Qing Lang, a chivalrous swordsman, had constantly changed identities and scenes. From the mountains to the royal court, from the pugilistic world to living in seclusion, he made people see the magnificent life of Young Master Fu Yi, Lin Xiao.
Just from this background video, everyone had the desire to watch it. They wanted to follow Lin Xiao and see the prosperity and honor of the Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains.
[ Watermelon Platform is indeed rich. This stage is really well-made. ]
[ Indeed, Watermelon Platform still gave Director Yang face this time. This stage effect is really not bad. ]
[ Wow, Qin Wu is indeed a good actor. I feel like he has revived the Young Master Fu Yi in my heart. ]
[ So handsome!! Our Qin Wu is really too good-looking! ]
[ Boohoo, Qin Wu, Mommy loves you! ]
Immediately after, the light moved away from Qin Wu’s head. Ruan Yingyu, who was dressed in a pink princess dress, appeared in front of everyone on a high heels.
It was obvious that Ruan Yingyu had spent a lot of effort on her outfit today.
Her entire body was dressed in the latest style of the Xiang family’s spring season. Her makeup was exquisite, and Ruan Yingyu’s facial features were sweet, making her look dazzling.
As Ruan Yingyu walked to the center of the stage, the big screen kept playing the video of her little junior sister role.
An innocent and smiling face was the most eye-catching symbol of his little junior sister. From their childhood sweethearts to those who had accompanied Young Master Fu Yi through the turmoil of the world, their initial feelings had never changed. His little junior sister’s life had been condensed into a few seconds of videos to be displayed to all the audience.
However, compared to Lin Xiao, who had excellent acting skills, Ruan Yingyu was clearly much inferior, but she was still considered outstanding.
[ Qin Wu acted better. ]
[ It’s normal for Senior Qin to have good acting skills, but our Yu’er is also growing. ]
[ Ruan Yingyu is quite pretty. Is she or Xia Wanyuan prettier? ]
[ That photo of Xia Wanyuan is so beautiful? I don’t believe that someone really looks like in the photos. ]
After Ruan Yingyu stood in the middle of the stage, the lights moved back again. The camera angle changed to take a photo of the person who appeared from below.
A pair of jade-like feet stepped on high heels and appeared in front of everyone first.
Chapter 170: The Princess’ Stunning Entrance
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Originally, the audience did not have much expectations for Xia Wanyuan. However, the change in camera angle at the watermelon table piqued everyone’s curiosity.
The camera kept moving up. Her fair and slender legs, as well as the soft chiffon dress with dark patterns, made one feel endless anticipation for this person.
Further up, at her collarbone, where it was as white as jade, a peony that was shining with golden light bloomed beautifully. It was lifelike. Beside the petals, there was a small exquisite ruby butterfly. As Xia Wanyuan walked, the butterfly flew up and down, looking rather lively.
[ Where’s her face? ]
[ Is the photographer crazy? Show me her face! ]
As if to whet everyone’s appetite, the camera paused at Xia Wanyuan’s collarbone for a long time. It did not move the camera, and the people in the comments began to panic.
Suddenly, the camera zoomed out and focused on Xia Wanyuan.
When Xia Wanyuan’s face appeared, the clothes and jewelry that people had thought were very beautiful seemed to lose their color. No matter how beautiful the clothes and jewelry were, they had become her foil.
Ice skin and jade bones, frost and snow.
At that moment, on the big screen behind her, the little princess in luxurious clothes, the beautiful and enchanting dancer, and the lonely and arrogant concubine were displaying the ups and downs of the Heavenly Spirit Princess.
As for Xia Wanyuan, she had clearly displayed the different stages of the Heavenly Spirit Princess, the different characters’ personalities, and the state of her heart.
Under the pursuit of the lights, Xia Wanyuan, who walked step by step to the center of the stage, was different from all the characters displayed on the screen.
There was a hint of alienation in her eyes, but it did not make her feel arrogant. She was like a pear blossom in the spring rain in March, exudinga cold and beautiful aura.
[ Video can’t be photoshopped, right? F*ck! ]
[ Is this the beauty that exists in the world?? Can I ask? ]
[ The person who said our Yuan Yuan is photoshopped, can you step forward? ]
[ Wow, I originally thought that Ruan Yingyu was already very beautiful. I didn’t expect that I was inexperienced. How did Xia Wanyuan grow? How can she be so beautiful? ]
[ Her face is indeed good-looking, but her acting skills are not good. ]
[ The person in front, if you’re blind, go and treat it. Facing the video behind, are you telling me that her acting skills are bad? Ruan Yingyu should be the one with bad acting skills. ]
Because of Xia Wanyuan’s appearance, the comments on the video website had at least doubled.
The program continued. As usual, after the main staff of the production team greeted everyone, the official program began.
To put it simply, variety shows were meant to make people relax. Hence, the program flow in the world was usually a game with a few segments.
In the game, they displayed the abilities of the guests in all aspects and increased the audience’s understanding of the guests through questions, answers, Truth or Dare.
In recent years, traditional cultural revival has been a popular word.
The national television station had also done several especially famous programs. One of them was a variety show called the Chinese Poetry Meet. Because of its wide range, interest, and literary value.
Ever since the broadcast began, it had become extremely popular. Many other variety programs also followed the footsteps of the national television station. They either directly did a program similar to a poetry meet or added some poetry meet plot on the original foundation.
As the leader of the local television station, Watermelon Platform would naturally actively respond to the national television station. During the recent program process, they had added such a segment to compete in poetry.