220: Chapter 220 This fat guy is asking me for money? Is he even human?

Director Liu Ming looked at Qin Xun and was stunned.

This is what he calls having no inspiration?

This is what he calls needing to think about it for a few months?

This is clearly something ready-made, okay?

Director Liu Ming snapped out of it, and without caring about the mud on his hands, he rushed forward to shake Qin Xun's hand.

"It's fantastic!"

"This song is truly fantastic!"

"The moment you started singing, the scene of small bridges, flowing water, and households in the Jiangnan water towns immediately appeared in my mind."

"It's so gentle, so moist."

"I really want to keep getting intoxicated in your singing."

Listening to such excessive flattery, Qin Xun felt goosebumps rise all over his body.

The people behind Director Liu Ming saw the awkwardness on Qin Xun's face and had smiles in their eyes, but they didn't dare to laugh out loud.

Aren't these kinds of flattering words exactly what they usually say to Director Liu?

Who would have thought that one day, they would actually hear these words coming from Director Liu's own mouth.

So, it turns out that everyone looks pretty unsightly when they're sucking up to someone.

Xia Ning imitated Qin Xun, clasping her hands behind her back, slightly lifting her head to look at the white clouds in the distance.

Her face wore a faint look of pride.

Qin Xun is amazing, right?

He's from my company!

Suddenly.

Xia Ning felt a bit strange; why was she so proud today?

Could it be because of this fake couple relationship with Qin Xun?

A wife honored by her husband's success?

Suddenly!

A scream came from far away.

"Qin Xun, I love you!"

"I love you, Qin Xun!"

Qin Xun and the others turned their heads to look.

They saw a young girl rush out from where the extras were gathered, sprinting over at full speed.

Very quickly.

Two crew members rushed out from where the staff were gathered, grabbed the young girl by the arms, and dragged her back.

Her feet kicked wildly, leaving shallow furrows on the ground.

"Qin Xun, I love you!"

"I also have a dream of being a singer!"

"I also have a dream!"

Immediately after, the reprimands of the crew members came.

"Shut up!"

"No chicken leg for lunch!"

The young girl's voice was hysterical.

"I don't want a chicken leg, I want Qin Xun! Ah—I have a dream!"

"Ah—"

Qin Xun was startled.

The last time he saw a scene like this was when he was living on the second floor of a hotel, and a heavy tank forcibly smashed through the door.

He was so scared that he scrambled out of the bathroom and fled to Xia Ning's villa.

Qin Xun looked over there, feeling some lingering fear.

"Are they this crazy?"

"Are these people this fierce for the sake of fame, to the point of not even wanting a chicken leg?"

Xia Ning turned her head, looked at his profile, and smiled softly.

"You just didn't know how handsome you were when you were singing."

Qin Xun turned to look at the smile on Xia Ning's face and saw that the usual coldness was gone; she looked like a gentle woman from the Jiangnan water towns.

His voice was gentle.

"Ningning, you finally admit that I'm handsome?"

Xia Ning froze slightly, slowly turned her head back to look at the landscape in the distance, her face returning to its cold and detached expression, and she said nothing.

Blame my loose lips.

Ye Lan looked at Qin Xun, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly spoke up.

"Teacher Qin, do you think I'm suitable to sing this song?"

Director Liu Ming knew that Ye Lan and Qin Xun already had a collaboration, so the chances of them collaborating again were likely higher.

He hurriedly chimed in from the side.

"Mr. Qin, you really are a natural-born genius!"

"I have a few bottles of good wine over there. I really feel like we met too late. Let's go have a drink together; thank you for writing this movie promotional song for us."

Qin Xun looked at Director Liu Ming, a look of surprise on his face, and hurriedly said.

"Director Liu Ming, I haven't..."

Director Liu Ming patted his chest, adding another muddy handprint to his chest, and interrupted Qin Xun.

"Isn't it just the filming crew?"

"You use it!"

"Use it with confidence!"

"Is three days enough?"

"Use it as much as you want!"

Qin Xun said, "I'll probably need 7 days."

A commercial shoot might not take seven days, but he needed to find a way to keep Ye Lan, a person with a high slacking-off value, by his side for as long as possible.

A slacking-off value of 1 million is not easy to accumulate.

However, for an A-list star's schedule, completely monopolizing seven days was just about the limit.

When Director Liu Ming heard he needed seven days, he hesitated again.

After all, a movie production crew has so many people; the expenses for food and lodging are not small.

He looked at Qin Xun and said.

"How about I give you another discount?"

