Chapter 64: I Can Make Myself Popular
“Hello, Aunt Qiu, busy now?” Song Qinghuan got through to Qiu Rong as soon as she dialed the number.
“Hello, Huanhuan, I’m not busy now. But you, the class is over?”
On the phone, Qiu Rong spoke in such a cheerful voice that even Song Qinghuan was infected by her. She gently gave the answer and explained that her cell phone was turned off because of class.
Qiu Rong didn’t believe it but joked with a smile, “It must be because of those annoying agencies. Then you had to turn off the phone.”
“You just like making fun of me, Aunt Qiu.” Song Qinghuan said helplessly, which meant that was actually the case. Song Qinghuan found it annoying to deal with those entertainment companies that could get the telephone number of anyone if they wanted. There was no privacy at all.
Those companies got her contact information in the way she did not know, and all provided luring terms for her. They promised that she could make any requirement as long as she was willing to sign with them.
If she didn’t have a few years of experience in the entertainment industry and know that most of the companies in this circle were ‘vampires’, she, just like the innocent Song Qinghuan before, might really be fooled by these seemingly generous companies.
“How is it going? Is there any company you prefer?” This was the reason why Qiu Rong contacted Song Qinghuan. Since the MV that Song Qinghuan first appeared in was shot by Qiu Rong, many people in the circle came to her, asking about Song Qinghuan.
Some people even speculated that Song Qinghuan was already signed by Qiu Rong.
Unlike those outsiders, Qiu Rong, who had some friendship with the Song family, knew that the old lady in the Song family would not allow Song Qinghuan to enter the entertainment industry.
However, if Song Qinghuan had the intention herself, that would be another story.
Song Qinghuan said directly to Qiu Rong, “No.”Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.
Qiu Rong tapped on the desktop with her fingertip and then said bluntly, “Is it because you can’t find the one you want or you don’t want to enter the entertainment industry?” Qiu Rong was thumbing through the contract in her hand, and she also would like to sign Song Qinghuan if she could.
However, the Song family also had its own entertainment company at the moment, and she was not sure whether Song Qinghuan would sign with her, so she didn’t state her real intention directly.
“I have my own plans,” Song Qinghuan probably understood Qiu Rong’s purpose, and she made no other excuses but said directly, “Aunt Qiu, I don’t need any entertainment company. I can make myself popular.”
Song Qinghuan stopped under a buttonwood tree, with her mobile phone held in her left hand. She squinted her eyes and fiddled with the yellow leaf. After saying that, she let out a sigh of relief, since she clearly knew what she wanted now
If someone else said such words, Qiu Rong would only think that he or she was too arrogant.
However, Song Qinghuan was different. Qiu Rong had a document in her hand, which showed all the information about Song Qinghuan collected by the company’s public relations department from the Internet. Even the manager of the public relations department, after checking all the information, said to her that the little girl was very intelligent. The girl knew how to hype herself, but meanwhile, her method wasn’t offensive.
This marketing method was known as the starvation mode. She first threw the bait bit by bit and after it had attracted enough attention, she disappeared and aroused others’ curiosity.
After hanging up the phone, Qiu Rong picked up a photo of Song Qinghuan on the table and said with a smile, “What a clever girl!”
What Song Qinghuan said to Qiu Rong was definitely not exaggerated, because she had the ability. As long as the movie was shown at the Spring Festival, the money she invested would bring her hundreds of millions of yuan in return.
Since she had money of her own, why should she sign contracts with those companies to make herself controlled by others? She could invest in herself without others’ help, and she could win her own fame.
After thinking it over, Song Qinghuan contacted Qu Wenyou. She saw the screenplay of the movie already and knew that there was a scene of a nurse when both the leading actor and actress woke up in the end.
It was just a scene of several seconds, with only one line, but for Song Qinghuan, who had no acting skills, the role was very suitable. She would not blindly play the leading role in the very beginning. Moreover, the public always thought high of the nurses.
Song Qinghuan was not in a hurry to become popular, and she had enough time to learn more things.
After learning that Song Qinghuan was going to play the nurse, Qu Wenyou agreed immediately, and also told her that most of the filming work was finished now and the filming site had changed to Wan’ning City from Dongyang City.
Finally, they made an arrangement. On the afternoon this Friday, Song Qinghuan would visit the production team and complete the scene filming work as a guest performer.
When Song Qinghuan returned to her dormitory, she turned on her computer to surf the Internet. At the moment, the audience ratings of the teleplay “The Imperial Harem” had ranked top since its debut. The theme song she wrote for the teleplay also came first in various major lists of music.
Song Qinghuan was very satisfied with this result. She went to the website affiliated to Glory Technology Company and found that there was already a covered version of her song. Since there was no sound source, the accompaniment used by the singer was self-made and the noise was not completely removed.
However, many netizens had already given their gifts to the singer and asked for sharing the accompaniment.
Song Qinghuan squinted her eyes. She knew better than anyone else that the fame of a song relied on not only its popularity, but also its huge base of fans, and covered singing was simply a free advertisement tool.
Especially in the coming few years, covered singing would be followed by many more people.
Song Qinghuan logged on her music account and uploaded the accompaniment source with the approval she had gained from the person-in-charge of the production team in advance. More than that, she had uploaded a piece of her own work, made with the Chinese zither.
Song Qinghuan’s music account had already attracted 500, 000 fans. The most popular piece of music was “Ruling the World” played by her team on the anniversary of the founding of the Xinghan Music Academy. It still dominated the ranking lists of major music websites.
More and more works had been issued by Song Qinghuan. All of them were of the ancient style and most of them were played with the Chinese zither as the main musical instrument. Now all her fans adoringly called her “Hierarch Qinghuan”.
After Song Qinghuan uploaded the accompaniment source, as it was expected, her fans who paid special attention to her immediately began to sing the song with great enthusiasm.
Additionally, the promotion team of “The Imperial Harem”, which had already discussed the plan with Song Qinghuan, immediately launched the covered singing activities on the official website after receiving the news from her, and announced that the singers who ranked in the top three would receive the autographed photo of the starring team, as well as rewards such as the derivative products of the teleplay.
After the launch of such an incentive, another surge of fan flow further increased the popularity of the TV series and also strengthened the position of Song Qinghuan in the hot search list, which would not come down for a short time.
The operator of the official microblog wiped his sweat on the forehead after seeing that the reading volume of the super topic on ‘The Imperial Harem’ increased by more than one hundred million in a short period of time. He now admired Song Qinghuan from the bottom of his heart.
As a promoter, he felt inferior to the girl.