Chapter 373: Impressive Body Control

Once Jin Li finished filming the promotional reflections for Tiangong and Ru Meng Ling, the collaboration proposal from Duomi finally arrived fashionably late.

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang went through the proposal and felt that Duomi had raised their standards quite a bit this time—not by raising the standards for Jin Li's filming, but by raising the standards for their own planning and preparation.

After reading it, Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang was quite satisfied, feeling that Duomi had grown.

After all, as the first brand Jin Li signed an endorsement with, and with Jin Li's popularity currently skyrocketing, she also hoped Duomi could keep up with Jin Li's pace.

After filming the Ru Meng Ling handbag announcement in the morning and having lunch out with Chen Qin, Jin Li wore the clothes and shoes Chen Qin had prepared in advance—oh, and carried the vintage cylindrical bag from Ru Meng Ling on her back—

Yes, advertisements that have been paid for are put into place just this quickly ^_^

Then she appeared at the main entrance of Chenxi Entertainment.

Having been busy for two consecutive days, Jin Li had to return to the company for a short meeting.

Upon entering the company, Jin Li could clearly feel reporters filming; she looked toward the direction the flashes were coming from and discovered there were quite a lot of people filming her.

Previously there were probably five or six reporters, but now she estimated there were over a dozen.

A thought flashed through Jin Li's mind: she wondered if there were any shills specially sent by Ru Meng Ling among them.

Today was a workday, and many stars were working; Jin Li didn't coincidentally run into any other stars, so she and Chen Qin took the elevator together.

Arriving at the management department, Chen Qin was called away by Zou Da to do odd jobs, and Jin Li entered Sister Fang's office alone.

Sister Fang was buried in paperwork; hearing the knock, she called for the person to enter. Seeing it was Jin Li, she couldn't help but smile, and said with great excitement:

"I really want to know right now just how good the bags you filmed for Ru Meng Ling look, for them to go to such lengths to buy 10 of your daily outfit styling rights, just to use that set of photos as your daily outfit promotion."

Stars have specialized channels for promoting their daily outfits, which naturally aren't as formal as promotions in offline stores or online shops, but rather appear on community-oriented channels like Blog, Little Red Book, Doudou Video, and Bilibili.

Oh, right, fans also have a specialized fan-chasing software called "Green Leaf APP."

Many stars choose to post specialized updates on that software; the updates are posted quite frequently and lean toward the daily, while the promotions posted on Blog are mostly business-related.

Jin Li wasn't clear about this matter yet and asked curiously which set of photos it was.

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang shrugged: "I don't know, they didn't tell me."

Jin Li guessed it instead: "It should be the set of photos where I'm carrying the bag to the cafe to work; it's more suitable for a daily commuting style. The other type of photos are too artistic and not that daily."

These were all just minor matters; anyway, she just needed to wear the clothes Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang paired for her.

What's a manager for?

That's naturally to take care of the rear for her, handle the logistics, and not let the artist get distracted by miscellaneous matters.

Jin Li asked: "Is there news from Duomi?"

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang nodded: "They only have one main product for the autumn/winter launch this time, which is lip mud. The texture of lip mud is hard to spread and troublesome to use, but it wins on being affordable."

This wasn't a lie; lipstick textures are nothing more than those few types: mud, cream, and liquid.

Corresponding to lip mud, lipstick, lip glaze, and lip gloss, there is also one type that is a lipstick pencil, but this is mostly used for outlining and setting the lip shape and isn't used much for daily wear.

In terms of retail price, lip mud is the most cost-effective.

If a certain brand's lip mud is sold for more than lip glaze, it's actually just price-gouging.

Some people don't know how to distinguish between expensive and cheap, always feeling that a low unit price means it's cheap, but that's actually not how you look at it; calculating by weight is the fairest.

For example, a certain brand's eyebrow pencil seems to only be fifty or sixty Liu Liu Yuan, but it's only a mere fraction of a gram, leading netizens to mock that the unit price is more expensive than gold, while also having to be scolded by the streamer for not working hard enough for so many years and not getting a raise.

Oh, wow, if you can't afford it, it's not that the brand's price is too high, it's that you aren't working hard enough, dear~

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang said: "Although it's just filming one lip mud, you have to try at least 8 colors, so the quote I gave is about the same as the one for the other two companies, but Duomi agreed."

Although Jin Li doesn't really manage the quotes, as long as the company pays her according to the split ratio, Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang tells Jin Li every time it involves price interests.

This is to prevent Jin Li from not knowing her own market rate, in case she runs into some friend asking for help to make a cameo or something, and Jin Li just gives a random number and goes.

