Chapter 18 Along the way
Lin Nanxi watched and hummed softly.

"How is it?" Chen Mo asked.

"Not bad, I like it very much." Lin Nanxi nodded with satisfaction.

"The difficulty of this song lies in the control of emotions. It does not require exaggerated expressiveness that is heart-wrenching. It only needs to infect the audience with emotions and make people feel the charm of it." Chen Mo expressed his opinion.

"Don't worry, this is not difficult for me." Lin Nanxi was very confident.

Of course, this is also the confidence that a diva should have.

"Or are you worried about me?" Lin Nanxi asked with a raised eyebrow.

"How is this possible? If even you can't sing well, there probably aren't many people in the music industry who can sing well." Chen Mo suddenly had a bad feeling.

"No, since you said so, then you can help me record this song." Although Lin Nanxi was very satisfied with Chen Mo's answer, she still did not let Chen Mo go.

"No, why don't you just go find Senior Brother Zhang?" Chen Mo declined.

"Don't mention him to me." Lin Nanxi said unhappily, obviously still resentful about Zhang Yundong saying she was old the day before.

I guess those words will bother her for a long time.

After a woman turns 30, she should not be too fussy about the sensitive topic of age, especially if she is not married yet.

Chen Mo felt that although he had not yet fallen in love, he had already stored up a lot of valuable knowledge points.

The positive example of his own father at home, the regrettable experiences of his good friends, and the negative examples shown by Senior Brother Zhang will surely make his own emotional journey smoother.

Somehow, when Chen Mo thought of this, a beautiful figure suddenly appeared in his mind.

Chen Mo quickly shook his head, probably because Lin Nanxi had been muttering to him, which made him a little crazy.

"What? No?" Lin Nanxi looked at Chen Mo and asked, shaking her head and frowning.

"No, you can, but you have to wait until I finish recording the song for Congwen."

"That's no problem. I'm not in a hurry. I plan to release this song on Valentine's Day. What do you think?"

Lin Nanxi also has a bit of a bad taste. First she sang "Happy Breakup", and then "I'm Not Sad". Wow, she is planning to exaggerate the sadness to the extreme on Valentine's Day.

"Are you stubborn about being single on Valentine's Day?" Chen Mo thought about the lyrics of "I'm Not Sad" and found it quite interesting.

Jiang Congwen beside him also laughed, but the two people in front of him were joking, and he was a little self-deprecating.

"What does Congwen's new song sound like?" Lin Nanxi asked.

"Just turn the page and you'll see it." Chen Mo pointed at the notebook in Lin Nanxi's hand and said.

"Ten Years?" Lin Nanxi read softly.

Just by looking at the lyrics, Lin Nanxi had a picture in her mind: a scene of a couple saying goodbye ten years ago, and a scene of them reuniting ten years later.

"How does Congwen plan to release this song?" Lin Nanxi asked.

"Ah?" Jiang Congwen was stunned for a moment.

"Let's just sing in the live broadcast room first to warm up, and then find time to go online." Jiang Congwen scratched his head and said, he didn't have too many ideas.

"After all, live streaming is quite popular now."

"We can go online together on Valentine's Day, and use the slogan 'I won't be sad to see you in ten years'," Chen Mo suggested.

Jiang Congwen's eyes lit up, thinking that his brother was going to help him hold the queen's thighs tightly.

“It’s okay to release the two songs together, but the warm-up in the live broadcast room is a bit lacking.” Lin Nanxi shook her head.

"You should play the three songs you just released a few more times every day to maintain your popularity and exposure and let more people know you."

“There must be many people who have never heard your songs, or who have only heard your songs but don’t know you.”

"I heard from Yundong that you refused to go to "Rising Star". This program can actually increase your exposure to a great extent. After all, you have these solid works as a foundation, which can retain your popularity."

Chen Mo looked at Jiang Congwen in surprise. He had never heard of this matter. After all, he did not ask about the company's other business as usual.

