The Villain Just Wants to be a Salted Fish

When he heard He Jinyun's name at first, Gao Shu thought he had heard it wrong: "You are?"

"He Jinyun." He Jinyun patiently repeated it again.

Gao Shu immediately cheered up, and his tone became more cordial: "It turned out to be Teacher He, is there anything you want to talk about with me?"

He Jinyun didn't want to beat around the bush, and went straight to the point: "That's right, I'm planning to make a movie, and there is still a character that doesn't have an appropriate actor yet."

Gao Shu: "!!!"

I called this one, I called this one!

Ye Zexi has no ambition, but Gao Shu is full of ambition!

He Jinyun really did not expect that this conversation would go unexpectedly well.

Soon, He Jinyun made an appointment with Gao Shu for the time and place to meet, and even Gao Shu asked him for an initial script, saying that he would send it to Ye Zexi to see first.

After talking about this, He Jinyun hesitated and couldn't help reminding Gao Shu: "I also talked to Zexi about making a movie before, but his reaction..."

It can not be said that the boy disliked, it can only be said that he refused without hesitation.

After a pause, He Jinyun said euphemistically, "He seemed to hesitate last time. If you can, Secretary Gao, you can read the script first. I talked to Uncle Ye about this. His meaning is that if you think it's right, we can sign the contract first."

"Chairman?" Gao Shu asked.

He had heard that the relationship between the He family and the Ye family has always been good. If the Chairman gave an okay, there would be no problem.

He Jinyun nodded: "Well, I also showed him the contract."

Gao Shu listened, and immediately said, "Okay, then I will read the script first. I will definitely be able to finish it before Saturday. Then we will meet and talk."

The stone in his heart fell to the ground, and the corners of He Jinyun's mouth curled up: "Then I'll have to trouble you."

After hanging up, both parties were very satisfied with this cooperation.

Ye Zexi didn't know about this. At this moment, it was rare for him to not be lazy and he actually was rehearsing in the training room.

It's not that Ye Zexi doesn't want to be lazy, it's that he can't find a chance.

Sunday would be the final of "Time Idol", and the competition rule also got changed.

The final no longer has a group battle, but all the top ten contestants automatically being grouped into one group, they all are to perform together as a team in both dancing and singing.

Once the group performance is over, it will be the individual performance of each contestant. Of course, the individual performance must also include singing and dancing.

In other words, in this short period of less than a week, ten contestants need to prepare four performances.

There are only four debut positions, and the only contestants who can make their debut as a group are only the top four contestants who have the most votes on the night of the final on Sunday.

Preparing for the final performance is not what troubles Ye Zexi. What troubles him is that there is no group PK. Now the two mentors, Qu Xiao and Shan Zeyu, do not need to take turns to watch other group training every day. They are now in the training room all day to watch the ten contestants train.

Whenever Ye Zexi was about to find a sofa, Shan Zeyu would sit down with him.

The other said nothing, just looked at Ye Zexi meaningfully.

Ye Zexi: "..."

He found it somewhat awkward if he were to take out the phone from his pocket.

The novel that Ye Zexi read last night happened to reach its climax, and the gong [1] will soon give in to the temptation, but the author said that they would update the new chapter the next day.

He was really looking forward to this new update, when he finally was able to wait for the author to update the next day; Ye Zexi could not read it right away.1

He saw the update, but he couldn't read it, he felt like being stabbed in the heart!1

Another day of training is over. Ye Zexi feels that this will not work. He can't really make his debut in the final, right?

He must think of a way.

Of course, Ye Zexi didn't expect that an opportunity would soon knock on his door.

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Time passed in the blink of an eye. Tickets for the "Time Idol" final performance went on sale on Thursday, and it was announced that they were sold out in just ten minutes.

The fans who got the tickets for the final began to shout wildly, and the fans who did not get the tickets turned salty on the spot.

On the same night, the official Weibo released the last promotional video before the final.

The smiling faces of hundreds of contestants flashed in front of the audience, forming a huge poster.

After many selections, the photos of the contestants disappeared from the poster one after another, and in the end only ten familiar faces were left.

At the end of the trailer, there was only one sentence--"The final selection, who can stand out, let us wait and see!"

The promotional video was released for an hour, and it was successfully listed on the hot search.