Of course, the point of helping friends is "helping," and the price is just a gesture, but this gesture shouldn't be too ridiculously light.

Jin Li nodded and asked straightforwardly: "When is the filming?"

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang thought for a moment: "Duomi told me the plan is ready and they welcome you anytime. You could have gone this afternoon, but I'm afraid their preparation work might be insufficient, so why not go film tomorrow afternoon."

The reason for not choosing the morning was still the worry that the preparation work wouldn't be done well enough.

Jin Li: "OK!"

Ending the recent work topic, Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang said with a face full of smiles about another piece of good news.

"Assassination has finally been scheduled for release on October 15th!"

Jin Li raised an eyebrow; tomorrow is October 1st, so starting the promotion half a month in advance is about right.

She said: "Gu Cheng mentioned to me before that this promotion would be handled entirely by Tianding?"

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang nodded: "Tianding has very mature distribution channels, so Chenxi Entertainment won't compete with them. The company also invested in this film, and the company attaches great importance to it, wanting to put in some promotional funds."

Jin Li shook her head: "Promotion is fine in moderation; if the content and plot aren't good, even if they are brought in by overwhelming promotion, they won't be able to keep the audience."

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang spread her hands: "That's the logic, and I mentioned it to the CEO. We could have completely taken advantage of Tianding's momentum this time, but the CEO has his own ideas, and President Xiao also agrees with the CEO's proposal."

A phrase floated through Jin Li's mind: more money than sense.

She thought for a moment and asked: "How is the preparation for My Mediocre Life going?"

"I spoke with Director Ye just yesterday; he said the competition for investment is fierce, everyone wants to get a piece of the action, and it feels like giving it to anyone will offend the others."

Jin Li heard the underlying meaning: "So that means investment will still be stuck for quite a long time?"

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang said helplessly: "Yes, so he is currently running on two tracks; he goes to scout locations during the day and meets with investors at night, and for those he really can't meet in time, he holds online meetings."

Her tone shifted, and instead, another film had news.

Another one?

Jin Li thought of something, "Director Chu's doomsday zombie film?"

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang: "Right, the news was just officially announced today, and I found out through Blog too. Director Chu has already set the name for that film, called Dawn, and invited several second-tier young actresses to audition today."

Jin Li's first reaction was: "Did I blow it?"

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang shook her head, not very sure: "I don't think so, because he didn't invite first-tier stars to audition. Among the currently announced first-tier star audition list, besides the male and female leads who were already set as first-tier, you are the only first-tier actress among the supporting roles, so your competitiveness is still very strong."

Jin Li asked: "When will they be able to finalize the list?"

"According to Director Chu's habit of liking to hype things up during the design phase, it will take at least a week."

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang's tone shifted, "But after the hype is over, he starts filming very quickly, often starting within 5 days, so we need to be prepared in advance."

Jin Li has never had much determination to fight for resources, but she wasn't satisfied with her performance in that last audition, so she couldn't help but say: "It would be great if Director Chu could give me another chance to audition."

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang comforted her: "Forget it, let's set our psychological expectations; if you get selected, go act, and if you don't, there's still the drama Mediocre, and you can also devote yourself fully to that."

Jin Li nodded gently; that's all she could think for now.

After the meeting, she was supposed to return to her apartment to study, but Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang stopped her as she stood up and said with a smile: "Did you forget something?"

Jin Li was dazed: "Huh?"

Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Sui Lingfang held her forehead: "I knew you would forget. The March Sky concert tour in October, didn't you promise them long ago that you would be a guest? Aren't you going to take some time to practice dancing?"

Jin Li: "... I really did forget about this. I'll practice dancing for an hour later, no, two hours before going back."

The number of stars signed by Chenxi Entertainment is increasing day by day, and the dance studio space is becoming increasingly tight, but Jin Li can still book one if she makes a temporary appointment; the company has specially reserved a dance studio with a good location for her.

This dance studio is also used by her and Xi Xi Sister Meng Ze together; occasionally Xi Xi Sister Meng Ze will use it as a singing room; anyway, it has microphones and speakers, and the soundproofing is quite good.

Jin Li hasn't practiced dancing for a long time, usually focusing on yoga; if it weren't to maintain the body flexibility she managed to get by praying to the gods, she might not even do yoga.

After all, studying is the priority right now, and everything can give way to studying.

Warming up for ten minutes, Jin Li looked at herself in the mirror; her height wasn't very tall, but she looked graceful and upright, her complexion was good, and there was no sign of illness.

She didn't know if it was because she had been too busy lately, running to finish announcements and then seizing every minute and second to study, always entering a state of focus, which resulted in her having very good energy instead.

