Chapter 336: The More Beautiful the Woman, the Better Her Acting

Not long after returning to the hotel, Miss Luo Quan received news that she would be going to the CCTV No. 1 Studio the next day for a rehearsal. The leaders at the station were very satisfied with the song *May We All Be Blessed with Longevity* and planned to let Miss Luo Quan perform it during the golden time of 9:30.

However, after arriving at the studio the next day, Miss Luo Quan, who had been a little excited, found that there was really not much she could do on stage.

She was performing a solo this time, without backup dancers. Director Zhang designed a few movements for her, as well as her overall positioning during the singing, and that was the end of it.

All the guests performing singing programs came to rehearse this time just to go through the motions and familiarize themselves with the process. Because when the actual performance took place, the microphones in their hands would not be live; the singing recorded in the recording studio would be played throughout.

Although Miss Luo Quan repeatedly guaranteed that she could make the live performance completely consistent with the recording studio, and that the live tone could even be better, wanting the director to give her a chance to perform live on stage.

But Director Zhang still smiled and refused:

"Although the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala is not the Spring Festival Gala, it is still a live broadcast watched by hundreds of millions of people. Can you guarantee that you won't make a single mistake?"

"Even if you can guarantee it, how can you guarantee that the microphone in your hand won't have problems?"

In fact, these hidden dangers existed. No one could guarantee that there wouldn't be any unexpected situations during the live broadcast. But in order to minimize the risk, CCTV chose the safest way, which was playing the recording.

This was also the reason why CCTV's major galas were always criticized for lip-syncing when singers performed.

Generally, famous and capable singers were very resistant to lip-syncing, believing it to be a manifestation of a lack of professionalism. There had been singers who protested against this method before.

For example, a few years ago, a female singer lip-synced on a CCTV music variety show and deliberately held the microphone upside down. Because it was a live broadcast, this scene made it onto the trending list for a whole day, stripping CCTV's lip-syncing bottom line completely bare.

However, as the saying goes, "once spoken, there is no poison." Since then, CCTV had no longer encouraged lip-syncing. For any gala, the first step in inviting a singer was to clearly tell them they had to lip-sync.

Later on, there was no need to notify them, because the singers themselves knew that going on CCTV meant coming to lip-sync.

Miss Luo Quan herself wasn't particularly resistant to lip-syncing, and she didn't have the guts to hold the microphone upside down at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, so she didn't continue to insist after the Director refused her guarantee.

Going through the motions for a whole morning, overall it was relatively smooth. During this time, Miss Luo Quan also took the opportunity to watch several large-scale dances and sketches that would be performed at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.

The scene was quite lively, but as for the quality... in short, there weren't many things that could make people's eyes light up.

In the past, such galas could create internet buzzwords that would be popular for a year. But now, it was the other way around: whatever memes were popular online were used, and they were applied rigidly, which was truly embarrassing to watch.

However, it didn't really matter. Who pays attention to the content of the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala or the Spring Festival Gala now? These galas had become a part of the Huaxia people's holidays. Even if the content was bad, as long as the whole family sat together and watched, it could still be lively.

So, although they were complained about every year, many people still opened their phones and TVs to watch the live broadcast every year.

Busy until noon, Miss Luo Quan, who had finished her first rehearsal, was stopped by Kong Yue and pulled in front of a group of middle-aged men in suits who were slightly chubby.

She wanted to introduce some big shots to her, and these must be them.

"Come, Miss Luo Quan, let me introduce you. This is Deputy Director He Tao of the GD Administration." Kong Yue pointed to the tallest middle-aged man.

"Hello, Deputy Director He." Miss Luo Quan asked with a slight sense of restraint.

"This is Deputy Station Head Li Qun of CCTV." Kong Yue continued to introduce. The middle-aged man introduced had a slightly more lean build, with a very bald forehead, but the remaining hair was pitch black and shiny.

"Hello, Deputy Station Head Li."

He Tao's expression was very kind: "I've long heard that our Huaxia has produced a music genius who shocked the world. Today, I finally get to see the real person."

Miss Luo Quan was all smiles: "It's all thanks to the country's cultivation."

Seeing this young talented woman being so sensible, several big shots laughed out loud.

