Chapter 745: Feels Like I've Grown a Little

I must say, the Douyin team truly has some ideas.

Over there, they didn't just prepare a basic plan to invite Yuan Wanqing to join; they also put together a full set of marketing campaigns to launch immediately once Yuan Wanqing agreed to join.

For different outcomes, different contingency plans were prepared.

"They definitely want to achieve the full agency agreement the most," Ying Chanxi said seriously, leaning against Li Luo's chest, "and they even showed us a series of follow-up promotional and marketing plans."

"Simply put, they want to create a marketing feast centered around Aunt Yuan's national-level fame."

"But if that happens, Aunt Yuan might be completely tied to Douyin, which would be counterproductive for her."

Neither Li Luo nor Yuan Wanqing would agree to this full agency agreement.

The Douyin side actually didn't have high hopes either; they just made a simple attempt, and upon finding no opportunity, they stopped mentioning it.

This is also a very normal thing.

From the starting stage until now, Douyin has hit a wall with many celebrities.

So they had long expected the feedback from Yuan Wanqing's side.

What made the Douyin team somewhat happy was that Yuan Wanqing's studio, which had previously declined, indicated after a period of time that they could consider it again.

As the negotiations over these few days unfolded, the Douyin side further judged that this time, Yuan Wanqing indeed intended to cooperate seriously, not just to probe casually.

Within Douyin, there is a clear hierarchy regarding celebrity sign-ups.

With Yuan Wanqing's current fame and influence, she is enough to rank in the first tier, and her priority is quite high.

Because it isn't just a matter of fame and influence; she also has works like "Ru Yuan" and "Is Mom, Is Daughter" backing her, plus the boost from the Spring Festival Gala stage, which has brought Yuan Wanqing to a level of being known by everyone.

The fan audience is no longer limited to a specific gender, age group, or region; it belongs to a completely all-around coverage.

If such a heavyweight star were to publicly announce joining Douyin, it would be of great benefit to Douyin's subsequent promotion and development plans.

Li Luo knew very well how much temptation Yuan Wanqing posed to Douyin, so he only told Ying Chanxi to negotiate slowly, without rushing.

Anyway, regarding Yuan Wanqing joining Douyin, the Douyin side is definitely more urgent than Yuan Wanqing's side.

And the more urgent, the more leverage to squeeze out benefits.

ByteDance behind Douyin is not short of money; when the critical moment truly arrives, they will definitely be willing to throw money.

"I haven't mentioned to them yet that you can write new songs," Ying Chanxi said, "I feel their emphasis on songs is quite high too; I think this chip can be brought out later, or wait for them to bring it up again proactively."

"Mm, you two handle this yourselves," Li Luo said, wrapping his arms around Ying Chanxi's slender waist, his two hands becoming unscrupulous, starting to grasp what they should grasp.

Ying Chanxi blushed slightly, but did not resist.

After all, during the bath, everything that should be touched and shouldn't have been touched had already been touched by Li Luo.

Ying Chanxi was no longer as shy as before, letting Li Luo's rogue hands roam wildly under her clothes, only still unable to help blushing.

"Then if it's finally settled, can you immediately write a suitable new song?" Ying Chanxi asked softly, "Don't tell me you won't be able to fulfill the contract then, or do you want to use the music from 'The Beginning' as a pre-heat?"

"'The Beginning' won't be released until next summer vacation; using a song to pre-heat now is a bit too early," Li Luo said with a helpless laugh, "Rest assured, there are still new songs, I can even sing a segment for you right now."

"Really?" Ying Chanxi curiously raised her head, looking at Li Luo's face, "Then sing one for me to hear."

"Well..." Li Luo thought for a moment, then coughed twice to clear his throat and sang a small segment a cappella, "I've blown the evening wind you've blown~ Does that count as an embrace for us~"

"Is this a new song you wrote?" Ying Chanxi's eyes brightened slightly as she listened, "It sounds so good, where's the full version?"

"Let's talk about the full version when Aunt Yuan joins Douyin," Li Luo chuckled, "Anyway, no need to worry on my end; as long as it's finally settled, there will definitely be new songs."

"Then I'm relieved," Ying Chanxi leaned against Li Luo's chest, listening to the heartbeat in his chest, feeling the numbness of her own heartbeat being grasped and kneaded by Li Luo, and closed her eyes to enjoy it.

"Feels like it's grown a little," Li Luo leaned close to Ying Chanxi's ear and teased softly, "Is it thanks to me helping you massage recently?"

"You..." Ying Chanxi heard this, her cheeks first flushing red, she lightly punched him, but then buried her head in his chest, murmuring softly, "R-really got bigger? How did I not notice?"

