dognovel Chapter 618, directed by Shen Yue, "Yearning for Life"?
Chapter 618, directed by Shen Yue, "Yearning for Life"?
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Before I knew it, I arrived at Hunan TV Station.
Before the car even turned onto the main road in front of the TV station, Gu Qing could see the dense crowd stretching as far as the eye could see through the car window.
"Teacher He, is it really necessary to make such a fuss every time I come?"
Gu Qing withdrew her gaze from the car window, leaned back in her seat with a slightly disoriented expression, and unconsciously rubbed her temples.
"I've been here so many times, I'm quite familiar with everyone now."
"Haha, although you're practically one of us from Hunan now, the station still needs to be prepared to show the proper attitude."
Teacher He smiled and stood up, saying gently, "The closer you are to someone, the less you should treat them casually. How can you be nice to strangers but mean to your friends?"
finished,
He even opened the car door and stepped aside to let Gu Qing get out first.
"Teacher He, I have learned a lot."
Gu Qing nodded, then reached out and nudged Teacher He's back, signaling him to get off the bus first.
"Little brother, you can go down first. I'll be your security guard today."
Teacher He naturally didn't want to steal his thunder, so he shrank back a little.
"Teacher He, you just said that we should be sincere to our friends, so why aren't you my friend anymore?"
Gu Qing delivered the decisive blow with a single sentence.
"Okay, okay, I'll log off first."
Teacher He paused for half a second before laughing.
He could naturally sense the mutual respect Gu Qing showed him.
This feeling of being respected made him a little embarrassed, but it also warmed his heart.
Teacher He got out of the car first and stood next to the car door, reaching out to shield Gu Qing from the door frame.
His eyes held a complex expression.
He thought of the troublesome young kids he had encountered while recording a program recently.
They've already got their noses in the air even before they've debuted.
They think they're already a big star just because they participated in a talent show...
"If only these children were as sensible as Xiao Gu."
As Teacher He turned to face the swarm of station staff, he sighed silently.
He truly felt the difference.
They're more handsome than you, younger than you, and their status is at the very top of the entertainment industry.
But they remained humble, polite, and gentle.
You haven't even passed the preliminary rounds, where does your confidence come from? You're so arrogant!
Teacher He was puzzled.
Upon arriving at the long red carpet set up by the TV station, welcoming support signs, banners, and decorations were lined up one after another, stretching from the entrance all the way to the elevator.
The support signs were printed with stills of Gu Qing from different periods of the drama. Huangguotai really went all out, with each one surrounded by a heart shape in pink and blue cursive lettering by fans.
"Little brother, I have something interesting to tell you."
While helping to maintain order, Teacher He turned his head slightly and smiled as he said to Gu Qing:
"Do you still remember Yueyue? She's a director at Hunan TV, a very cute girl with a bob haircut. She even asked you for an autograph before."
When you first came to record "Happy Camp," she was holding a pink notebook at the entrance to the backstage dressing room, her hands trembling with nervousness.
"Yueyue?"
Gu Qinggang handed a signed marker back to the staff member and paused slightly upon hearing this.
He frowned and thought carefully, then, relying on his superior memory, he quickly...
An image of a girl with short, ear-length hair and delicate features surfaced from the depths of my memory.
She was indeed wearing a blue overall vest from Shonan TV, with a name tag around her neck, and holding a pink notebook that had been flipped through many pages.
When I said to him, "Gu Qing, could you sign your name for me?"
After glancing at him, she buried her face in her clothes and spoke so softly it was barely audible.
In the end, it was Teacher He who took the notebook and had Gu Qing sign it.
"I remember, didn't she used to have a few dolls on her desk?"
Gu Qing replied.
"Yes, yes, that's her! Little brother, you have such a good memory. I wish I had your memory. I feel like I'm starting to forget things now."
Teacher He made a self-deprecating remark with envy before cheerfully bringing the conversation back on track, "Yueyue has gone to be an artist now, and she's even quite popular now."
"Little brother, have you seen 'A Love So Beautiful'? It's the new web series that aired in July or August this year."
"Yueyue? Is she Shen Yue?"
Upon hearing that it was "A Love So Beautiful," Gu Qing looked at Teacher He in surprise, her eyebrows slightly raised.
