[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-entertainment-told-to-stay-grounded-you-start-ta":3,"chapter-entertainment-told-to-stay-grounded-you-start-ta-entertainment-i-was-told-to-be-down-to-earth-not-chapter-254":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Entertainment: I Was Told to Be Down-to-Earth, Not Handle Funerals",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1930839,2633,"Chapter 254","entertainment-i-was-told-to-be-down-to-earth-not-chapter-254",254,"\u003Cp>\"Cough cough cough!\" Seeing the topic becoming more and more explicit, Zhu Zhu Jiejing interrupted her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Su, there is another question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to the script, your role is a ballet master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you need to learn some ballet during this time...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need!\" Su Meng smiled slightly and said lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Coincidentally, I also know a thing or two about ballet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Know a thing or two about ballet?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You, a male star, I believe you can dance street dance, but you can dance ballet?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing is not so easy to fool people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Jiejing thought for a while and asked tentatively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what is your ballet level?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you need to find a body double?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Meng laughed and said lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's put it this way, if I want to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With my ballet level, competing for the principal of major domestic ballet troupes is not a problem!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy crap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was even more dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you serious about saying this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Principal? That's something only top dancers can serve as!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Meng looked at Zhu Zhu Jiejing, who was incredulous, and felt emotional in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, this matter has something to do with you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at the Spring Festival Gala backstage, Su Meng used Zhu Zhu Jiejing's luck to make a ten-draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the result almost made him vomit blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten-draw actually came with eight \"thank you for your patronage\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only two drawn were \"Professional-Level Ballet Skill\" and \"Professional-Level Street Dance Skill\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Su Meng thought these two skills wouldn't be used and had already thrown them to the back of his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today they were actually used?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Jiejing shook her head and raised a new question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher Su, looking at the script, there are two actors with some lines.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One is the teacher of the ballet team, and the other is the school's management staff.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are these two roles decided?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Meng nodded and explained patiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The school's management staff doesn't have a very important role, I plan to ask my senior Brother Yu to guest star.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Yu? Many people's eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look at Su Meng's face, a supporting role is such a big shot?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the ballet team teacher, I haven't decided yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But when I was filming TV series before, I had a good relationship with some old actors, so I'll find a suitable person when the time comes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That...\" Zhu Zhu Jiejing hesitated and continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Su, in this script, we all appear with our real names, so the sense of substitution is very strong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And in the script, this teacher is unfathomable and is a top dance master of the older generation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If only an actor plays this role, is it a bit inappropriate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can we consider inviting a real dancer to hold the scene?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\" Her statement also made Su Meng's eyes light up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This movie is a foreign movie, and the names are naturally foreign names.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this version of Su Meng is all domestic actors, so naturally, they can't use those names anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Meng was too lazy to name them again, so he simply used the actors' real names.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including some scenes and dance troupe names, all are real names.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a perfect interaction online and offline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the statement Zhu Zhu Jiejing mentioned was something he had ignored before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister Zhu, do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Jiejing smiled slightly, and there was a hint of respect in her tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think... Teacher Yang Liping is suitable?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Liping?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This name made everyone at the scene boil over instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentioning this name, it is known to everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Known as the \"Peacock Princess\" and \"Dance God\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dance circle, it is even more like a god!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Meng was also numb; he still respected such real artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister Zhu, are you serious? Can you really invite Teacher Yang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not sure.\" Zhu Zhu Jiejing shook her head and said sincerely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have specifically asked Teacher Yang for advice before, and my relationship with Teacher Yang is not bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can try to invite her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But because of Teacher Yang's health, she has reduced a lot of work now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I can't guarantee whether she is willing to participate in the movie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem!\" Su Meng nodded, his face full of joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we can invite Teacher Yang, this is naturally the best.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it really doesn't work, we'll talk about it later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Teacher Yang is unwilling to come out of the mountains...