Chapter 318: Eating Melons at the Music Festival

This call was made directly to Zhang Guang.

Sui Sui Lingfang thought about it, because it involved the artists under her and the ally company, she had to know Tianding Entertainment's thoughts before deciding how to handle He Yixuan.

After learning from Seeing Jin Li that He Yixuan had appeared at Tianding Entertainment, she sent a message to He Yixuan's assistant, asking her to send over He Yixuan's schedule for the past few months.

Sui Sui Lingfang looked for a long time and found that she would choose to be empty on weekends and stack all appearances on weekdays.

He Yixuan's appearances were all filming, so she had to take the initiative to contact the crew to work overtime, and then take a break on weekends.

Now the industry filming standard formulated by the Actor's Union for actors is that weekends are off. If it's a regular crew that isn't short of money, they will naturally follow the time given by the Actor's Union.

But the ones He Yixuan contacted were all small productions, the crew wasn't particular, and they were poor, so they had to film on weekends, which made He Yixuan, who didn't film on weekends, a bit abrupt.

The assistant didn't record the weekend schedule, meaning these were all He Yixuan's private schedules.

Just looking at this schedule, Sui Sui Lingfang felt something was wrong.

He Yixuan was the first artist she brought out with her own hands. She had been with her longer than she had been with Seeing Jin Li, so she knew this wasn't

He Yixuan was not the type of person who insisted on resting on weekends; to some extent, she was even happy to stay with the crew to work overtime. She had also seen the previous schedule, and there was no need to keep the weekend free.

Sui Sui Lingfang's eyes were filled with depth; all of this had started two months ago.

The phone rang for a long time before Zhang Guang finally answered and asked, "What is it?"

Sui Sui Lingfang: "Is it convenient for you to talk over there?"

Zhang Guang glanced at the anxious Cheng Zhizhi and said, "It's not very convenient right now. I'll call you back later."

Sui Sui Lingfang: "Fine, I'm free all evening."

After hanging up, Zhang Guang said in a flat tone, "Tell me, how did you get her in touch with Agent Zhao?"

Cheng Zhizhi said anxiously, "Brother Guang, I didn't know about this. I always thought she was asking for it on behalf of a relative."

On the other side, Seeing Jin Li and Xi Sister Meng Ze had already met up.

Celebrity vans are all fitted with anti-peeping film, and there are curtains between the front and back seats. After Xi Sister Meng Ze got on, she pulled the curtains and changed her outfit.

Xi Sister Meng Ze had just returned from running errands elsewhere; her attire was what she used for recording the show, looking fashionable and star-like, which was quite unusual.

Her figure was similar to Seeing Jin Li's, so the two could swap clothes.

After changing, Xi Sister Meng Ze let out a long sigh and exclaimed, "Finally, I can rest!"

Seeing Jin Li laughed: "People who don't know might think you've been running errands for a long time, when in fact my summer schedule is much longer than yours.

I, who have been promoting a movie for nearly two months, haven't said a word, yet you, a 'lay-flat' party who rests after every single errand, are the one complaining."

Xi Sister Meng Ze sighed heavily: "You don't understand. The errands I run are all manual labor; I'm exhausted. When I'm busy, I can't even sleep for four hours a day. If it weren't to keep Sister Fang from arranging acting roles for me, I wouldn't be running to music festivals with the San Yue Tian group every day."

Seeing Jin Li had heard about this; Meng Meng would complain in the group from time to time that the music festivals were tiring and that she had to take care of the fans' emotions on-site.

If fans were dissatisfied with the sound equipment, the venue, or the stage design, they would clamor for refunds, and at such times, the celebrity had no choice but to step forward and appease them.

But she had never heard San Yue Tian complain about this.

Xi Sister Meng Ze knew her thoughts and couldn't help but complain: "There is snobbery everywhere, and organizers are no exception. Even first-tier celebrities are divided into different ranks.

In the eyes of the organizers, San Yue Tian's status is such that all other singers could be absent, but as long as San Yue Tian is there, they can hold the whole show. How would the organizers dare to neglect them!"

She got excited whenever she brought this up, carrying a strong sense of gossip.

Even when the gossip was about herself, Xi Sister Meng Ze felt happy.

"Let me tell you, things are really different now compared to before. Back when our Pink Girls group was exploding in popularity, we didn't have such high airs with organizers. If we really encountered difficulties, we would just endure it and move on. But San Yue Tian wouldn't; their manager has a very sharp tongue..."

Listening to Xi Sister Meng Ze, Seeing Jin Li sketched a picture in her mind of the four of them being arrogant and domineering.

The stage design must be top-tier!

The lighting must be top-tier!

The safety facilities must be top-tier!

After singing one song, they would absolutely never sing a second!

Seeing Jin Li couldn't help but ask: "No matter how the fans shout, they absolutely refuse to sing more?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze nodded: "Yeah, they can't sing more. At first, I thought it might be a bit too heartless, but later Yan Yan Xingdong explained it to me.

