Chapter 114 Why does your voice sound a little breathless?
Monday, 9:00 AM.

In the conference room of Huayue Film and Television.

Ying Zhicheng presided over the meeting. After listening to the entire plan, he confirmed that there was nothing to add, and then looked to Yuan Wanqing on his left.

"The new album will be released on time at 12 noon today, and the preheating has been going on for a month." Ying Zhicheng said, "It will be on the trending search on Weibo soon. Your studio should cooperate well and post a Weibo with your official account. The content and style should be in accordance with the plan."

"I'll start running announcements this afternoon, and the schedule has already been arranged."

"There are three exclusive interviews with entertainment media, some simple interactions with some Weibo entertainment influencers, and there will be several variety shows later."

"Especially in variety shows, the script will arrange singing performances for you, and you have to control it yourself."

"Many people will question whether you still have the talent after you retired for more than ten years."

"So the three variety shows are all targeted. One is for entertainment, and you will be asked to sing a few climax passages; one is for temporary guests on a celebrity tour, and you are required to sing a cappella to highlight the realism; and the last one is for singing, and you will be asked to show your complete singing ability."

Huayue Film and Television’s resources are quite sufficient within Qianjiang Province.

Enough attention is also paid to Yuan Wanqing's comeback.

After listening to Ying Zhicheng's words, Yuan Wanqing nodded calmly, indicating that she understood. After the meeting ended, she followed her assistant out of the company, got on the nanny car, and went to prepare for the afternoon announcement.

Soon, with the spread of various promotional materials and hot searches on Weibo, more and more news about Yuan Wanqing's new album came out.

The new album "Ten Years Like a Dream" also quickly entered the public eye.

Faced with this singer who was expected to become a new queen at the beginning of the century, many people of the older generation lamented that they had never expected to see the day when this singer would make a comeback.

But there are also many doubts and disparaging words, finding faults in the new album.

After the new album was released, it was quite popular in the first few days.

Yuan Wanqing's hit song also became popular on the Internet for a while.

But with the emergence of other new things on the Internet, public attention quickly shifted.

Right now, the sales of physical albums have hit a freezing point, so Huayue Film and Television is focusing on promoting online digital albums.

But after a large amount of resources were poured in, the sales of digital albums on major platforms were only a drop in the bucket.

On album charts similar to QQ Music, it barely made it into the top ten, but then fell out again in the next few days.

Among the ten songs in the new album, only the title song "Like a Dream" briefly ranked in the top three, and then fell out of the top ten after its popularity faded.

If this kind of result happened to a new singer in the music industry, it would not be considered a failure and it would even be pretty good.

But when it comes to Yuan Wanqing, it is indeed far below expectations.

As for the high school students far away in the No. 1 Affiliated High School, the matter of Yuan Wanqing's comeback is almost irrelevant.

Most people were babies who were just born at the end of the last century. They were not familiar with Yuan Wanqing at all, let alone paying attention to these entertainment gossips.

Only people like Li Luo, because of Yan Zhusheng, had a little understanding of the situation.

After the performance of the new album was basically settled, Li Luo also sighed.

He had never heard much about Yuan Wanqing's comeback in his previous life, which meant that this new album did not make much of a splash.

Moreover, the entertainment industry is changing very quickly. If you miss an opportunity, you may never get the chance to become popular again.

In fact, we can draw the conclusion from Yan Zhusheng that Yuan Wanqing’s singing ability is definitely not bad, and it can even be said to be very strong.

But as the Internet gradually enters the era of smartphones, the importance of traffic has gradually overshadowed strength itself.

Many capable people just need an opportunity to leverage traffic.

But obviously, Yuan Wanqing failed to do this.

After Li Luo learned about Yuan Wanqing's current situation on the computer, he became a little more careful when talking to Yan Zhusheng in the classroom during the day.

But Yan Zhusheng soon noticed his abnormality and asked, "What are you worried about?"

"Nothing." Li Luo shook his head, then said, "Your mother's new album is out. Have you downloaded it on your phone? We can listen to it together at noon."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng nodded, "Did you go to listen?"

"I went back and listened to it these two days."

"Does it sound good?"

"In addition to the title song, I prefer "Dream Travel" and "Original Heart", which are very suitable for Auntie's singing style."

"As long as you like it." Yan Zhusheng didn't care about the performance of the album. After hearing Li Luo's praise, he took it seriously in his mind.

During the lunch break at noon, she secretly handed over a pair of headphones, then lay down on the table and fell asleep with her face facing Li Luo.

Listening to Yuan Wanqing's singing with the singer's daughter sleeping next to him, Li Luo lay on the table and looked at Yan Zhusheng. He always felt that something was weird.

However, halfway through lunch break, a message suddenly popped up on Yan Zhusheng's phone.

She took a furtive look, then said something to Li Luo and ran to the bathroom to answer a phone call.

When I came back, my classmates were all resting because lunch break had not yet ended.

So Yan Zhusheng took out the draft book from Li Luo's drawer and wrote on it.