However, when Chen Mo thought of Jiang Congwen's behavior last night, he knew why he didn't want to, or didn't dare to go.

“The livestreaming channel is still a bit too single-minded, and singing so many new songs in the livestreaming room is a bit of a mouthful, and the novelty brought by the new songs is easily distracted.”

"So what's your suggestion, Sister Nan?"

Jiang Congwen asked humbly. Lin Nanxi had just said that the two songs could be released online together on Valentine's Day. He knew that Lin Nanxi was willing to help her.

"I suggest you promote this song in the form of a music video or a short video."

“Short video?”

Jiang Congwen certainly knows about short videos. When he posts videos, he usually either puts a picture to ask for leave or preview the content of the live broadcast, but more often he edits funny clips or wonderful moments of his live broadcast and puts them on his homepage. He has hardly ever shot anything serious.

At that time, Li Jinting was helping him with the daily editing. Jiang Congwen himself was not very good at it and was too lazy to do it.

So Jiang Congwen hasn't posted many videos recently. However, his fans thought the live singing video on that day was good, and they spontaneously cut and reposted his live clips.

On DouLe, people can generally be divided into anchors or bloggers based on the way they operate their accounts.

The main basis for distinction is the form of monetization of the two.

The former mainly relies on live broadcast rewards or some pop-up game advertisements. When your popularity reaches a certain level, the platform will also pay a signing fee to keep you live broadcasting exclusively on the platform.

The latter mainly relies on taking advertisements and inserting them into the video content they create.

So sometimes when some bloggers with millions of fans start a live broadcast, the number of people in the live broadcast room may not be as many as a small anchor with more than a million fans.

Because the creative content and target audiences of the two are different.

Of course, the two are not absolute, and there is always something that can blossom on both sides.

Especially after the advent of live streaming sales, the boundary between the two has become increasingly blurred.

“This song has a strong sense of story and is very suitable for being made into a promotional video in the form of a MV,” Lin Nanxi continued.

"We have a ready-made professional team in our company. We can find a screenwriter to write a story and then have a photography team shoot it. We can also promote ourselves at the same time."

"This is a good suggestion." Chen Mo nodded.

"Okay, then I'll discuss it with Director Zhang later." Jiang Congwen nodded. He could ask Zhang Yundong to help coordinate the publicity.

"Let's go in the afternoon. We'll record the song first, and Sister Nan's will be put off until the afternoon." Chen Mo said.

"Okay." Both of them had no objection.

When Chen Mo was helping Lin Nanxi record a song, he realized that he had mentioned it unnecessarily in the morning. Lin Nanxi's almost natural singing skills, especially the transition between true and false voices, were terrifyingly strong.

Really talented professional singers can record songs quite quickly.

Of course, post-production is still indispensable.

In the evening, the lanterns are lit.

On the way back, Chen Mo and Jiang Congwen were still discussing how to shoot the MV.

"Have you finished the script?" Chen Mo sat in the passenger seat, looking through the results of Jiang Congwen's afternoon work at the company.

Okay, no need to turn it, it’s just one page.

“What a shitty script. The MV doesn’t require any dialogue. It just has a simple background story and a short plot.” Jiang Congwen laughed.

"He came up with the idea and wrote it for me in less than 15 minutes."

In the afternoon, Jiang Congwen mainly confirmed the shooting time and some shooting details with the shooting team.

“But MVs don’t need plots.”

"Yeah, then who are you going to ask to play the female lead?" Chen Mo nodded and asked.

"I haven't thought about it yet." Jiang Congwen said.

"I saw that Li Jinting came back after two days. You can just ask her for help. Both of them can play themselves, and it should be finished in one day." Chen Mo suggested.

"." Jiang Congwen.

When Jiang Congwen heard that he would be playing himself, he suddenly didn't want to film anymore because it was bad luck.

“Do we have to label it as adapted from true experience at the end?” Jiang Congwen said unhappily.