Since his role in "The Left Ear" two years ago became a huge hit, the market for youth campus films has been brought to its peak.
Low-budget, high-return youth films have become the preferred path for many film and television companies to promote new talents.
Investing in a movie or web series costs only a few million. If you break even, you make double the money. Even if you lose money, you won't lose much.
Like the "juniors" Gu Qing had met at the awards ceremony:
Li Landi and Zhang Xinchen debuted in the youth drama "Hello, Old Times".
Not long ago,
The person Chen Sicheng introduced to him, Liu Haoran, had also become somewhat famous because of a female artist named Tan Songyun, through the drama "With You".
These newcomers have benefited from the hidden advantages brought by Gu Qing.
Youth films are receiving more attention than ever before, and naturally, my career has also seen a significant boost.
That's the strange thing about the market; once one person opens a door, others can squeeze through it.
What surprised Gu Qing the most was that the little girl who asked him for an autograph a couple of years ago was actually "Shen Yue".
She's actually a director at Hunan TV?
Although Gu Qing didn't pay much attention to the entertainment industry later on, it was hard for him not to know about the famous new generation stars who were always trending on social media.
Shen Yue and Wang Hedi starred in the classic remake of "Meteor Garden," and he watched a few episodes when it first aired.
However, later on, because everyone's acting was so awkward,
Gu Qing's facial expression management was limited to "staring and pouting," so she didn't pursue the matter further.
"Yes, yes, that's her. Yueyue is really doing well now."
Teacher He nodded quickly, his eyes shining with pride for his colleague.
As he walked, he laughed and shared anecdotes with Gu Qing, "You have no idea how Yueyue was selected for the film crew. It's amazing, it's like a real-life idol drama."
"She became obsessed with photography in the first half of the year and was preparing to take photos of models with a group of friends, but the models didn't show up."
You've seen Yueyue before because she's pretty—she's fair-skinned, petite, and has a particularly sweet smile—and her photographer friends have taken her to be their model.
After the photos were posted online, they were spotted by an agent from director Chen Guofu's company. Isn't that amazing?
"It's really amazing. It's like when I accompany many celebrities to auditions for friends. The people who are chosen are always so inexplicable. Maybe that's just fate."
Gu Qing nodded with a smile.
Having been in the industry for a long time, he had heard of and knew about some of the big directors.
Director Chen Guofu has produced and directed a series of classic films, including "The Message," "Mojin: The Lost Legend," "A World Without Thieves," "Painted Skin," the "Detective Dee" series, and "Chongqing Hot Pot."
His connections and abilities are also outstanding; he's the kind of low-profile but incredibly powerful figure in the industry.
"It's a pity that the station's most beautiful girl has been poached. Little brother, you don't know, the day Yueyue left, many of the single guys in our station cried."
Teacher He complained, and then jokingly stabbed at the male colleagues who were following him.
"Isn't that right? Yueyue is gone, aren't you heartbroken? You—yes, you, weren't you the one who cried the hardest back then?"
The male colleagues remained silent, simply bowing their heads and withdrawing into themselves.
"Little brother, Yueyue is your die-hard fan."
Teacher He clearly hadn't had enough of stabbing, and with a mischievous grin, he raised an eyebrow and gently nudged Gu Qing's arm with his elbow, his tone full of gossip and teasing.
She even secretly told me that she hopes to act in the same movie as you someday.
Isn't that romantic? He even pursued you all the way into the entertainment industry.
From asking you for an autograph backstage to now becoming an artist myself, I wonder if I'll actually get to act alongside you in a few years.
"Teacher He, stop messing around. Didn't you say you were shipping me and Sister Liying?"
Gu Qing was both amused and exasperated; he naturally didn't believe these polite words.
Even without him, these people still managed to enter the entertainment industry and become artists, didn't they?
"That's right, I'm Gu Ying's biggest and most loyal fan, how could I possibly fall for someone else?"
Teacher He clutched his head, repeatedly exclaiming "I'm so sorry!" His expression shifted seamlessly, going from gossip to repentance in just one second.
have to say,
Teacher He does indeed have a matchmaker quality.
The fact that Wang Hedi and Shen Yue could star in "Meteor Garden" and even have it broadcast on Hunan TV might just be due to resources personally introduced by Teacher He.