\" Zhu Zhu Jiejing laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can thicken my face and ask a few old artists from our Magic City Song and Dance Troupe to come out of the mountains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Su, if you are at ease, leave this role to me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy crap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of people became more and more numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This seems to be a movie Su Meng shot on a whim, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why does it feel like the specifications are getting higher and higher?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are all kinds of artists going to appear in person?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xu Xu Xiaoyu and the other two young dancers hid on the side, already starting to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We are just a few students who haven't graduated from the Dance College of the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where have we seen this battle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Performing on the same stage with legendary gods?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, that's it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Meng nodded and pulled the topic back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This movie is not difficult to shoot, and it's fast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But everyone needs to practice the dance in advance, this is the top priority.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In terms of music, I have already asked Bai Bai Bai Xiaoling...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he finished speaking, his phone suddenly rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Meng took out his phone and glanced at it, his mood instantly improving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao Ling, is the soundtrack finished?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Teacher Su.\" Bai Xiao Ling's voice was calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These few pieces aren't very difficult, and with the full support of the Imperial Music Academy, the recording is already complete.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll send the tracks to you in a moment; take a look and see if there's anything that needs adjusting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Meng covered the microphone and gave Deng Deng Deng Ziqi a smug smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I let you record it, could you be this fast?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deng Deng Deng Ziqi was so angry she pinched his waist hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Meng teased her a little before continuing into the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, send them over, I'll listen and then decide.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xiao Ling acknowledged this and asked with some confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher Su, aren't you filming a street dance movie?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see that most of these tracks are dance music, but some seem quite soothing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who said it was purely street dance?\" Su Meng explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This movie is called 'Step Up', and it blends street dance, ballet, music, youth, dreams, love, betrayal, and competition...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What on earth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Bai Xiao Ling heard, the more bewildered she became. What did all of that have to do with anything?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Meng summarized it in one sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Simply put, it's about a street dance crew and a ballet troupe forced to use the same practice space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Noble ballet and grassroots street dance—that's how the collision of conflict happens.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But later, they turn from enemies into friends, join forces, and compete together in the National Street Dance Championship.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xiao Ling was already feeling a bit numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the last movie, you blended folk music and Western music, and that wasn't enough? This time you want to blend ballet and street dance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking her head, Bai Xiao Ling stopped thinking about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she was only responsible for the soundtrack for this movie; now that the task was done, she couldn't help with the film anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hesitating for a moment, Bai Xiao Ling continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher Su, there's something that concerns you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you remember Mr. Benedict?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who?\" Su Meng was completely confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xiao Ling patiently explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When Berklee came to the Imperial Music Academy for an exchange last time, he was the head of the delegation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In reality, he is an internationally renowned piano master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He holds positions not only at Berklee but also at the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He has immense influence in the European and American music circles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh... don't know him,\" Su Meng said nonchalantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xiao Ling choked, then said helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you forgotten?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When he came for the exchange last time, he said his father was critically ill and wanted to invite you to perform at his father's funeral.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's him!\" Once Bai Xiao Ling mentioned that, Su Meng finally remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time he had received a funeral performance gig from abroad!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn't you say so earlier? I would have remembered!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened to him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xiao Ling was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His father passed away this morning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And he really did send an invitation, inviting you, Teacher Su, to perform at his father's funeral...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What on earth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Su Meng was completely stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally thought the foreigner was just talking for fun; who knew he was serious?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his head and thought; he had plans for Europe and America in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since this person was so influential, it was necessary to maintain a good relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So... was he going to return to his old trade and go abroad to play funeral music again?\u003C\u002Fp>",1579,"2026-06-14T05:02:40.391Z","2026-06-14T06:01:35.269Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","74cbb59f6609f7902018c238f5694bc9f013204033ccaffbf5884973effaed95","entertainment-i-was-told-to-be-down-to-earth-not-chapter-255","entertainment-i-was-told-to-be-down-to-earth-not-chapter-253",277,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fentertainment-i-was-told-to-be-down-to-earth-not-cover.jpg"]