The fans could not keep calm anymore.

"Ah, ah, ah, Ye Zexi is so handsome! Ye Zexi, go, go, go!"

"Tang Tang, go, go!"

"Cui Yi, fighting!"

"Ye Zexi feel free to fly, Xigua Ye [watermelon leaf] are always with you!"

"What is Xigua Ye?"

"Ye Zexi's fandom name! Sisters, you did not read the fandom chat room? Please check yesterday's chat room's voting poll."

A lot of Ye Zexi's passerby fans realized that a few days ago, Ye Zexi fan chat room held a fan name voting event. Most fans think that the word "Xigua Ye" can be reminiscent at a glance to Ye Zexi.

As of nine o'clock last night, the word "Xigua Ye" had the highest number of votes.

"Xigua Ye" has naturally become the name of Ye Zexi fans.

Fans went to the chat room to join the fun, but what attracted their attention was not the fandom name vote, but the banner vote.

The host of the chat room sent the three most popular emoticons, namely "Eating the rich second generation's meal", "Put up a smiling face", and "In order to chase you."

The comments are all fans laughing hahaha, that just by looking at it, it could still hurt the ears.

"Ye Zexi doesn't want to keep his face anymore? Hahahaha."

"Although it is very magical, it is really Ye Zexi!"

"xswl hahahahaha." [2]

"I really like Ye Zexi's Gokuraku Joudo GIF, it's a regret that the banner cannot be gif."

"Everyone, don't just hahaha, but also remember to vote for Ye Zexi!"

In the end, after many discussions and votes, the "Eat the Rich Second Generation's Meal" emoticon took the most votes in comparison with other emoticons, and it was elected to be the banner for his debut on the night of the final.

On Saturday, everything was ready and fans were eager to wait for the final on Sunday night.

It was also on Saturday, Gao Shu finally finished reading the initial script sent to him by He Jinyun.

He had to say that this is a very good script. Gao Shu's keen business instinct told him that if Ye Zexi takes this movie, Ye Zexi will not just win an award, but he will also become really popular!

Maybe Ye Zexi can rely on this movie and use it to his advantage to become a big screen actor in his career path.

Gao Shu's heart was surging, very excited.

But to be on the safe side, he still had to consult Ye Jianbin.

Ye Jianbin soon gave him an answer--Ye Jianbin invested 20 million.

Good Heaven, isn't this the same amount as when the young master clamored to participate in "Time Idol"?

The chairman has already invested in it, which shows that he is very optimistic about this movie, and the young master will definitely not lose out after signing it!

So Gao Shu hurriedly made an appointment with He Jinyun and decided to settle the matter quickly.

He Jinyun came with a contract.

Both parties were very sincere, and Gao Shu repeatedly confirmed that there was no problem, and in the name of Ye Zexi's studio, he happily signed the contract.

There were two copies of the contract. He Jinyun looked at the red stamp of the studio in the lower right corner, and the big stone in his heart fell.

"Happy cooperation, I will ask Secretary Gao to take care of it in the future." He Jinyun took the initiative to shake hands with Gao Shu.

Gao Shu smiled and said, "Why the formality? I should thank Teacher He for taking care of our Young Master."

He Jinyun accepted the contract, his mouth curved up: "No, I should thank Secretary Gao."

After all, without Secretary Gao's signature, he could not "abduct" someone.2

Of course He Jinyun didn't say this sentence.

Gao Shu also only regarded He Jinyun as being humble, smiled and said nothing.

He Jinyun then asked: "By the way, when is Secretary Gao going to tell Zexi about this matter?"

Gao Shu thought for a moment and said, "Maybe after the final ends. Now we can't interrupt Young Master's training. When the time comes, I will give the young master a surprise, double happiness."

He Jinyun nodded in agreement.

It's just that Gao Shu didn't expect it. Before he gave Ye Zexi a surprise, Ye Zexi gave him a surprise first.

Around ten o'clock that night, someone posted such a post on a well-known entertainment forum in China——

"Breaking news, in a certain audition show which has the final tomorrow, the first and second place got into a fight, and now everyone is at the Police Station."1

This post is like a drop of cold water dripping into a hot oil pan, and the Internet exploded in an instant.2

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Notes:

[1] gong - top

[2] xswl - lmao