Chapter 47: Give Him Something To Do!
“This kid is way too good at stirring up trouble.”
Ying Huo Hua Wen is one of the top companies in the industry, and artist manager Song Yiwen has hundreds of artists under her, with Yu Wei being the one who can create the most buzz.
Last week he put out a novel that shocked the entire company leadership, and that’s not all—in the past few days he’s started King Yama’s Roll Call, beginning cross-dimensional collaborations with other singers…
Which serious artist has this many tricks up their sleeve?
A few days ago, writing an internet celebrity song into it caused quite a stir, and this time he’s going even further, targeting company internal members by writing it into Qi Yuan’s song.
“Then should I have him change the novel?”
Liu Ning, standing opposite her, cautiously probed.
“No need for that.”
Song Yiwen waved her hand; her words were a warning, without much blame. Writing books is Yu Wei’s freedom, and it has little to do with the company—they have no right to interfere.
Moreover, from the perspective of actual benefits, Yu Wei’s book has even brought them quite a few unexpected joys…
On the recent song popularity charts, the top three are “Sound of Rain,” “Scarlet,” and “Same Dust.”
The second and third songs only appeared in Yu Wei’s novel, yet they’ve been pulled back up and become popular again, showing the influence of his book.
Not only that, even Zhang Lingye’s abstract song has been pulled up. Not many dare to listen to the full version, but it’s become the latest short video material, spreading at meme speed.
If Yu Wei were here, he would definitely think of it—there was a big entertainment player before who had this much pull, with the top of the music charts all being songs copied from his book.
For the company, Yu Wei’s book is even a great promotion spot, with huge commercial value, so the company won’t interfere and will even help handle some minor copyright issues.
Just having song titles appear, without any audio, isn’t a big deal—they just need to smooth things over simply so no one can find fault.
The reason for the warning is mainly that Yu Wei is too much of a troublemaker. Even if he has ability and value, he can’t be completely uncontrollable—who knows what he’ll write in the next chapter…
At least give a heads-up in advance so they can say hello.
“Liu Ning, tell Yu Wei that he can write whatever he wants, but if it involves real people or works, have him report it in advance, and we’ll handle the communication.”
The company isn’t doing charity, of course—mainly because Yu Wei’s book has commercial value. Otherwise, who would clean up after him?
“Got it!”
Liu Ning barely restrained her inner joy; this is absolutely good for Yu Wei. Writing books now has an extra layer of protection and won’t give others something to talk about.
She turned to go tell Yu Wei the message, but was stopped by the manager. Song Yiwen rubbed her brow, clearly just getting into the main topic.
“See if the company has any gigs—any kind will do. Variety shows, galas, commercial performances, advertisements, film and television dramas—show them all to him, and whichever he’s interested in, he can take!”
“Huh?”
Resources to pick from freely—this treatment even many first-tier artists don’t get, let alone Yu Wei who only signed a business contract. Normally, having gigs to do would be good enough—how could it be this generous?
“He’s so good at stirring up trouble because he’s too idle, tinkering with books all day—his head must be full of mischief. We must find him something to do.”
“Once he’s busy, he won’t have time for nonsense.”
Yu Wei’s book does have great commercial value, but everything has a limit. If he keeps this up, they won’t even have time for cleanup.
To arrange some real work for him, the company is going all out—use the resources if needed, as long as he settles down for a while.
“Call him now—I want to hear what this kid says!”
With the company going this far, she didn’t believe Yu Wei could still cause trouble. Liu Ning had no other choice and dialed his number on the spot.
Yu Wei was a bit surprised by the company’s proposal. Writing about the entertainment industry always carries risks, so having some assurance is definitely good—there’s no reason to refuse.
But letting him pick resources freely was a bit confusing—it sounded like they were urging him to work…
“Skip commercial performances and advertisements; others are fine.”
For acting, the script is unpredictable—if picking blindly, variety shows are the easiest, with flexible time and not tiring, convenient for writing.
“By the way, Sister Liu, I want to discuss something—can you arrange for me to do a live broadcast with Qi Yuan?”
Liu Ning, who was on the call, shook her hand and instinctively glanced at the manager opposite…
A live broadcast? With Qi Yuan? Isn’t the trouble big enough already?
Song Yiwen gritted her teeth—how did she end up with such a thorn? All he knows is stirring up trouble; the effort spent on him this month is almost as much as on other artists for a whole year.
“What live broadcast? Out of the blue?”
“Making dumplings.”
Yu Wei explained: “Qi Yuan agreed to me writing his song, but his fans don’t want to see him taken advantage of—I get that. So let’s just do a live broadcast to chat about music.”
Hearing this, Song Yiwen instantly breathed a huge sigh of relief. This kid knows it’s tricky—many things in the entertainment industry are fine with the star themselves, but fans won’t have it.
He wants to handle it to everyone’s satisfaction.
The two doing a joint broadcast: first, proves their relationship is good, so fans won’t spin conspiracy theories; second, gloss over it with music exchange, acceptable to both sides.
Of course, risks exist too—if he says the wrong thing on live, it can’t be fixed…
“Let him have his way.”
Actually, Song Yiwen didn’t know if Yu Wei could handle it well, but she knew if she didn’t arrange it, this guy might stir up something even bigger.
Better for the company to arrange it than let him mess around—then if chaos ensues, they can claim “technical issues.”
Under the company’s approval, the time for Yu Wei and Qi Yuan’s joint live broadcast was officially set.
”Tomorrow night at eight, tune into my live room.”
Seeing this post from the writer, the readers were a bit confused. Has the dog author grown a conscience and plans to live stream writing?
“Can you sing while writing and have two female stars posing beside you?”
“Voice writing is fine too—just treat it as an audiobook; I’m not picky.”
“Just sing the owed ‘Red Bean’ and ‘Nameless Person’ in the live room. A friend of mine wants to hear them.”
“What about the short film? No news at all.”
While Yu Wei’s readers were eager to try, in Qi Yuan Super Topic, the Yu Yuan fans were already wailing, feeling their brother had been set up by capital.
It must be Yu Wei wanting to ride the popularity!
“Everyone, don’t go causing trouble in the book friends’ circle—bad influence. Go to the live room later to back up Yuan Yuan!”
“Agree—can’t reason with that book friends’ circle crowd at all. Their admin or operations officer or whatever keeps deleting my posts. I said a couple things, and he said our brother is way better than your brother.”
“I just said, then your brother being so great must make him a huge idiot, lol!”