Two years ago, San Yue Tian sang an extra song at a music festival, which the organizers used for promotion, tricking fans into thinking that if they hyped up the atmosphere, San Yue Tian would sing more, which caused a lot of trouble.

Not only that, but the organizers specifically used the contract to make an issue out of the extra song, claiming that San Yue Tian had violated the contract—"

Seeing Jin Li's mouth twitched as she listened, and she couldn't help but interrupt: "The contract said they would only sing one set, so they sang an extra one, making it two. How is that a violation of the contract?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze also laughed when thinking of that reason, "That organizer said one is one and two is two, accusing them of not following the contract and wanting to sue San Yue Tian for breach of contract.

They also said that because San Yue Tian sang more, the fans' emotions ran high and they refused to leave, and those fans who didn't hear the extra song gave the music festival low ratings, saying it was unfair and so on.

Although the lawsuit didn't succeed in the end, ever since then, San Yue Tian has never sung extra songs. The company manages them strictly, and the manager is also not easy to talk to."

Seeing Jin Li clicked her tongue in wonder, "Isn't this an unprovoked disaster? They just wanted to do a favor for the fans, but ended up causing a bunch of trouble."

Xi Sister Meng Ze raised her eyebrows: "Exactly, so everything is done according to a unified standard now. But they are fine running music festivals; I, on the other hand, have been bullied by the organizers!"

Seeing Jin Li subconsciously scanned Xi Sister Meng Ze a few times, "You look perfectly normal."

Xi Sister Meng Ze was embarrassed and angry, slapping Seeing Jin Li's shoulder, "What are you thinking about, haha..." After she finished, she laughed herself, "Actually, it's nothing major; it's just that my fans haven't seen me for a long time, and after I finish singing, they always ask for an encore."

Seeing Jin Li understood: "So you sang more."

Xi Sister Meng Ze: "I only sang one extra song."

Seeing Jin Li said: "You don't have the influence of San Yue Tian. Just singing one extra song, it's impossible for the organizers to turn around and find fault with you, not to mention you were brought there by San Yue Tian. Even if you don't look at the monk, you look at the Buddha; Tian Ding Entertainment is not easy to mess with either."

Xi Sister Meng Ze said in a low voice: "But I sang extra songs at several music festivals in a row."

Seeing Jin Li glanced at her: "Several in a row?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze shyly held up a "4".

The smile on Seeing Jin Li's face remained, but the tone of her voice sounded inexplicably cold to Xi Sister Meng Ze's ears.

"Others say that things shouldn't happen more than three times, but you've already done it four times. You haven't been manipulated by other organizers, have you? How can your head be so unclear?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze immediately covered her ears and said: "Stop scolding, stop scolding. I was just happy because the fans were cheering, and I wanted to make them happy too. Besides, for me, singing one extra song isn't a problem, so I just, just... had a moment of soft-heartedness."

"Later, those organizers would sign a contract for one song, but insist that I sing two. Every time, it was a sudden request for me to sing."

I didn't react at first either. It was Yan Yan Xingdong who felt something was wrong, asked me about it, and then the next day Sister Fang called and scolded me severely."

Seeing Jin Li frowned: "Sister Fang didn't know about this?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze said in a low voice: "I didn't tell her. The contract provided by the music festival was fine, and she was busy with work and wasn't on-site with me, so she didn't know."

"And Yan Yan Xingdong?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze: "I came with San Yue Tian, but our schedules were different, so we didn't travel together.

It's just that one time my program was scheduled before theirs, and when they finished performing and called me to leave together, they found I was still in the lounge."

Yan Yan Xingdong asked me why I didn't leave, so I told him. Then his expression changed, and he immediately took me away and didn't let me stay to sing."

Seeing Jin Li couldn't help but scold her now: "How can you be so careless!"

Xi Sister Meng Ze said in a very low voice: "I didn't expect the organizers to take advantage of me either. Besides, I haven't communicated with the fans for a long time, and singing one extra song isn't a difficult task; they were quite happy."

It was precisely because of this that she felt something was wrong, but she didn't tell Sister Fang.

To put it bluntly, she was still too careless, not short of money, and didn't care much about gains and losses, so she felt it was no big deal to suffer a little loss.

But obviously, Yan Yan Xingdong didn't want to see Xi Sister Meng Ze suffer a loss, so he told Zhang Guang, and Zhang Guang told Sui Sui Lingfang.

However, having said that, all the music festivals Xi Sister Meng Ze participated in were led by San Yue Tian; wherever San Yue Tian went, she went.

As for other music festivals, Xi Sister Meng Ze had said in the group before that music festivals are currently being held in a chaotic manner, and there are many with poor qualifications who come to join in.

To distinguish which organizers have the right qualifications requires a lot of effort.