Later, Wang Hedi and Shen Yue's "Di Yue CP" became very popular.
CP fans went on a crazy shopping spree, genuinely and earnestly belittling other CP fans:
"Our Di Yue CP is the most genuine heterosexual friendship in the Chinese entertainment industry. It's not artificial sweetener; it's the instinctive trust of friends who have been together for ten years!"
"We've seen each other at our most vulnerable, and we've withstood the doubts of the entire internet. This friendship, which has lasted since we were unknown, is more stable and more precious than romantic love."
"'Call me anytime if you can't handle it,' this promise is a slap in the face to all the deliberately promoted couples in the Chinese entertainment industry. This is a dependence etched into their subconscious!"
This is also the most classic quote from the fans of the two as a couple.
But Gu Qing felt that these words sounded somewhat familiar.
……
Upon arriving at the prepared lounge,
The director and planners of the show "The Sound" have been waiting for a long time.
The two men, along with their assistants, stood neatly at the entrance of the lounge. When they saw Gu Qing approaching, they immediately greeted her warmly and friendly.
"Ms. Gu Qing, is there anything in the process that needs to be adjusted? We are ready to make changes at any time."
"The recording studio has been cleared out for you. You can go there to rehearse and get a feel for the place anytime."
"Teacher He reminded us yesterday that you've been busy with promotions lately and your throat might be a little tired, so we arranged for our staff to prepare some throat-soothing tea for you in advance."
"Thank you, thank you."
Gu Qing thanked them several times before reciting three confirmed segments and asking the production team to print out the script.
Immediately,
He stood up abruptly, took the stack of papers still warm from the printer, and walked towards the recording studio.
"Little brother, you should at least take a rest. I see you flying around every day, aren't you tired?"
Teacher He followed behind, his brows furrowed.
He heard about Gu Qing's schedule from Gu Qing's assistant on the phone yesterday.
The flight to Changsha was at dawn. Rehearsals were in the morning, recordings were in the afternoon, and I had to catch a flight back to the film set for promotions in the evening.
The sheer volume of his schedule is so intense, just hearing about it makes me want to give him a break.
"Fortunately, I'm a heavy sleeper, so I can rest on the plane and in the car."
Gu Qing replied with a smile.
"Teacher He, rehearsals are the priority. I don't want to be unable to deliver my lines properly during dubbing."
Besides, Teacher Zhou is here today; I can't let him correct my mistakes in front of me.
"All right……"
Teacher He didn't know what else to say, so he could only follow along with concern.
……
Upon arriving at the recording location, all the lights in the studio were already on.
Warm, golden beams of light poured down from rows of spotlights on the ceiling, illuminating the bar stool on the stage and the microphone standing on the mic stand in perfect detail.
The audience seats were empty, except for the sound engineer in the last row who was adjusting the equipment, and deep test sounds were coming out of the surround sound system in waves.
Gu Qing took the newly printed script, sat down on the bar stool, adjusted the microphone height, cleared her throat, and began rehearsing.
Teacher He took half a day off today and sat in the middle of the first row of the audience to watch Gu Qing's rehearsal.
Wow, little brother, you're really good at this!
"My God, this is amazing, bro, it's absolutely amazing, I'm about to cry..."
"That sounds amazing, little brother! How are you so talented!"
Gu Qing finally experienced the joy of being a chef like Huang Xiaochu. Teacher He was taking pictures with his phone, exclaiming in amazement, and the emotional impact he provided was simply too smooth.
With friends like that around, how could you not feel smug?
The rehearsal lasted about an hour.
Gu Qing went through the three segments several times from beginning to end, and then picked out a few details to analyze.
Until you feel that the rhythm and emotion of each segment have basically reached the state you want.
Gu Qingcai took the water glass handed to him by his assistant, took a sip of warm water, and moistened his slightly dry throat.
"Teacher He, please don't flatter me to death."
He took the script and walked up to Teacher He, who was still praising him incessantly.
Gu Qing felt that if she didn't stop him, she would probably be praised until tomorrow morning.
"Little brother, I'm just telling the truth. What do you mean by 'praise to death'? You're just that capable!"
Teacher He corrected him with a serious expression, saying righteously, "I won't allow you to underestimate yourself like that!!"
