noffsinger Chapter 556: The World is Difficult
Chapter 556: The World is Difficult
When one person does something wrong it is called "collapse of the house"; when a group of people protect each other and engage in corruption, the news reports choose the word "landslide".
Some self-media bloggers rely on hot events and hot news to gain popularity. Of course, they will not miss out on this hot event.
It is related to politics. As self-media people, they dare not get too involved, so they analyze from a bystander's perspective why there is no clean place from top to bottom.
A certain internet celebrity named Daming Ming pretended to be awkward, as if he knew the answer but couldn't say more. He winked and said, "How about this, I'll show you a video and you'll understand."
"'If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Even the Minister of Finance is greedy. My father is just a small minister. I can't rest assured if he doesn't take advantage of others.'
"Others covet a hundred taels, but he only dares to covet ten taels. All he wants is to fit in with others and not be excluded..."
That’s right, the blogger released a clip from “Style of Wind and Bones”.
He played this video because he knew something but didn't dare to say it directly, so he hinted at it. Or he pretended to know something and tried to attract traffic by making things mysterious.
In any case, "Feng Gu" is the beneficiary in this matter.
The power of an internet celebrity with millions of fans cannot be underestimated. Just by playing a short clip on his personal account, some people actually followed the video and went to the APP that plays "Feng Gu" to watch the drama.
Zhao Qin is an expert at manipulating traffic. To put it bluntly, her bottom line is quite low.
Despite this, she also knew that there were some things that should not be involved in the entertainment industry. Therefore, although "Wind and Bone" took advantage of this incident, Zhao Qin did not do any marketing in this regard, but chose to keep a low profile.
The marketing expert suddenly kept a low profile, and the two leading actors of "Wind and Bones" were a little disappointed. Especially Liu Min, she regarded this drama as a stepping stone to return to the public eye, but her brick was too light and too small, and her personal popularity among the people ultimately affected the flow pool of the drama. She thought Zhao Qin had given up on her, how could she be so panicked.
While she was feeling nervous, Zhao Qin was already thinking about winning the award.
All the publicity has been done. Liu Min has high hopes for this drama. In fact, the investment of "Spirit" is only one-fourth of that of "Yang Yuhuan". Compared with the famous director Tang Yuan, the director of "Spirit" is Director Song, who started out as a short drama director and only entered the film and television drama market in the past two years. With such investment and such a team, Zhao Qin is very satisfied that "Spirit" has achieved its current results.
There are more than just two ways to describe ratings: boom or bust. Strictly speaking, the ratings for "Wind and Wind" are quite high, but they can't be called boom.
The series has already aired halfway, and there are still people who want to invest in advertising, which is very telling. The return on investment is very high, and Zhao Qin even thinks that with the current reputation of "Wind and Bone", she can look forward to the 38th Golden Phoenix Award.
With this expectation, Zhao Qin picked up her iPad on time and watched the two episodes of "Wind and Bones" that had just been released:
"General Weiwuhou was invited to appear in Baihua Tower, and Yu Mo couldn't stop shaking all over.
"Mother Yu, the guest I brought today is an honored guest, so why don't you send us your most beautiful girl?" The official who brought the mighty general was of the third rank, but his voice was filled with flattery that was hard to conceal.
"Ouch~"
Yu Mo pretended to be shy and lowered her head slightly, covering her face with a fan, and took a breath to avoid showing an expression that she shouldn't have. She took away the fan and smiled coquettishly: "Oh, this young man is so strong and powerful. If you don't mind, why don't I come to accompany you~"
"That's great, Wei, Song, Brother Song, you don't know, this Yu Mama was once the most beautiful lady in Baihualou. Madam Qingwan has high standards, so she became a madam long ago and no longer has a prostitute's name."
"When Brother Song came, even Yu Hua Kui, who had not been receiving customers for a long time, was attracted by him. This shows how powerful Brother Song is..."
The current emperor is known for his military prowess, and when he was a prince, he was supported by military generals. It is conceivable that there is a huge gap in status between civil officials and military generals in the court today. It is not difficult to understand why these people want to flatter this mighty general.
Yu Mo thought that her identity as a former courtesan and her initiative to throw herself into the arms of General Song would impress him. But General Song said he was honored, but his eyes were always on the bright girl.