So San Yue Tian simply let Xi Sister Meng Ze follow them, which saved trouble. Xi Sister Meng Ze also felt it was convenient, so she joined their sessions.

Since she was being led by San Yue Tian, it was only right for them to keep an eye on Xi Sister Meng Ze.

After finishing the gossip, Xi Sister Meng Ze pulled Seeing Jin Li to bring up another matter, "I recently took on a game theme song, and I play that game whenever I have time. It's quite fun; you should play with me."

Seeing Jin Li asked: "What game?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze smiled: "A story about four men falling in love with me."

Seeing Jin Li:?

While Seeing Jin Li was running off to the Daoist temple, Zou Da was also getting in touch with Director Zhong.

Zhong Zhong Wentai was a bit surprised to hear his idea and asked: "Is this Chenxi Entertainment's idea?"

In his impression, apart from Seeing Jin Li, he had not reached any other cooperation with Chenxi Entertainment, so why was this company so enthusiastic?

Zou Da said with a smile: "No, this is Seeing Jin Li's idea. She believes that 'Dream Builder', as an art film, is very likely to go overseas, so she urged me to communicate with you."

Director Zhong smiled: "This is something she would do."

Only Seeing Jin Li had this power; just by mentioning it, she could make the company run their legs off for her, and they were even willing to do so.

Regarding the issue of copyright going overseas, Director Zhong had also thought about it, but because he was busy with promotion before, and the movie's performance hadn't settled for a single day, he couldn't go and do other things, so he shelved it for the time being.

He had just thought about the issue of going overseas today, and Chenxi Entertainment called.

Originally, Director Zhong thought that Chenxi Entertainment couldn't provide help and that he would have to rely on his international influence to see if other countries would introduce it, but after listening to Zou Da's idea, his expression became increasingly interested.

"Bundled for sale with 'And Then There Were None', who came up with this?" Director Zhong suddenly interrupted and asked.

Zou Da paused and said cautiously: "It was an idea Seeing Jin Li mentioned casually. She believes that 'And Then There Were None' has great potential for overseas copyright introduction and can bring 'Dream Builder' along. She is the lead actress in both films and can act as the hub..."

Zou Da then thought that if Seeing Jin Li were the hub, wouldn't that mean the actress was more capable than the director?

But Director Zhong was a major international director; could he tolerate an actress stealing the spotlight?

Thinking of this, Zou Da couldn't sit still and quickly said: "Director Zhong, Seeing Jin Li is too young and has no other ideas. Regarding copyright going overseas, we still have to rely on your influence—"

"No, no, no." Zhong Zhong Wentai interrupted: "I didn't say her idea wasn't good. On the contrary, I think it's better than the methods I came up with.

Although I have influence internationally, the international impression of me is still stuck on making art films. Art films are not a popular genre; they are too high-brow for the common taste, and other countries may not be willing to introduce films they don't understand. But Seeing Jin Li's image is different..."

The more they talked, the more Director Zhong felt that catching the tailwind of 'And Then There Were None' was better than lowering his face to beg other friends.

He exclaimed: "Seeing Jin Li should go into business!"

After finishing her errands, Gu Cheng picked up his phone and saw that Xi Sister Meng Ze had posted many photos in the group, all of which were landscape photos, looking a bit like they were at a Daoist temple.

Gu Cheng chatted with Seeing Jin Li privately: 【Which Daoist temple did you go to?】

Seeing Jin Li: 【Just arrived at Yixian Temple. Meng Meng is dragging me around everywhere; I haven't even gone to pay my respects yet.】

Gu Cheng couldn't help but smile.

She really loves Daoist temples!

Other people only feel that Seeing Jin Li has a transcendent temperament after coming to the Daoist temple, as if she doesn't care about the mundane world.

But Gu Cheng didn't think so.

He felt that Seeing Jin Li would be more at ease after coming to the Daoist temple; that kind of relaxed and leisurely posture was hard to see.

Gu Cheng: 【Are you still going to do practice problems tonight? I'll join you.】

Seeing Jin Li: 【Are you free?】

Gu Cheng: 【Yes.】

Seeing Jin Li: 【I have to do practice problems, but Meng Meng is probably going to drag me to play with men.】

Gu Cheng: 【???】

Seeing Jin Li: 【Typo, I meant playing 'Love and Starry Sky', a paper-character romance cultivation game. This game asked Meng Meng to sing the theme song, and she has been playing it recently.】

Gu Cheng calmly sent a message to Yan Yan Xingdong, and then sent a message to Seeing Jin Li without changing his expression.

Gu Cheng: 【Paper characters aren't fun; you can see them but can't touch them, and you still have to spend money.】

"Carp, Carp!" Xi Sister Meng Ze waved and shouted from elsewhere.

Seeing Jin Li subconsciously pulled her hat; Meng Meng wasn't afraid of being recognized at all!

She put her phone into her bag and didn't see the message Gu Cheng sent afterward.