Having sat in this position for so many years, they had seen too many geniuses. These geniuses had a unified characteristic: they were arrogant and looked down on others, and they always had a naturally antagonistic emotion toward officials, especially those managing the cultural and entertainment industry. So, when they first met these geniuses, most of the time it wasn't very pleasant.

Very few geniuses could communicate with them calmly. Someone as grounded as Miss Luo Quan was the first in so many years.

Deputy Director He sighed: "I haven't heard such polite words from a young person like you for a long time."

Deputy Station Head Li also smiled: "What was the name of that pianist introduced by Old Qin last time? Wu Feng, right? He came to meet us and said a total of three sentences. The expression on his face, those who didn't know would think we owed him money."

Miss Luo Quan listened with a serious look. She had heard of Wu Feng, whom the two big shots were talking about. It was said that he was the greatest genius in the history of the Huaxia piano world. He started practicing at six, won first place in the International Chopin Competition at eighteen, and held a concert at the Vienna Golden Hall at twenty-one. Afterward, he became world-famous. Although he was only twenty-three now, he was already the top pianist in the world. In terms of international fame, he was once among the top five Huaxia people.

For a genius like this, his temper in daily life was somewhat eccentric, and not caring about the powerful was likely one of the manifestations.

The two big shots chatted for a while, realized they had gone off-topic, and brought the conversation back to Miss Luo Quan. Deputy Director He looked at Miss Luo Quan: "I heard you were originally studying at the University of Tokyo. How did you suddenly think of returning to the country? Even if you want to study music, American music academies are better than domestic ones."

"Don't say those polite words about wanting to report the government's cultivation."

Deputy Director He was also very knowledgeable and likely guessed that Miss Luo Quan would say that. Although polite words were nice to hear, he wanted the truth more. A Huaxia student who had studied hard abroad for three years and finally got into a world-class institution like the University of Tokyo, only to return to the country after one year to become an exchange student—if she had chosen Tsinghua or Peking University, that would be fine, but she chose an art school that was only famous in Huaxia. No matter how you look at it, it was very unreasonable.

Miss Luo Quan smiled awkwardly. She had really prepared to say she wanted to repay the government for her cultivation. In fact, she did have some thoughts in that regard at the time.

But now she certainly couldn't say that.

"I thought everyone knew about this." Miss Luo Quan thought that when she returned to the country, there were quite a lot of rumors online. With her popularity, there shouldn't be many who didn't know.

The two big shots looked confused: "What matter?"

Kong Yue laughed: "I've heard some things about this. At that time, domestic media and Japanese media reported it for a while, saying that the Japanese Crown Prince Jinggong Ya Zuo had fallen in love with my little junior sister, but was rejected."

"After the Japanese public found out, they called on the internet to petition at the University of Tokyo for Miss Luo Quan, asking Miss Luo Quan to agree to the Crown Prince, in order to keep this national goddess in Japan forever."

"As a result, two days after this call came out, the little junior sister returned to the country."

Miss Luo Quan nodded: "That's about it. The main thing is that the mother of this Crown Prince was forced to marry his father by Japanese social public opinion and officials in a similar way."

"I was afraid that I would encounter such a situation, so I applied for an exchange that day and finished the procedures the next day. The reason I chose Shangyi was mainly because among the exchange schools, it was the only art school. I thought that since the major was relevant, I just decided on it."

"So there was such a thing." Deputy Director He was a bit surprised. He didn't expect Miss Luo Quan to have such a relationship with the Japanese Crown Prince.

"You just said 'national goddess'. What does this mean?" Deputy Station Head Li noticed Kong Yue's choice of words and raised a question. "Miss Luo Quan, are you very famous in Japan?"

Miss Luo Quan was stunned: "Should... probably... I guess I'm famous. I've been on TV a few times."

This was completely a humble way of saying it. Last summer, the MV of her singing *Don't Give Up* in the recording studio was broadcast on major TV stations. During that time, as long as you watched TV, you would definitely see Miss Luo Quan. The national coverage rate was as high as 90%!

Hearing Miss Luo Quan say this, Kong Yue also laughed out loud: "You are being too humble. There aren't many stars who can make it into Japanese textbooks."

Afterward, Kong Yue popularized Miss Luo Quan's "great achievements" in Japan to the two leaders. Although it was just a plain narrative, it still sounded as incredible as a mortal's miracle.