[Yan Zhusheng]: My mother called me.

[Yan Zhusheng]: She said that she should be free to attend the parent-teacher meeting on Saturday.

Li Luo glanced at the contents of the draft book, raised his eyebrows, and had some guesses in his mind. Maybe because the new album did not perform well, the originally full schedule was also reduced?
Looking at it this way, it’s not entirely a bad thing. At least I can attend my daughter’s first parent-teacher meeting in high school.

[Li Luo]: Is your mother free on Saturday at noon?
[Yan Zhusheng]: I don’t know either. What happened?

[Li Luo]: Didn’t the senior say before that her mother wanted to treat us and our parents to a meal?
[Yan Zhusheng]: Oh, about this, I’ll ask about it in the evening.

……

Wait until night.

The second evening self-study session will end in about ten minutes.

Li Luo pretended to go to the toilet, but actually went downstairs to the playground.

After a while, Yan Zhusheng also came out and met Li Luo on the playground.

Originally, I had agreed with Yan Zhusheng that we would go to the playground to run and exercise after the second evening self-study get out of class.

But Yan Zhusheng thought about it later and said that if Ying Chanxi and Xu Youyu wanted to wait for Li Luo to go home together, it would be too much trouble for them.

Hence the current proposal.

Li Luo was the class monitor. No one would say anything if he disappeared for ten minutes during the second class.

Yan Zhusheng skillfully put the earphones into Li Luo's ears, then put them on himself, turned on the music on his phone, and the two began running in circles.

During the first few night runs, Li Luo was still a little uncomfortable.

But as the frequency increased, and with Yan Zhusheng by his side, Li Luo gradually began to enjoy this body rhythm.

I have to say, a young body is good.

In his previous life, when he was 35 years old, his body was already in a terrible state.

I have a lot of acne and an oily face, dark circles under my eyes, sparse hair, a bloated body, and poor kidney function. I feel listless every day and have no energy to do anything.

Walking up the stairs or carrying a parcel can make me out of breath, let alone running a few steps.

But now that he has lived a new life, after running at night with Yan Zhusheng, Li Luo suddenly realized that he still needs to consciously keep exercising.

Just playing basketball once in a while isn't enough.

Like now, running every day is not bad if I stick to it.

To be honest, Li Luo used to be a little bored with the daily running exercises arranged by the school.

But as you get older, you will find that even the mandatory ten minutes of exercise every day is enough for a person to maintain a relatively healthy and energetic body.

However, after entering society, most people can’t even exercise for more than ten minutes a day.

After all, I have been exploited by my boss from day to night, and my energy has been exhausted. How can I have the energy to exercise?

While running, Li Luo let his thoughts wander and thought about these things.

It was not until Yan Zhusheng suddenly stopped that Li Luo stopped as well and asked in confusion: "Why did you stop? It's not time for the get out of class to end yet."

"I have time now, so I can call my mother." Yan Zhusheng said, "Didn't you say you wanted to ask about lunch on Saturday?"

"Now?" Li Luo was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, go ahead and ask."

So Yan Zhusheng called Yuan Wanqing.

Within a few seconds, the call was connected.

"Hello?" Yuan Wanqing asked doubtfully on the other end of the phone, "Shengsheng? What's up?"

"Mom." Yan Zhusheng glanced at Li Luo, "Do you have anything else to do after attending the parents' meeting on Saturday?"

"Saturday?" Yuan Wanqing asked her assistant, then said, "Nothing special, I just have a meeting in the company this afternoon. What's wrong?"

"Oh, that's it." Yan Zhusheng explained, "I have a friend's parents, and I want to invite you to have a meal with them then."

"Really?" Yuan Wanqing frowned, feeling a little troubled.

Even though she is now out of fashion, she is still a public figure after all, and actually doesn't want to have anything to do with the parents in the school.

But when she thought about the fact that it was Yan Zhusheng's friend, Yuan Wanqing's tone softened again: "Which friend is it? Does mom know him?"

"It's Li Luo, the one I told you about last time." Yan Zhusheng whispered, "My best friend in high school."

On the other end of the phone, Yuan Wanqing fell silent.

After thinking for a few seconds, she said, "Tell Li Luo that I will be there when the time comes. Please thank him for me."

"Yeah." Yan Zhusheng glanced at Li Luo who was keeping watch for her and nodded slightly.

Then, just as she was about to hang up the phone, Yuan Wanqing suddenly asked again: "Shengsheng, I feel like you sound a little heavy when you speak, do you have a cold?"

"Oh... no." Yan Zhusheng shook his head and said honestly, "I just went for a night run with Li Luo in the playground, so I'm a little out of breath."

"I-Is that so..." Yuan Wanqing's tone was a little solemn, "Well... keeping exercising is a good thing. I have something else to do here, so I'll hang up first. See you on Saturday."

"OK Bye Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Yan Zhusheng walked briskly behind Li Luo and patted his shoulder gently: "My mother agreed, and she will come to eat with us then."

(End of this chapter)