"For the extra four days, you just need to pay me 100,000 yuan per day."

"After all, I have to report to the producer."

Qin Xun was stunned; he didn't expect this fatty to dare ask him for money.

Is he even human?

Qin Xun didn't answer; he turned to look at Ye Lan and said softly.

"Ye Lan, tell Director Liu Ming, how much did I charge you for writing three songs?"

Ye Lan understood what Qin Xun meant; she looked at Director Liu Ming, smiled, and said loudly.

"Three songs, 20.7 million, not a penny less!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Director Liu Ming was startled, his eyes widened, and he couldn't even speak.

That's almost 7 million per song; what kind of song is worth that much!

Suddenly, he had a change of thought.

The song "May We Last Forever" written by Qin Xun was able to forcibly pull up a star whose reputation was about to hit rock bottom.

Not only did she become a national idol, but she even faintly had the momentum to surpass other new-generation singers, reaching a super A-list status.

If two more songs of this caliber came along, wouldn't Ye Lan be able to be crowned a queen?

Back then, when the scandal of Ye Lan being rejected by the Mid-Autumn Festival gala first broke, he was also anxious and frantic, thinking it might affect the movie's box office.

But not even a day passed before Ye Lan's reputation directly reversed, and instead, she became the best calling card for promoting the movie.

This gave him an unexpected joy!

Thinking of this, he felt that 20 million didn't seem that expensive after all.

The people around heard the price of 20.7 million and all exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock.

What the hell, three songs for 20.7 million?

Are the lyrics made of gold, or is the musical score made of gold?

The news said it only takes Qin Xun 6 minutes to write a song, so if you calculate that, isn't that about 1.2 million per minute, and 20,000 per second?

Isn't this faster than a money-printing machine?

Everyone looked at Qin Xun, feeling a bit envious in their hearts.

Is this even a person?

This is a walking, human-shaped money-printing machine!

Director Liu Ming looked at Qin Xun with an awkward smile, not knowing what to say.

Qin Xun saw Director Liu Ming's expression and smiled lightly.

"Director Liu Ming, we're all friends."

"I don't want to make things difficult for you either, so I'll give you a discount."

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Director Liu Ming's face.

Very quickly, he realized he had smiled too early, only to hear Qin Xun say.

"I'll just charge you 2 million!"

Director Liu Ming: "..."

His face twitched slightly, and he looked around, observing the different expressions on everyone's faces.

He suddenly felt so helpless.

One song, 2 million?!

He had never thought that a movie promotional song could be this expensive.

The most expensive one he had paid before was 300,000 to have a well-known music producer in the industry create it.

But Qin Xun, he...

Then again, there is no music producer more famous than him this month!

Just as he was feeling troubled.

Ye Lan spoke up.

"Director Liu Ming, let me sing this song, and I will cover half of the promotional song's fee for you."

"The movie side pays 1 million, and I pay 1 million."

"Trust me, this song will definitely be worth more than its price. Even if the movie doesn't become a hit, this song will definitely become a hit!"

Director Liu Ming had a face full of black lines; he glanced at Ye Lan and resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

Thank you for your well wishes!

Director Liu Ming thought about it.

Having an A-list star like Ye Lan sing it, plus the hottest internet celebrity composer, Qin Xun.

The two of them combining to create a movie promotional song.

This in itself is a huge selling point!

If you count it as part of the movie's promotional expenses, this 1 million is just a small amount.

Generally, the promotion for a movie requires tens of millions.

Director Liu Ming gritted his teeth, patted his chest again, making it ring loudly.

"Okay!"

"I agree!"

"I'll give you, Mr. Qin, 1 million, plus the seven-day usage rights of the camera crew."

"I want this song!"

Qin Xun extended his hand and smiled, "Happy cooperation!"

Director Liu Ming wiped the yellow mud off his hands on his body and shook hands with Qin Xun.

"Happy cooperation!"

Xia Ning looked at Qin Xun, a faint smile appearing on her face.

This guy is really black-hearted!

Anyone who gets involved with him ends up losing a layer of skin.

Xia Ning looked up at the sky and took a deep breath of the moist air in the mountains.

Shooting a commercial!

Is Qin Xun finally going to use conventional marketing methods?

Will it be as he expected?

Letting the three companies fight until their heads are broken and blood is flowing?

Qin Xun looked at the smile on Director Liu Ming's face, and a mischievous smirk that no one noticed curled up at the corner of his mouth.

1 million?

This is just the beginning; just you wait!

I'm going to milk this one commercial for four different profits!