Deputy Director He went from surprise to calm, and finally looked at Miss Luo Quan with a smile: "You girl are quite interesting. If you are famous, you are famous. There is nothing to be embarrassed about."

Miss Luo Quan smiled: "Humility is a virtue of the Huaxia people."

Deputy Station Head Li shook his head and laughed: "Your official tone is more proficient than mine. However, compared to the big and small stars in the circle, your conduct is really a level higher."

Miss Luo Quan's smile was a bit helpless: "It's mainly because I was forced by the environment. Conduct still needs to be smoother. However, I haven't done particularly well so far, and occasionally I still offend some big shots in the circle because of being emotional."

Kong Yue was shocked and hurriedly asked: "Big shots? Which leader did you offend?"

She didn't know about Miss Luo Quan and the Huayi Group, thinking that Miss Luo Quan had offended some leader of the GD at some point.

He Tao's expression became serious: "In Huaxia, there is no such thing as a big shot. Everyone is equal. If it's just because you refused some improper requests, then the one who is wrong is definitely not you!"

"Which big shot is it? Tell me and let me hear."

"I don't know if you have heard of the Huayi Company?" Miss Luo Quan's tone was a bit hesitant, as if she were worried about something, but her eyes were full of cunning.

When the acting performance, temporarily boosted to S+ by the system, took effect, even a human-refining expert like He Tao could not detect any flaws.

"Huayi..." He Tao frowned. Of course, he had heard of this company, and he had had many contacts with the boss of this company. Even Huayi's dominance in the Huaxia entertainment industry in the past few years had received a lot of support from the GD behind the scenes.

However, times have changed. After the new director of the GD took office, the strategy toward Huayi had also undergone huge changes. Now Huayi was no longer the giant that could run rampant in the circle.

And with the feedback of the evil karma left behind, the negative news about Huayi received by the GD Administration was also increasing.

"How did you offend the boss of Huayi?" He Tao was expressionless, signaling Miss Luo Quan to continue.

Miss Luo Quan wasn't sure of He Tao's attitude, but she still truthfully recounted the matter between her and the boss of Huayi. She didn't add any embellishments to this part; she just said it as it was.

However, although this matter was indeed the fault of the boss of Huayi, in the final analysis, it wasn't a matter of principle. At most, the boss of Huayi was a bit bullying. If it were really poked to the leaders of the GD, it wouldn't make much of a splash.

But, since Miss Luo Quan had decided to put eye drops on the boss of Huayi, how could she have prepared only this little bit?

After finishing her own business, Miss Luo Quan also shook out the matter of Su Yu and the boss of Huayi.

After the Fan Ying incident, Miss Luo Quan clarified that the system had the function of distinguishing people's character. Last night, she asked the system again and confirmed that Su Yu didn't lie.

Then, the boss of Huayi attempting unspoken rules and then implementing retaliation was a nail-on-the-board thing!

"That's how it is. Su Yu was blacklisted until now not long after she debuted. However, I didn't have a recording here at the time, and the boss of Huayi certainly wouldn't admit it."

"But she clearly didn't make any mistakes, yet she received such treatment. I am very angry in my heart."

"However, we can't afford to offend such a big shot. Even if it is exposed online, people can easily suppress it, and even hire internet water armies to reverse black and white, and pour dirty water on us. So we can only pretend it didn't happen." Miss Luo Quan's appearance of being indignant yet helpless made the leaders present have some empathy.

They were all old people who had been in this circle for decades. They were clear about some things, but was it useful to say them out?

So, aside from helplessness, Su Yu really didn't have any good way. Being able to persist for a few years without forgetting her original intention and withstanding the pressure was already better than many female stars in the circle.

After finishing, Miss Luo Quan added: "I'll ask one more question. I only returned to China for development this year. Is this boss of Huayi really untouchable?"

He Tao snorted coldly: "In this one-acre-three-centimeter land of the entertainment industry, it's not his turn to cover the sky with one hand!"

"As long as this matter is true, no matter who it is, they will inevitably pay the price."

"Also, tell Su Yu that the grievances she suffered in these years will not be in vain. There will be results soon, and she will not receive any unfair treatment in the future."

"With your words, I am relieved." Miss Luo Quan let out a sigh of relief, revealing a smile, and a beautiful arc rose from the corners of her lips.

PS: Thanks to book friend Deng Shen for the book coins, thank you! ===== CHAPTER 337 =====