"It should have," Li Luo said while playing with it and gesturing, "Look, I remember before, holding it like this, my index finger could only reach here, now it's about... reaching here."

"Mm..." Ying Chanxi, made flushed and soft all over by his touch, quickly covered her face with both hands and said softly, "Stop talking... it's so embarrassing."

Li Luo talked nonsense for quite a while here; after teasing Ying Chanxi, he finally let her go for now, lifting her off his lap.

"Then I'll go call Zhusheng to take a bath?" Li Luo asked.

"Go ahead, go ahead," Ying Chanxi, now feeling hot all over, waved her hands repeatedly, planning to cool down for a while.

Li Luo walked to the piano room door and knocked.

Inside, Yan Zhusheng heard the sound and quickly opened the door and ran out.

Glancing at Ying Chanxi on the sofa, Yan Zhusheng immediately pulled Li Luo and walked towards the master bedroom's bathroom.

Passing the bathroom in the corridor, Yan Zhusheng asked Li Luo, "Senior sister is still bathing inside; should we go together?"

"Ahem... well..." Li Luo was quite tempted by this.

Unfortunately, the sound of water in the bathroom stopped then; Xu Youyu had finished her bath and started wiping her body.

"Looks like she's finished," Yan Zhusheng blinked her eyes, actually feeling a bit regretful too, so she had to pull Li Luo back to the master bedroom to bathe.

"By the way, when can you finish getting that driver's license?" Li Luo walked into the bathroom and skillfully pushed Yan Zhusheng's clothes aside, throwing them into the laundry basket nearby.

Yan Zhusheng also stood face-to-face in front of Li Luo, helping him undress, and looked down at the guy pointing his gun head at her navel.

"I've already finished Subject Three," Yan Zhusheng reached out her hand towards Li Luo, "Finish Subject Four this weekend, and I can get my driver's license."

"Then next week I'll take you all to see cars," Li Luo said while enjoying himself.

"Oh," Yan Zhusheng nodded, leaning against Li Luo's chest, her small hands not stopping, "You wash me."

"How to wash? Like this?"

"Mm~"

On Saturday, Yan Zhusheng and her roommate Cheng Jinyan went to the driving school together; after finishing the subjects, by Sunday afternoon, they smoothly received their respective driver's licenses.

Coming out of the driving school and sitting in the back seat of Li Luo's Audi that came to pick Yan Zhusheng up home, Cheng Jinyan couldn't help saying happily, "Finally got the driver's license sorted! Now there's extra time to play this weekend~"

"I'll take you back to the dorm first," Li Luo said to Cheng Jinyan, "Zhusheng is coming home with me."

"Got it, got it," Cheng Jinyan was already used to life where Yan Zhusheng wasn't in the dorm on weekends, so she wasn't surprised by this.

Just thinking about how the two of them always liked to do naughty things in the car, Cheng Jinyan subconsciously glanced at Yan Zhusheng sitting in the passenger seat.

It was really hard to imagine that Yuan Wanqing's famous daughter and Chongran, the teacher who created two blockbuster albums for Yuan Wanqing, would actually do such things in a car...

Thinking of this, Cheng Jinyan, who had read countless romance novels, couldn't help but blush.

"By the way, Zhusheng, now that you've got your driver's license, are you going to buy a car?" Cheng Jinyan asked curiously, "I remember you mentioned it before?"

"Mm." Yan Zhusheng nodded, then said, "Actually, I didn't need to buy one. My mother has a car that's been sitting idle at home; she hardly ever drives it."

Speaking of which, Yan Zhusheng pointed at Li Luo: "But Li Luo insisted on buying me a new one, so I had no choice but to listen to him."

"Why does that sound like very deliberate showing off?" Cheng Jinyan said with a speechless expression, "That's too much. Can the cost of mental damage be exchanged for test drives of the new car?"

"No." Yan Zhusheng said seriously, "You can't drive the new car, but my mother's car can be lent to you to drive later."

"Eh? Really?" Cheng Jinyan couldn't help but get a bit excited, "Zhusheng, you're too good!"

"Don't you plan to buy a car yourself?" Yan Zhusheng asked.

"Where would I get the money to buy a car?" Cheng Jinyan was instantly speechless, "You two are people who earn big money, while I still rely on my family to support my studies. I wouldn't feel right asking my parents to buy me a car either."

After all, raising a music arts student from a young age had already cost the family a lot of money. Cheng Jinyan was sensible in this regard and wasn't so shameless as to expect his family to buy him a car.

