Rebirth of the Entertainment Circle: Return of the Queen

Chapter 12 Arriving at the location

 Segment the lens and advance the zoom.

The right amount of light outlines Pei Ziheng's handsome profile, which is as expressionless as a knife, and his thin lips are pressed into a straight line. Xia Ling is familiar with every detail of his face. Whenever he wants to hide his emotions, he will adopt such a posture.

Outside the screen, the commentator was chattering compliments, saying how deep and steady Pei Dong's silence was at this moment, but Xia Ling caught a glimpse of fleeting movement in the corner of the camera. A prompter was desperately gesturing to indicate to Pei Ziheng to continue. speak.

 But he didn’t say another word after all.

I can’t tell who was more disappointed, she or the director. When the scene turned away from Pei Ziheng, Xia Ling seemed to have been drained of all her strength. This short moment made her understand one thing. Pei Ziheng came here just to perform his duties as the emperor's big boss. It had nothing to do with memorialization, and it had nothing to do with her, Xia Ling.

 He has always been a calm and cruel businessman, never doing anything unnecessary.

In fact, after being with him for more than ten years, Xia Ling had heard countless rumors about his ruthlessness, but he had been so indulgent and kind to her that she had always naively thought that she would be the exception.

　Now, it’s time to wake up from the dream.

The memorial service was still going on. Xia Ling didn't care about what was broadcast afterwards. She just waited numbly until the show was over and the surging crowd slowly left.

Lu Tao ordered his two younger brothers to buy CDs while he walked slowly along the street with Xia Ling. He said: "Ye Xingling, don't be too sad. People cannot be resurrected after death. If Xia Ling's spirit in heaven knows that you fans are so sad, it won't be easy."

 “Huh?” Xia Ling looked at him blankly.

 He raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you a fan of Xia Ling?"

"I'm not."

"Don't lie to me. When I watched the memorial service just now, your expression was uglier than crying. How could it not be the case?" Lu Tao snorted, "Admit it, Xia Ling is a queen, and there is no shame in liking her."

 “I’m really not.”

 “It’s a liar.”

　　　…”

Lu Tao kept talking along the way, and the stars in the sky gradually lit up, spreading out into a quiet brilliance. At this moment, Xia Ling was glad to have him by her side, driving away the coldness and depression in her heart with his high-pitched voice.

 Back at the training camp, Lu Tao said good night to her downstairs in the dormitory.

"Ye Xingling, there is a word called the dead... Oh, in short," he scratched his hair, "Don't be sad for the dead. Go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow to shoot the MV."

 She was stunned for a short moment, and then said softly "Hmm".

 Yes, the deceased has passed away, but life in this world will continue.

 On this day, the sky was clear and cloudless.

 A group of trainees, led by Tan Ying, dressed up and headed to the location.

It was a mountain forest far away from the city. The team's bus circled along the mountain road. Along the way, the winding paths among the peaks and ridges were half-hidden. The water gurgled like broken beads splashing jade. From the mountainside to the top, a group of white buildings could be vaguely seen. The well-proportioned, simple and beautiful lines are shadowy in the early autumn mist, just like a fairyland.

One step at a time, one scene at a time, which looks random and natural, but is actually unique and clearly designed by a master. Someone couldn't help but asked: "Mr. Tan, where is this? None of the nearby mountains seem to be inhabited. Only this mountain has a large area of ​​houses. Is it a newly developed tourist scenic spot?"

Tan Ying, who was in the passenger seat, turned around, rolled up the newspaper in his hand and hit the questioner on the head: "Have you ever seen a tourist area with so few people? Let me tell you, this is BOSS's territory. This mountain," Tan Ying used He gestured with his hand, "There are a few more around, everywhere you can see them."

 “Wow…” There was a cry of surprise in the car.

Xia Ling casually glanced out of the car window and saw mountains surrounding each other, with distant peaks as tall as black daisies. It was indeed big enough. She was not as excited as others. She had seen several properties like this around Pei Ziheng in her previous life, mostly private villas and gardens. Having experienced it, it didn't feel new to her.

Others were aroused and gathered around Tan Ying to ask: "Is it Li BOSS's industry?"

 “Nonsense, who else has a BOSS in Tianyi?” Tan Ying laughed.

 One sentence made everyone laugh.

Tianyi is a very young company, unlike Emperor, which has a rich history. Xia Ling still remembers that when it was first established, she had already become famous, and it only took six or seven years until now. However, in such a short period of time, it has grown from a new star to a large company that has attracted much attention in the industry. Even giants like the Emperor are wary of seeing it.

All of this is said to be the result of Li Lei, the big boss of Tianyi.

Xia Ling has never met this person, and all impressions about him are only rumors. It is said that he is the eldest grandson of the Li family of the underworld, and he founded Tianyi to launder money; it is also said that he is cold-blooded, cruel, and violent and arbitrary...

 Hmm, no more.

In her last life, she never cared about gossip, and now she can't even recall Li Lei's face. But this is not a big deal. Now she is just a small figure at the bottom of the Tianyi pyramid, and Li Lei is the big boss at the top. No matter how cold, cruel and capable he is, he has nothing to do with her. Relationship.

With this thought, she leaned her head on the back of the chair and fell asleep amidst the gossip around her.

 Later, it was Lu Tao who shook her awake.

 When I opened my eyes, it was already evening and the sky was covered with sunset. The car stopped in the guest room area halfway up the mountain. A group of people filed out carrying large and small bags, and settled down in a room for four people. Just after settling in, Lu Tao came to have dinner with her, and then went to the conference hall to gather as if in a hurry. The whole crew was going to hold a meeting.

 The meeting was hosted by Wei Shaoyin, who is the director and producer of this MV.

He arrived a few days before the main force and had already surveyed the scene. At this time, he was assigning tasks like a barrage. The schedule is tight and the workload is huge, but everything is interconnected and orderly, like a machine that runs precisely.

Almost all the staff members looked numb and just lowered their heads and quickly wrote down key points in their shorthand notebooks; only the trainees who came with Xia Ling whispered to each other and looked shocked: "No, I have long heard that Wei Shaoyin is a pervert, no?" Thinking of such a perverted and high-intensity work arrangement, how could it be possible..."

Lu Tao nudged Xia Ling with his elbow: "Hey, Ye Xingling, do you think he got the schedule right? The schedule is so tight, it will kill people."

"Is there any?" Xia Ling thought for a while, and it was actually not bad. In her previous life, when her royal producer Feng Kun was recording music for her, although the schedule was not so tight, she occasionally had to rush for time. I also tried this rhythm.

 No lives were lost.

Lu Tao rolled his eyes at the sky: "Well, you haven't debuted yet, how can you be like those people?" He raised his chin towards the staff in the front row, "Those people, at first glance, they have been taken over by Wei Shao. I am so used to being abused by music that I don’t even resist.”

Xia Ling smiled. Suddenly, she really missed this feeling. The tense and busy location, the serious-looking staff, the photography equipment everywhere... Even the air seemed to be lingering with the intoxicating smell of music.

 At this moment, she finally felt like she was alive.

 (End of this chapter)