"We have to wait a few more years before we can say that. After all, you are only six years old." Chen Mo touched his chin and said seriously.

"." Jiang Congwen.

Murder and kill!
"You know what? Maybe this will really be the scene of you meeting in a few years?" Chen Mo thought for a while and said. He felt that this was really possible.

"." Jiang Congwen.

Three knives and six eyes! "Brother, can we stop talking?" Jiang Congwen refuted helplessly.

"It's really suitable, and it's also convenient for you to get into the mood."

Chen Mo really felt that it was suitable. The two of them didn't need a script at all. They just needed to stand there and look at each other for ten seconds, and their emotions would immediately rise. Maybe they could even kiss goodbye. It was exciting just thinking about it.

"Don't even think about it. Even if she is willing, her company won't agree."

Jiang Congwen didn’t know what Chen Mo was thinking about, otherwise he would have taken off the steering wheel and put it on Chen Mo’s head.

"That's not necessarily true. You're now linked to Lin Nanxi, and her company must be eager to help her gain exposure and build momentum before she goes on the show."

"But if I ask her to shoot the film, her company will definitely know about our relationship." Jiang Congwen said with a frown.

"If we film a video together, my relationship with her might be exposed. How could her company agree to that?"

"No, no, no, you are wrong. If Li Jinting is already very popular now, her company would certainly not be willing to take this risk." Chen Mo shook his head and said.

"But she is just a new artist who has not yet debuted. It remains to be seen whether she can become popular in the future."

"So your relationship is not a risk, but a shortcut for her."

"If you can get better and better in the future, the identity of her first love and ex-girlfriend will be more valuable to her." Chen Mo said bluntly.

"Then why doesn't her company allow her to have a relationship?" Jiang Congwen asked puzzled.

"Did you misunderstand something?"

"Her company just wants her to be single, not to establish an image of a pure girl. This kind of personality is no longer popular now. It is too risky and can easily collapse."

"A real girl image is easier for fans to feel close to and identify with."

"Campus lovers have walked hand in hand for six years. What an innocent and beautiful emotion this is during the student days, what an unforgettable pure love."

"I can now imagine how her company will promote her and issue press releases."

"As long as she is single, it is acceptable to the fans, and there are still fantasies and expectations."

"If she's single, the media will focus on her new relationship, and the company can hype her up with anyone and create rumors."

"But if you two are together, there's no doubt that the media will make up stories every day and try to sway your breakup."

"Fans also lose an emotional support."

"If she had some unclear relationship with other people, it would not be gossip, but a scandal."

Chen Mo exposed the naked reality to Jiang Congwen. He knew all too well the thoughts and calculations of these entertainment companies.

Chen Mo knew very early on that behind the glamorous world of fame and fortune in the entertainment industry, there were nothing but various measurements and calculations of interests.

During Chen Mo's growth, Fang Shuyun has been responsible for Chen Mo's moral education to ensure that Chen Mo's morals will not be distorted.

Chen Huaisong, intentionally or unintentionally, made Chen Mo realize the selfish side of human nature.

When Chen Mo grows up, Chen Huaisong will analyze to Chen Mo some things happening in the industry, the causes and interest conflicts behind them. After all, the burden of the company will sooner or later be placed on Chen Mo's shoulders.

Therefore, Chen Mo's vision and views on the industry have always been from the perspective of corporate management, with interests as the starting point.

According to Chen Huaisong, you can be upright and noble, but you must also be aware of the selfish desires of human nature, otherwise one day someone might hit you from behind and you won't know how you died.

Jiang Congwen let out a long breath.

"I still don't want to film such a scene with her." Jiang Congwen shook his head.

Chen Mo knew that he still didn't want to admit that this would be the ending for the two of them.

"Who else do you want to find to be your heroine?"

"Me?!" Jiang Congwen was hesitating when he suddenly saw a figure on the side of the road.

