The first episode of *Youth Trainees* would air this weekend, and Su Tang was determined to watch it. She also decided to invite Ren Qingzhou to watch it with her.
Ren Qingzhou really wanted to decline. "This is like public humiliation. I've never watched a variety show I was in. It feels completely different from when I was filming it."
"That's exactly why I want you to watch it with me." Su Tang rarely acted coquettishly.
"Alright, I'll reluctantly agree to you then." Ren Qingzhou decided to grant his girlfriend's request.
Su Tang hung up the phone contentedly and saw Fang Ting looking at her in disbelief. "Tsk tsk tsk, you've really changed. You can act coquettishly too."
"Get out of here. You're just jealous. That kind of fox mentality won't do."
"I've been around in the dating world for years. What kind of 'grapes' haven't I tasted?"
"The one you want the most, of course." Su Tang hinted.
"I think you're asking for a beating." Fang Ting said as she was about to reach out to hit her. Su Tang naturally dodged. Jiang Bai walked in and saw them in a ruckus. "What good thing has happened?"
"What else? It's just her big mouth." Fang Ting changed the subject. "What's that in your hand?"
"This? It's from Lu Da." Jiang Bai handed the thing to the two of them. "I actually do have something to tell you."
"Didn't we keep talking about the investment with Lu Da Group before? Their people came to me again today. They now want all the copyrights of our online game."
"All of them?" Fang Ting immediately sensed something was off. "Didn't they say they only wanted partial copyrights before? Why do they want all of them now?"
"Now they said that if they only get partial copyrights, the investment return would be relatively low and the investment risk would be relatively high. They want to buy out the copyrights directly."
"Does that mean after they buy out all the copyrights of the game we've worked so hard to develop, we'll have nothing to do with it anymore?"
"As unpleasant as it sounds, that's exactly the case."
"Then we definitely can't agree to them."
Su Tang listened to their conversation and roughly understood the ins and outs of the matter. Jiang Bai quit his job and started his own business because he wanted to create a real online game.
After that, he founded *Floating World Story* and carried out a series of research and development work.
By the time she joined, the preliminary research and development of the online game was basically coming to an end. For the specific ideas in the later stage, they needed to introduce investors and discuss with them before making specific modifications.
The biggest investor *Floating World Story* had been talking to was Lu Da Group.
Lu Da Group started in the online game industry. Half of the most popular online games on the market were produced by them.
It was also Jiang Bai's former employer.
So Jiang Bai was quite willing to cooperate with them. He just didn't expect that at this crucial moment when they needed investment, they suddenly changed their tune.
"Maybe some of my ideas conflict with theirs. I want to create a game with feelings, but Lu Da just wants the game to be profitable."
The essence of a businessman is to gain more benefits. Lu Da had developed so many games and already knew how to maximize profits in online games.
This went against Jiang Bai's original intention.
"In that case, why don't we find a new partner?" Su Tang suggested.
"I was just thinking the same thing. Apart from Lu Da, the only other relatively powerful investment companies are Penguin and Yunyi."
"Then I'll go and try these two companies." Su Tang took on this task.
"You used to work at Penguin. If it's inconvenient for you, we can..." Jiang Bai considered that she had quit Penguin and was afraid that it would be awkward for her to meet her former employer now.
"It's okay. I won't be dealing with my old department this time." Su Tang said it was okay.
"Alright, then you go to these two companies next Monday to see their cooperation intentions and specific conditions."
"Okay."
"Alright, if there's nothing else, go off work early. Didn't you invite your boyfriend?" After discussing the serious matter, Jiang Bai's tone softened a bit.
"It's not today. He's busy today. He went to shoot a cover. He probably hasn't gotten home yet."
Su Tang felt a bit embarrassed by what he said.
To be able to watch the first episode of *Youth Trainees* on time, Su Tang ate dinner early, adjusted the TV at Ren Qingzhou's place, and prepared a bunch of snacks.
Ren Qingzhou was startled by her grand preparations. "It's just a variety show. You've made it seem like a picnic."
"Watching TV is an effective way to relax. Your TV has such a big screen, but I've hardly seen you use it." Su Tang had already sat down on the carpet in front of the sofa. When she saw him coming, she pulled him down to sit with her.
"Don't keep walking back and forth. Sit down and watch with me. It's about to start."
"I still think it's really strange to watch a variety show I'm in." Ren Qingzhou was actually quite resistant.
"Be good. There's nothing strange about it. Watch it with me." Su Tang opened a pack of candies and deliberately gave him one. "Let's see the stories our Teacher Ren had with 16 female classmates."