"If you've trained to this level and still think you're not good enough, then how are other people supposed to survive?"
Gu Qing: "..."
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All morning,
Gu Qing finished the rehearsal amidst Teacher He's continuous praise.
When they finished filming, Teacher He was still saying to him with great enthusiasm, "Little brother, your last take was the best."
near noon,
Hai Tao, whom we hadn't seen in a long time, arrived at the station with his new girlfriend, host Shen Mengcheng, behaving intimately.
Shen Mengcheng clung to Hai Tao's arm, half of his body weight hanging on him, which looked somewhat comical from a distance.
A slender, beautiful woman wearing a floral dress and a white jacket, with exquisite makeup and long, curved eyelashes.
Hai Tao, standing next to her, was an obese man whose small eyes were squeezed so tightly by the flesh on his face that they were almost just slits.
The stark contrast in their physiques and appearances is as if they were characters from two completely different movies, crammed into the same frame.
As Shen Mengcheng walked, he looked up at Hai Tao and called out "Good boy, good boy, good boy" repeatedly.
Her voice was also sweet and charming.
"Honey, aren't you tired?"
Goodness, what do you want to eat later?
"Sweetie, I brought you some fruit today, all cut by myself. That mango took me ages to cut; my fingers are sore!"
As she spoke, she leaned her upper body a little closer to Hai Tao, her posture full of flattery and coquetry.
"Teacher He, when did Haitao and Mengcheng start dating?"
From afar, Gu Qing could hear the two calling each other "good boy" echoing in the corridor. She looked at Teacher He beside her in surprise.
He remembered that when Haitao last came to Xiangnantai, he was still single. How come he was suddenly surrounded by "good girls"?
"We started talking about it in 2014, but we only recently decided to go public with it."
Teacher He's teeth ached a little from that cloying "Good boy~", and he grinned.
He abruptly stood up from the audience, deliberately lowered his voice, and imitated the station director's tone, sternly rebuking:
"Haitao! Mengcheng! Who gave you permission to hug and cuddle in the station?!"
As soon as the sound came out,
Hai Tao and Shen Mengcheng were so frightened that they jumped back at the same time.
But after seeing the people in the audience clearly,
"Oh my god, Teacher He, why are you so scary?"
Hai Tao narrowed his small eyes, which were almost invisible due to his fat, and the terrified expression on his face instantly switched to the classic image of a bullied person from the Happy Camp show.
"I thought it was the station director; you almost gave me a heart attack."
"Ah—Gu Qing, my little brother?! Gu Qing, my little brother, you've arrived?!"
Shen Mengcheng's eyes lit up as she spotted Gu Qing sitting in the audience.
Her infatuation with men was well-known at the station.
She screamed, forgetting even about her boyfriend.
When Shen Meng ran up to Gu Qing, Gu Qing's pretty face flushed red, and he said with admiration and excitement, "Little brother, I really like you! I've been a fan ever since you acted in 'Nirvana in Fire'! Can I hug you?"
In an instant,
Hai Tao could no longer laugh.
He forced a smile. "Goodness, don't you like Chris Wu? You even said you'd save him first if he fell into the sea."
“I liked him before, but now I like my younger brother more.”
Shen Mengcheng didn't even turn his head.
"Sister Mengcheng, let's shake hands. I'm afraid Brother Haitao will get jealous."
Gu Qing stood up tactfully and politely extended her right hand.
But who would have thought,
Shen Mengcheng, however, used both hands simultaneously, her two slender hands grasping his right hand and not letting go once she did.
She swayed excitedly, speaking incoherently.
"Haitao, you should lose some weight."
Seeing this, Teacher He couldn't help but laugh and reached out to gently pat Hai Tao's round belly.
The thick layer of fat rippled in a small wave beneath his palm.
He withdrew his hand and kindly offered a reminder, his tone half joking and half sincere.
Teacher He is a very kind person.
This doesn't mean he lacks emotional intelligence or IQ; it just means he doesn't want to think too badly of people.
Seeing Shen Mengcheng's reaction when she met Gu Qing, her infatuated expression was no different from that of a fangirl outside.
I knew it; she's the ultimate face-obsessed person.
What's the biggest reason why someone who's attracted to good looks might fall for a fat person?
Surely it's not because they like your small eyes and big belly, is it?