Others get tired the more serious they are, but she gets more energetic the more serious she is, with long-term endurance.

Suddenly coming to the dance studio temporarily, Jin Li didn't know what dance to perform for a moment, so she simply searched her memory to dance the dances of Pink Girls from before.

Everyone has their own highlight part in group dances; when it's not their part, the rest of the movements are relatively simple and repetitive.

She first danced low-difficulty dances, then transitioned step by step to high-difficulty ones.

Jin Li was surprised to find that her body control ability was really quite good.

She felt this was an added benefit brought by insisting on practicing yoga every day to maintain body flexibility.

In terms of dancing, it was even more so because the flexibility was still there, and all kinds of movements could be done easily; it was just because she hadn't practiced dancing for a long time that it felt a bit light and lacking in force.

Well, this is also a mistake that many people who don't dance often will make: they can't control the rhythm well, and their bodies haven't adapted to the melody, so although the movements are done very standardly, they are all very floaty.

This point relies on persistent dance training to get rid of.

In addition, it also has to do with the movements designed for girl group dances; after all, it's not a boy group, so there's no need to overly pursue a sense of power.

Jin Li practiced dancing for over an hour, felt she had regained her state, and danced the high-difficulty dance again; she felt it was okay.

Taking advantage of the fact that she still had energy, she opened her phone camera and recorded the whole song, then sent it to Gu Cheng.

Jin Li: 【Is my dance level good enough to participate in your concert? If it feels not quite good enough, then just let me focus on singing, although my singing skills aren't great, I can also work hard (struggle) (effort)】

After all, she isn't a professional singer and doesn't need to rely on her throat for a living; just facing a concert, she can adopt a singing method that doesn't spare her voice to get through it.

Some songs are hard to sing, and if the singer hasn't mastered the technique, they can only sing it hard.

Although singing hard hurts the voice, it's no problem to use it only once or twice.

The stupidest way is also a way _(: 3"∠)_

Gu Cheng was obviously busy and didn't reply to Jin Li immediately.

Jin Li then practiced another dance segment and didn't leave the dance studio until she had practiced for two hours.

She didn't know that an hour later, Gu Cheng and the others returned after finishing their announcements; Gu Cheng saw the message she sent, clicked on the video to watch it, and suddenly fell into silence.

Chen Lin was looking around boredly, Pearl was ignoring him, so he started bothering his teammates, and suddenly he saw the video in Gu Cheng's hand.

There was no way around it; Gu Cheng was watching it over and over again, and hadn't muted the sound, so it was hard for him not to notice.

Chen Lin leaned over to look and said in surprise: "Is that Sister Jin Li in the video? Her dance skills are pretty good!"

Once this was said, Luo Yi and Yan Yan Yan Yan Yan Yan Yan Xingdong also turned their heads to look, so the video on Gu Cheng's phone was passed around, and even Zhang Guang, who happened to be free and came to pick them up, saw it.

Zhang Guang let out an "Oh my," slapped his thigh, and regretted it deeply.

"If I had known Jin Li could maintain such a good state, I would have done whatever it took to convince the company to sign her back then."

Yan Yan Yan Yan Yan Yan Yan Xingdong spoke the honest truth: "Brother Guang, Jin Li's current state is much better than it was five years ago, isn't it?"

Zhang Guang thought for a moment, "That's true. In the past, Jin Li would get sick and be hospitalized at the drop of a hat, but she hasn't been like that for the past two years; her state has become different."

Gu Cheng: "If she were still the Jin Li from before, Tian Ding Entertainment wouldn't be interested."

Tian Ding is a company focused on idols, but what do idols do nowadays?

If you can't sing and you can't dance, what kind of idol are you?

Rapping?

Please, the least valuable thing in the industry is a rap contestant; as soon as people hear you come from a rap background, they think you have no talent.

Although it's quite difficult to rap well and not everyone can do hip-hop, that's just the chain of contempt in the country.

After all, if an idol can't bring anything to the table, they can only claim they are a rapper.

Gu Cheng said: "Jin Li asked me if her dance level is enough to keep up with our concert."

Chen Lin immediately said: "Keep up? She can absolutely keep up. On the contrary, it's us who might have a hard time keeping up; our flexibility isn't quite enough."

Yan Yan Yan Yan Yan Yan Yan Xingdong said: "We can add some high-difficulty moves for Jin Li."

Luo Yi thought for a moment and shook his head: "Forget it. If it's a collaborative stage with us, I reckon the fans won't be too happy. One woman and N men—they'll start fighting again."

Chen Lin shuddered at the thought of that scene; he didn't want to be flooded by radical fans again.

Zhang Guang spoke up: "No collaboration with you guys; give her a separate solo stage."