"Can you be more serious? What you said sounds like a legal program." Ren Qingzhou looked disgusted.
"Alright, alright. Stop talking and watch TV."
Just as she said that, the show started.
At the beginning, there was a brief introduction of the four mentors.
"Let's see who the second mentor is."
"Ren Qingzhou, born in 1992 in City S, a Chinese mainland original musician. His representative works include *Clear Sky* and *Edge*."
While watching the three of them greet each other warmly, Su Tang asked him, "Does Li Nandi have a really good temper? I think he looks really gentle and has a nice personality."
Ren Qingzhou smelled danger. "You don't have a crush on Li Nandi, do you?"
"Come on. I've never had a crush on boy bands."
Hearing her just casually praise him, Ren Qingzhou added his objective description. "He is really humble and has a good personality. When we first met, he prepared gifts for everyone. And the trainees in his group all like him."
"Do the trainees in your group like you too?" Su Tang turned to ask him.
Ren Qingzhou felt that there was more to this question than met the eye. "Since they chose me, they must all approve of my music."
Not long after he said this, he was immediately proven wrong when Chen Qiqi showed up.
The program crew even edited this part to have a bit of a romantic feeling. It was like a typical excited and shy little fan meeting a big star.
"Teacher Ren, I really like you so much. I've liked you since you first debuted."
"I came to this show just for you."
The program crew even added a star - eyed special effect. Ren Qingzhou really wanted to thank the post - production team. They had worked hard.
In the first part of the first episode, the main highlights related to Ren Qingzhou were that one of the trainees was his die - hard fan and the other was Ye Zi competing with him for trainees.
Of course, some of the parts where Ye Zi kept arguing with him were cut by the program crew.
Only the parts with more conflicts and explosive points were left.
In the later part, it was about the trainees getting to know each other and being re - grouped. His group was relatively quiet, so there wasn't much content.
It was worth mentioning that there were also some interviews with the trainees.
There was a short interview with Chen Qiqi.
Director: "So are you really a fan of Teacher Ren?"
Chen Qiqi: "Yes, I really like him so much. My room is full of his posters. I was so excited to see him today. I felt like I couldn't even speak properly."
Director: "Is this your first time meeting Teacher Ren?"
Chen Qiqi: "No, no. I've been to his concert before, but this is the first time I've been this close to him. I found that he's even better - looking than I thought."
After watching the show, Su Tang kept looking at Ren Qingzhou with a strange look in her eyes, which made him feel a bit uneasy.
But she just refused to say a word. Adhering to the principle of "if the enemy doesn't move, I don't move", Ren Qingzhou also kept silent.
Less than twenty minutes later, a message was sent in the studio group. "Boss, you're on the hot search."
#Chen Qiqi Chases Ren Qingzhou On - Site#
When you clicked on it, all you could see were clips of Chen Qiqi from the show.
"Teacher Ren is really popular. You can meet such enthusiastic fans just by participating in a show."
"Where, where. This is just a small - probability event. I just happened to encounter it."
"It's not a small - probability event, is it? You can meet your fans everywhere."
"So, wifey, are you jealous?"
"Who said that? I'm not. There's nothing to be jealous about." Su Tang refused to admit it.
Ren Qingzhou stretched out his arm and hugged his wife. "Let me see if the nose of the liar has grown."
"No, no, no. You have so many female fans. If I were so jealous, I'd be sour all over." Su Tang slapped his hand and then deliberately added, "The post - production of your variety show won't hype any teacher - student CP, will it?"
Judging from the romantic feeling in the first episode, who knows what the post - production will do in the future.
"No. If they want to hype a CP, they'll definitely inform the studio in advance. I'm only responsible for the judging in this show. I'm not responsible for anything else."
"Don't worry. I definitely won't hype a CP with anyone."
Overall, apart from the internal conflict in Teacher Ren's family, the first episode of *Youth Trainees* received a relatively good response.
As for Ren Qingzhou himself, among the mentors, he had a good interaction with Li Nandi. Coupled with the friendly interaction and mutual help between the fans of the two, it greatly reduced the negative impact of his disharmony with Ye Zi.
Ye Zi was a rather argumentative person. So after the parts where she argued with Ren Qingzhou were aired, most people thought that Ren Qingzhou was quite a gentleman and the things he said during the judging made sense. He wasn't just picking on a female celebrity.
Among the trainees, he treated all his trainees equally and gave fair comments. It could be said that he gained a new wave of fans through the variety show.