The results are obvious.
Teacher He sighed silently in his heart, but said nothing aloud.
Some things are awkward to talk about once the secret is out.
Hai Tao remained silent.
He certainly understood the reason, but he was simply unwilling to accept reality.
after all,
Even wealthy people can make mistakes, hoping to meet a good woman who doesn't want their money and yearning for true love.
"Teacher He, everyone online says that fat people are potential stars. Do you think I'll be able to outshine Gu Qing if I lose weight?"
Hai Tao strained to open his small eyes, his gaze filled with hope.
"..."
Upon hearing this, Teacher He fell silent.
He looked at Hai Tao's unremarkable features: a flat nose covered by fat and small eyes.
Teacher He glanced to the side again, almost unconsciously.
Gu Qing's exquisite and handsome face was pleasing to the eye even at a glance.
"Haitao, you..."
Teacher He braced himself and prepared to go against his conscience and force a few words of praise.
His lips moved several times, but no sound came out.
"I'm sorry, Haitao, I can't do it!"
Teacher He covered his face in anguish and chose to give up.
There's a limit to lying, and he really can't do it.
Hai Tao: "..."
……
"Little brother, let's go eat first."
Teacher He smoothed things over and apologized:
"I have another engagement this afternoon, so I might have to leave first and won't be able to spend the evening with you."
"It's alright, Teacher He. See you next time when you have time."
Gu Qing tried to pull her hand away, but couldn't. Helplessly, she turned her head and replied.
at the same time,
Shen Mengcheng also realized what was going on; there was nothing he could do, he had been suppressing his feelings too much usually.
She was reluctant to let go of Gu Qing's hand, so she hurriedly returned to Hai Tao's side, hugged his arm, and kept comforting and coaxing him.
This finally made Hai Tao squint his eyes and smile again.
The group arrived at the private room at the restaurant that Teacher He had booked.
The private room was small but exquisitely decorated, with several ink paintings hanging on the wall.
"Little brother, do you like farming? Do you like the rural scenery?"
While waiting for the food, Teacher He gestured excitedly to Gu Qing, "Like planting crops, planting vegetables, and raising a few small animals around."
what do you think?
Does it give you a particularly relaxing and healing feeling?
"That's great, I really like the scenery in the mountains and fields."
Gu Qing nodded subconsciously.
"That's great! Our station is planning to restart a slow-paced variety show about farming and leisure, and we expect to finalize the project and schedule it next year."
Teacher He's eyes lit up, and she excitedly asked, "Little brother, will you come and play then?"
"Just one or two episodes will do, no need to record too many, just come and relax."
"A slow-paced variety show about leisurely farming?"
Gu Qing's heart stirred slightly.
Doesn't this sound just like "Back to Field"?
If he remembered correctly, this variety show was supposed to have aired in early 2017.
When this variety show aired in his previous life, he watched several seasons and found it very therapeutic.
"Teacher He, what do you mean by 'restart'?"
Gu Qing noticed the odd wording, put down her teacup, and turned to look at Teacher He.
"Little brother, this is actually related to you."
Teacher He glanced down at Gu Qing, embarrassed, and gave an awkward smile.
"The original plan for this variety show was something that Mr. Huang and I started preparing for last year."
Some of the station's leaders had initially agreed, approved some funding, and even visited the filming locations.
As a result, weren't your several new dramas bought by Dongfang TV? They acquired several in a row.
Teacher He shrugged.
"Coincidentally, the dramas that our station spent a lot of money to buy all flopped in terms of ratings."
It would be one thing if one show flopped, but every single one of them was completely crushed by other shows airing at the same time. The contrast was simply appalling.
In a fit of anger, the higher-ups reassigned many people from various departments and sent people to investigate the flow of funds.
As a result, no one dared to approve funding during that period, the entire approval process came to a standstill, and our program was effectively stillborn.
At this point, Teacher He jokingly said, "It wasn't until this year, after I mentioned it to the leaders several times and found several sponsors willing to take over, that the program was finally restarted."
"Little brother, these dramas of yours have completely transformed our station! They even changed the cafeteria menu!"
"You can do that?"
Gu Qing paused, her teacup hovering at her lips.
His butterfly wing
It seems like the fan is getting bigger and bigger...
...(End of this chapter)