Jiang Congwen suddenly had an idea. He turned on the turn signal and slowly pulled the car to the side of the road.

"What's wrong?" Chen Mo asked in confusion and looked out the window.

I saw a slim figure in a white floral dress walking slowly on the side of the road, apparently going to the subway station.

Jiang Congwen pulled over, rolled down the window, and shouted enthusiastically through Chen Mo: "Hongdou!"

Chen Mo also stared at the figure silently. He had seen it several times before, but when he saw Xu Hongdou again, Chen Mo had to admit that he was still amazed, as if every aspect of Xu Hongdou met his aesthetic standards.

Xu Hongdou heard the voice, turned around and saw Chen Mo waving at her.

"It's you." Xu Hongdou was a little surprised.

"Hongdou, are you going home?" Because Chen Mo was between them, Jiang Congwen could only lean over and shout.

Chen Mo didn’t understand why Jiang Congwen was suddenly so enthusiastic. Even if he was your neighbor, you were a bit too enthusiastic. Don’t forget that you just broke up!
"Yes, I just got off work." Xu Hongdou nodded.

"That's great, let's go together. We are just about to go back." Jiang Congwen invited.

"This..." Xu Hongdou was still a little hesitant.

"Let's go together. It's not a matter of being on the same route. We're all in the same place." Chen Mo also spoke up.

"Yes, don't be polite with us. We are neighbors. It would be so strange if we don't go back together after meeting each other." Jiang Congwen said.

"Thank you so much." After hearing this, Xu Hongdou didn't refuse and got on the back seat.

"Do you usually get off work at this time?" Jiang Congwen asked while driving.

"We have a shift schedule, it's not very fixed." Xu Hongdou shook her head.

"Scheduling? I don't even know what you do?" Jiang Congwen asked.

“I work as a front office manager in a hotel.”

"Hotel? The Waldorf Astoria we just passed by?" Chen Mo asked.

"Yes." Xu Hongdou nodded with a smile.

"That's amazing. You're already the front desk manager of the Waldorf at such a young age." Chen Mo exclaimed.

"No, I just got promoted by accumulating experience."

"Don't be modest. I know the reputation of your hotel." Jiang Congwen said.

"'The place in the world that hosts the most heads of state, besides Buckingham Palace in the UK, is the Waldorf Astoria.' Right?"

"This is an evaluation of our entire brand, not just our hotel," Xu Hongdou explained.

"That's impressive too." Jiang Congwen praised.

"Thank you."

"By the way, have you eaten?" Jiang Congwen asked again.

"Not yet." Xu Hongdou shook her head slightly.

"Then let's go together. It's a good thing we haven't eaten yet."

"Okay, but I have to treat you this time. You treated me last time." Xu Hongdou thought for a moment and said.

"How can this be possible? We are giving you a ride and you are asking us to treat us to a meal. What would that mean for us? Wouldn't you turn around and run away the next time you see our car?"

"It's not that exaggerated. Let's put it one thing at a time. Take a ride is take a ride, and eat is eat." Xu Hongdou said seriously.

"No matter what, I can't let you invite me twice."

"Anyway, we definitely can't let you treat today, so let's not have any of us treat, and let Chen Mo treat instead," Jiang Congwen suggested.

"."Chen Mo.

"I'll treat you. I'll be moving here soon, and I may have to trouble you again in the future."

"We'll talk about it when the trouble comes." Xu Hongdou shook her head.

"No need to wait, we will need to trouble you right away." Jiang Congwen said.

"What's the matter? Tell me." Xu Hongdou was a little surprised, but still spoke.

Chen Mo also looked at Jiang Congwen with some surprise. He noticed that Jiang Congwen was talking about us, so how come he didn't know why he was bothering others.

"It's like this, Chen Mo wants to shoot a video to promote a new song he just wrote, and he's still short of a female lead. He was just wondering who to act with him, and you see, this is a coincidence!"

“???” Chen Mo.

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