Fine, fine, let us watch then. Alley Folks, produced by Xie Qian’s company, happened to be suitable for the whole family to watch.
Wen Ying shifted her bottom slightly to the side, making some space for Old Wen. The family of three thus sat on the sofa, waiting for Alley Folks to start.
The situation at Li Mengjiao’s home was much the same. A drama from God Xie’s company must contribute to the ratings!
“Hurry, hurry, the opening theme is starting…”
Li Mengjiao anxiously dragged her mother to sit down. Her father, Li Zhentao, did not need urging. He sat beside his wife and daughter himself.
Yuan Fenghui was chasing the drama too.
Yuan Fenghui was not doing it to support Xie Qian. Mainly, she wanted to gauge Ji Xin’s production level. If the two sides cooperated in the future, she needed to know the enemy and know herself!
The person chasing the drama with Yuan Fenghui was Zhang Guangzhen.
In Tianjiao’s screening room, Zhang Guangzhen sat upright in his chair. His heart was indescribably tense.
Though the people around him had all given high praise to the Alley Folks script… There was still a gap between script and televised presentation. Only when the episodes truly aired would the audience’s reputation feedback be the final verdict!
When the opening theme started, Zhang Guangzhen’s palms were sweaty.
Yuan Fenghui glanced at him: “Old Zhang, you need to prepare yourself~”
Prepare for what?
Prepare for Alley Folks’ ratings to flop?
Zhang Guangzhen’s heart nearly shattered. He rarely glared at Yuan Fenghui. Yuan Fenghui chuckled: “Prepare to accept praise! To be honest, if you had given this script to another company, I would really worry it would be ruined. Fortunately, Ji Xin’s boss is Xie Qian.”
Zhang Guangzhen paused: “Why is it fortunate that the boss is Xie Qian? Xie Qian is just a high school student…”
Yuan Fenghui rolled her eyes: “Does it matter if he is a high school student? Wen Ying is a high school student too. If they wanted to fool you, you would be sold and still help them count the money!”
“…”
Zhang Guangzhen’s face flushed red. Yet he could not think of a retort.
Yuan Fenghui turned her head away, ignoring this weakling. Being a bit dim was fine. If he were as clever as Wen Ying, Yuan Fenghui would have to worry.
Yuan Fenghui deliberately listened to the entire opening theme of Alley Folks.
This song was sung by Xu Mei.
Ji Xin let Xu Mei act, but did not limit her development to acting. They did not forget that Xu Mei debuted from a singing competition.
Giving his first serious drama script to Ji Xin was fortunate for Zhang Guangzhen. Jumping ship to Ji Xin was fortunate for Xu Mei too.
This little girl was truly about to blow up!
In the capital, some were chasing the drama.
In Chengdu, some were chasing the drama.
In the magic city, some were chasing the drama too.
Gong Sheng said in his mouth that he wanted to shake off Ji Xin early and go back to logistics. Now, if he truly went back to logistics, he felt a bit reluctant.
Was the title of “producer” so easy to hold?
For Alley Folks, Gong Sheng turned from outsider to insider. He forced himself to understand the process of a TV drama from project initiation to filming, then to broadcast.
It was truly not easy.
His own heartfelt effort, what was wrong with chasing the drama?
Gong Sheng not only chased the drama himself but also arranged for Ji Xin’s employees to chase it. He wanted these people to watch carefully and learn well!
Xu Mei sat demurely in the midst of the crowd. Her expression looked quite calm. Only she knew if her heart was excited.
Fame?
If talking about fame, Xu Mei had become famous as early as that summer when she joined the talent show.
Later, she had sunk into obscurity and been bullied. She flipped red again by hyping a romance with Cao Bo for headlines.
But those were all superficial. They were soap bubbles floating in mid-air, ready to burst at any time. In the end, Xu Mei had no works to back her up.
Did Alley Folks count as Xu Mei’s representative work?
In outsiders’ eyes, probably not.
After all, Xu Mei was not the female lead of Alley Folks. She only played a female supporting role.
But Xu Mei herself thought it counted.
Because in this drama, she acted very seriously.
The company even let Xu Mei sing the opening and ending themes. Where the role skimped on her screen time, the themes made up for it. Xu Mei truly had no dissatisfaction.
More importantly, during the filming of Alley Folks, Xu Mei’s parents visited the set more than once. Seeing those veteran actors acting opposite Xu Mei, her parents acknowledged her choice for the first time. They felt that being an artist was a proper job.
When Xu Mei hyped news with Cao Bo before, she did not lack topics. Yet her parents felt embarrassed to face relatives and friends. Others’ teasing tones made the Xu couple unable to hold their heads high!
Now it was good. Xu Mei had finally taken the right path.
Ji Xin was a good company. It did not release all sorts of messy news and arranged many courses for Xu Mei.
Xu’s father privately instructed his daughter to work well at Ji Xin. He said this company was reliable!
Xu Mei’s relationship with her parents had once been very tense. Now it was already mended.
Xu Mei was very satisfied with her current life.
Even if after Alley Folks aired and the romance queen’s new drama aired, she still could not become famous, Xu Mei was not anxious anymore.
She was still so young. Why hurry? As long as little Boss Xie did not lose his mind, Xu Mei firmly believed she would blow up sooner or later!
There was another drama chaser in the magic city, Wang Shuang.
She could not watch TV in the university dorm. Wang Shuang specially went to a classmate’s off-campus rental to mooch a watch.
Her classmate questioned Wang Shuang’s taste.
“You actually watch such a sappy drama…”
Wang Shuang promoted it to her classmate: “I heard this drama is good. You will absolutely not regret watching it.”
The classmate did not believe it and called others to play cards.
Wang Shuang felt heartbroken: You mere mortals, how do you know God Xie’s capabilities!
Forget it. Saying more now was a waste of breath. After the college entrance exam, when God Xie came to develop in the magic city, she would call these mortals to worship then.
Wang Shuang stopped forcing the promotion and focused on watching the drama.
Instead, the several boys playing cards were drawn by the dialogue from the TV after a few rounds. They kept glancing over.
Glancing and glancing, one boy cleared his throat: “Wang Shuang is not playing cards. It is no fun. Let us rest too.”
If you want to watch TV, just say so. It is not shameful!
The several boys sat beside Wang Shuang.
Wang Shuang had no time to mind them. Producer Wang Da had already fully immersed herself in the plot of Alley Folks. God Xie was awesome. Producer Wang Da would progress too. Before becoming a true independent producer, Wang Shuang could not stop her steps in learning.
Only by watching excellent works from other companies could one learn their successful experiences.
Wang Shuang watched with keen interest. The boys who had just called the drama sappy also watched with keen interest.
In Hunan Province.
Director Fan locked himself in his office, secretly chasing the drama.
He watched two episodes in one go.
Standing on a fair position, Director Fan felt Alley Folks had strong watchability.
He had not expected Zhang Guangzhen not only to write idol drama scripts but also to have such strength in serious dramas.
It was the same Zhang Guangzhen script. Ji Xin could film it like this. Tianjiao had no reason to film it poorly.
The ending theme of the second episode of Alley Folks was still playing. Director Fan decisively dialled Wen Ying’s phone: “Little Wen, when are we signing for Tianjiao’s new drama?”