"Then why did you learn to get a driver's license so early?" Yan Zhusheng asked in confusion.

"Don't ask such a heart-stabbing question." Cheng Jinyan squinted his eyes and said, "Didn't you sign up first? I just signed up along with you. Since I would have to learn eventually anyway, I just learned with you first."

"It's a pity I already have a driver." Yan Zhusheng said, "Otherwise, I could let you drive sometimes."

"Eh? A driver?" Cheng Jinyan paused for a moment, suddenly feeling the huge gap between himself and Yan Zhusheng, "Is that so luxurious?"

"Li Luo arranged it for me." Yan Zhusheng said, blinking her eyes, "I just signed into his company, so I'll be working for him and earning money from now on."

"Eh? Is there such a thing?" Cheng Jinyan was somewhat surprised, "Then isn't Zhusheng going to debut?"

"I don't know." Yan Zhusheng shook her head, "It depends on how Li Luo arranges it."

"If she wants to officially debut, she can do it anytime." Li Luo said with a smile, "After all, it's just a matter of making an album."

What did he mean by "just a matter of making an album"... Hearing this, Cheng Jinyan couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

Is this even something a human would say?

In the music academy, countless students dream of having the opportunity to debut and release songs in the future to make a name for themselves.

But between having a good voice and truly gaining fame, there lies a huge chasm.

The music industry never lacks good voices, nor does it lack excellent lyrics and compositions.

What is truly lacking is traffic itself.

When traffic is occupied by poorly made or highly homogenized songs, high-quality works naturally have no way to be displayed.

And the current Li Luo is the one who truly possesses both high-quality works and traffic channels.

Don't look at the fact that the official subscription results for his main site, "I Am Really Not a Star," are only a mere sixty thousand average subscriptions, meaning only an average of sixty thousand people paid to read his novel to the end.

But actually, if you count the readers from distribution channels and those who have always pirated and read for free, the readership of "I Am Really Not a Star" is nothing short of millions.

You have to know that Li Luo's "I Am Really Not a Star" alone has already surpassed one million collections on the main Qidian site.

If Li Luo wanted to, as long as Yan Zhusheng released a new song or album and he wrote a corresponding plot in "I Am Really Not a Star," he could directly give Yan Zhusheng a guaranteed exposure of a million.

Moreover, given the nature of "I Am Really Not a Star" as an entertainment novel, once readers see this plot in the book, at least half of them will have to search for the new song to listen to.

Otherwise, reading the plot feels like it lacks some flavor.

In fact, after many original work plots in the past, many readers have started treating "I Am Really Not a Star" as a preview for Chongran's new releases.

Whenever there are any clues in the book involving non-plagiarized plots, everyone will start to speculate whether this guy has a new work coming online.

For example, recently, Li Luo has been consciously laying the groundwork for the plot of "The Beginning," but before it was directly revealed, readers had already spotted a trace and suspected that Chongran might be filming a new TV drama recently.

However, most people suspected it was a film or TV adaptation of "Night Watch of Great Qian."

"I'm not in a hurry." Yan Zhusheng shook her head instead and said, "Besides, I'm not particularly interested in being a star. It's fine if I don't make an album."

What's the benefit of being a star?

Probably being the center of attention and earning big money.

But Yan Zhusheng only enjoys the feeling of singing freely on stage.

Anyway, with her mother in front now, if she really wants to sing, she can just crash one of Yuan Wanqing's concerts.

Being a star herself would be too tiring.

She would be as busy as Xixi, and the time she spends by Li Luo's side would decrease.

However, if she could earn big money for Li Luo's company, Yan Zhusheng would still be willing to listen to Li Luo and strive in that direction.

"Indeed, no rush." Li Luo said with a smile, "Zhusheng just needs to cooperate well with Aunt Yuan's work for now. Besides that, she should focus on studying hard and constantly polishing and improving her singing skills."

After chatting the whole way, Li Luo finally drove to the Zhenjiang Dormitory.

After getting out of the car, Cheng Jinyan bid farewell to the two of them and went upstairs to return to the dormitory.

However, after walking into the dormitory, Cheng Jinyan suddenly thought of something and went straight to the balcony to take a look at the parking spot below.

Sure enough, Li Luo's Audi was still there and hadn't left.

"You guys are being too much." Seeing this scene, Cheng Jinyan couldn't help but mutter softly, "Why do you always do such things downstairs at our dorm every time? If others see it, the impact would be so bad."

"What bad impact?" Shen Zhaoyin, who was resting in the dormitory, heard Cheng Jinyan's muttering and couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"Ahem... nothing..."