The candlelight flickered, the sound of stringed instruments rang out, toasts and laughter continued. Several ministers were already tipsy. Hua Niang, who was serving wine, had her shoulders half exposed. He was anxious and tried to stop her from leaving, but because of General Song, he could only touch her waist, kiss her hands, and smile lasciviously.
General Song's eyes were blurry, as if he was a little drunk. But Yu Mo had been in this romantic place for a long time, and he could tell at a glance that he was pretending.
I couldn't help but sigh at his good drinking capacity, and secretly worried that this person was too guarded and seemed to be trying to leave under the pretext of being drunk.
As expected, General Song stood up unsteadily, and called the servant to leave, using the excuse that he was drunk. Yu Mo was extremely anxious, fearing that if he missed this opportunity, he would never have another chance.
However, all the prettiest girls in the brothel were called over by Yu Mo. Yu Mo was too defensive and took advantage of them but was unwilling to stay overnight. When he was almost drunk, he pretended to be drunk and wanted to leave.
I am too defensive. I can't handle the hard way, and I won't take the soft way. What can I do?
No matter how anxious he was in his heart, he could not show it on his face. He could only put on a flattering gesture and personally send the person out.
"stop!"
"Ah - what's going on?"
"Don't run!"
"Ouch, slow down..."
There was suddenly chaos upstairs. Even General Song, who had just come down the stairs, couldn't help but look up out of curiosity.
I saw a few men dressed as servants and thugs, seemingly chasing a graceful purple figure.
The woman was in a panic and inevitably bumped into others, causing them to fall. She finally got away from the thugs chasing her, but was stopped by a prostitute at the stairs: "Hey, where are you going, young lady?"
"Ah! Don't touch me—"
The woman in the purple skirt looked very flustered. She rolled down from the upstairs while struggling and fell at the feet of General Song.
She raised her hand and grabbed the man's robe, as if trying to use the force to climb up, but seemed to be injured. She moaned and her eyes were red, looking very pitiful.
Before the woman could say anything, a handkerchief was suddenly covered over her face.
"What's going on? How did you do that? If you disturbed our distinguished guests, ten heads of yours would not be enough to compensate you."
As soon as Li Qianqian appeared, Yu Mo guessed what was going on. She suppressed the panic in her heart and pretended to scold the servant who had just chased after her: "What are you looking at? You are so stupid. Cover your mouth and take them back quickly."
"I......"
Li Qianqian wanted to say something, but someone blocked her mouth and suppressed her. Before she left, she looked back with reluctance in her eyes. If others didn't know, they would probably think she was asking for help from the man just now. But Yu Mo knew that she was actually saying to him: "Let me try. I have waited so long for this opportunity, I can't let him go like this."
Yu Mo understood, she understood everything, understood Yu Qianqian's urgency, understood her unwillingness. Qianqian wiped off the bruises on her face, changed into Hua Niang's clothes, and dragged the servant to perform such a play, just to try her own risk.
No other girl in the brothel could match Qianqian's appearance. When she was little, she was naughty and often sneaked out through a dog hole to play. Other girls would dress up as men when they went out for safety. Qianqian was different. Her face was too outstanding. Even with men's clothes and a beard, she didn't look like a man at all.
When she sneaked out to play, she always wore beggar's clothes, making her face dirty and her hair messy, hiding her features.
With her appearance, if she hadn’t painted a large purple patch on her face to make herself look ugly, how could she have lived safely in this brothel? (At first, she used Huang Zhi to apply on her face. She applied it once when the purple patch on her face became lighter, and applied it once when the purple patch on her face became lighter. She was worried that if she always applied Huang Zhi to apply on her face, one day it would really become impossible to wash off. Yu Mo privately asked the Ninth Prince for help, and only then did he find a blue-colored pigment. When you use it to paint on your face, it cannot be washed off with water, and you need to use a special potion to wipe it off. This thing is not easy to come by, even the Ninth Prince only got a little bit, so when Qian Qian wiped off the purple patch on her face, Yu Mo immediately understood her determination.)
Yu Mo understood Qianqian's meaning, but she didn't want to.
She herself has been stuck in the quagmire and has lost her innocence, but Qianqian is different. Uncle Li is a conservative man who cares most about his reputation. If Qianqian loses her innocence, even if the Ninth Prince becomes the emperor one day and their families can come back, Qianqian will not be able to survive.
So even though she guessed why Qianqian did this, she was unwilling to cooperate. She carefully glanced at General Song, fearing that he really fell in love with Qianqian.
"Hey, where did this beauty come from? Why haven't I seen her before?"
"That's right. Why is there a new beauty in Baihua Tower being kept secret? Are they afraid that we can't afford her?"
"This girl is so pretty. Mother Yu, this is your fault. Why suppress her? Let her come to drink with you..."
As soon as Qian Qian showed her face, the prostitutes in the brothel all got angry and clamored for the beauty to come out to serve customers. Yu Mo quickly made an excuse to cover up the matter: "Oh, why are you in such a hurry? You want to run away without seeing her? You still need to train her for a while."
"Hey, what's the point of training? Wouldn't it be more interesting if such a beautiful face could have tears on it? Isn't it, hahaha..." The bearded client had an obscene smile on his face and started to clamor for force, and the perverts around him also followed suit with obscene smiles.
Yu Mo's eyes darkened, and he tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart, and forced a smile: "What kind of words are you talking about? Letting her out to receive customers without being properly trained will damage the reputation of our Baihua Tower."
"Okay, then mom, you have to teach her well. We'll just be waiting. Hahahaha..."
"Hahahaha, ha your mother, ha." Yu Mo cursed in his heart, but he had to keep it up. He knew that Qian Qian's delicate and beautiful face would be coveted when it was revealed.
She was so busy dealing with these clients that she didn't notice that General Song was watching Qianqian being pushed away with interest.
How could it be such a coincidence that when he was about to leave, there was a commotion in the brothel, and she just happened to fall at his feet, and the purple-clad beauty flirted with him with such a pitiful look.
He saw that this was a play specially set up for him. And he was sure that this play was not over yet, and that the beauty would definitely escape again in a while, throw herself into his arms and beg him to save her and take her away.
This brothel is not simple.
General Song narrowed his eyes slightly and stood at the stairs as steady as a rock, waiting for the show to begin.
Wait and wait, wait and wait...
He waited and waited and waited, until Yu Mo had calmed down the restless perverts, but the purple-clad beauty he had expected still did not appear.
Although no one knew what he was thinking, when Yu Mo turned around and saw him still standing there with a surprised look on his face, he couldn't help feeling embarrassed and left with a flick of his sleeves.
Humph, even if I give you a chance, it’s useless. I wasted so much time waiting here.
As soon as General Song left, Yu Mo hurriedly picked up her skirt and went upstairs to her room.
He asked the servant to watch at the door and pulled the handkerchief out of Qianqian's mouth, "Are you crazy? You appear in a brothel with this appearance, how can you walk out with a clear conscience? You..."
Yu Mo wanted to scold her, but without the handkerchief to cover her mouth, Li Qianqian couldn't hear what she was saying. All she could think about was, "Has General Song left?"
"You..." Facing Qianqian's sincere gaze, Yu Mo suddenly couldn't say what he wanted to say. He pulled a chair and sat down next to Qianqian, and replied unhappily: "Let's go."
"Oh, how can we let him go? Uncle Yu was beheaded because General Song reported to the emperor that your father embezzled military funds." Li Qianqian became more and more anxious as she spoke: "Sister Yu, don't you want to overturn the case for the Yu family? This General Song must know something. He finally showed up in Baihua Tower, how can we just let him get away like this?"
"What if I don't let you go?"
Yu Mo stood up in a flash: "That General Song is older than your father. Can I ask you to surrender to him just for my family's lawsuit?!"
"Why not. If I can really overturn the case for the Yu family, I am willing to..."
"I do not want to."
Yu Mo interrupted hastily, his eyes already wet: "Uncle Li cares most about reputation. If you, if you lose your innocence, when the elders of the Li family find out, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."
"Sister Yu——"
Li Qianqian grabbed Yu Mo's hand and looked up at her: "Actually, you don't have to worry about these. I have become a prostitute and have lived in this brothel for several years. Even if I hadn't lost my virginity, I would have waited for that roll of white silk..."
Yes, Uncle Li is a man who cares so much about his reputation.
Yu Mo seemed to have lost his strength and fell into a chair. His eyes were finally filled with tears and he couldn't stop them from falling: "Why is life so difficult in this world..."