The meal was very enjoyable.
Everyone was developing very well.
Zhang Yang had become an overnight sensation with his role as Ning Caichen in "A Chinese Ghost Story."
He was even jokingly called the most awesome man by netizens, "The Undead Knight" Ning Caichen.
With this drama, he had established himself in the film and television industry.
"Su Yu, do you have any upcoming roles? I've been free for a while, and I'm itching to act," Zhang Yang asked, taking a bite of tripe.
"There's a military-themed drama recently, but it's not suitable for you. I'm planning to have Teacher Wu Xingyang play it," Su Yu replied after thinking for a moment.
Although Wu Xingyang was in his forties, he was well-maintained. After playing Huo Yuanjia last time, he gained many fans. Moreover, he was a Wu Ying level actor, so he would definitely be more suitable for action scenes like this than Zhang Yang.
Although Su Yu wanted to support Zhang Yang, he knew his limits. Zhang Yang had never even touched a gun, let alone this kind of high-intensity gunfight and action scene.
However, he suddenly thought of something and said to Zhang Yang, "How has your learning with Teacher Wu Xingyang been recently?"
He had previously asked Zhang Yang to learn basic martial arts from Wu Xingyang, and Zhang Yang had been studying diligently.
"It's alright. If Hei Wa and the others were in front of me now, I could take them down with two punches," Zhang Yang said, swinging his arms.
The Hei Wa he mentioned was a high school classmate. Back then, Su Yu was frail and often bullied by Hei Wa. Zhang Yang went to help him, but they couldn't beat even one of them, and were instead beaten black and blue.
However, Zhang Yang was wealthy. The next day, he hired a couple of local thugs outside the school to get revenge, which resulted in Hei Wa having to detour whenever he saw Su Yu and the others afterward.
"That's good. You should watch monkey performances more often during this time. They'll be very useful in the future," Su Yu said with a smile.
Zhang Yang was stunned.
Monkey performances?
Then he remembered Su Yu's "Journey to the West."
"You want me to play Monkey King?" He was indeed a little surprised, after all, who didn't love the role of a monkey?
"Sort of, but a different kind of monkey," Su Yu chuckled.
When he wrote "Journey to the West," he had already decided to film derivative movies like "A Chinese Odyssey" and "The Journey of Wukong."
Therefore, by having Zhang Yang learn now, and then explaining the acting skills to him later, it would be much smoother for him to play the role.
"Okay!" Zhang Yang never refused Su Yu's requests.
He knew that as long as he followed Su Yu's arrangements, everything would be fine.
"Brother Yang is already set to win the Best Actor award!" Guan Ping patted Zhang Yang on the shoulder and praised.
"By the way, Xiao Gong, you haven't released any songs in a while. Are there any programs recently?" Su Yu looked at Gong Juren.
He felt that he should at least help Gong Juren reach the position of Singer King before going abroad.
Then he would focus on supporting Jiang Xiao'e.
Otherwise, he would be too overwhelmed.
"Yes, there's a variety show around the Qingming Festival. It's a traditional type of program, and I'm going as a guest. I'll be singing a song that commemorates departed loved ones. I've chosen the classic piece 'Qingming Tune'," Gong Juren said, scratching his head.
He knew that Su Yu had been facing a lot of public opinion recently and was also busy with the Singer King competition, so he hadn't bothered Su Yu to ask for songs.
"Change it. I have a suitable song here."
Su Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this.
He had originally decided for Gong Juren to release a song around the Qingming Festival. Now that there was a program, it was perfect, as a stage could better showcase the song's narrative.
"Ah?" Gong Juren was stunned, then overjoyed. "No problem, I'll tell my agent right away!"
Without any hesitation, he took out his agent's phone and made the call.
Brother Yu is personally giving me a new song!
I, Gong Juren, am still very important to Brother Yu!!
...
After the meal, Su Yu and Lin Yanyu were going shopping to buy some things for his parents.
The singers in the group also consciously avoided being a third wheel and decided to go for karaoke.
In the evening.
Su Yu had dinner.
Lin Yanyu was helping his mother, Zhang Guizhi, wash the dishes.
He went outside.
Because the family was now wealthy, their old house had been renovated, and a small courtyard had been built.
Su Yu walked to a small pavilion nearby.
Raindrops fell softly. The sound of the rain was not noisy but instead brought a sense of immense peace.
"System, customize 'Qingming Rain Upon'."
[Successfully customized 'Qingming Rain Upon' for the host...]
After the customization was complete, Su Yu sent the demo of the song to Gong Juren.
Then, he continued to customize the competition songs for this round.
First was Lin Yanyu's competition piece.
However, according to Lin Yanyu's request, she only wanted to sing a technically challenging song to win the first round. For the second song, she wanted to sing an old favorite, and Su Yu had no objections.
After all, besides the finals, this was the last round of the competition.
The finals would only have four participants, each singing one song, and the winner would be decided by the judges and votes from audiences across the country.
This meant that as long as they won their group in this round, they were guaranteed to enter the finals.
Therefore, this episode of the show would be incredibly exciting!
"Customize 'Painted Heart', 'Hilltop', 'Stars'."
[Successfully customized for the host...]
Since those overseas capital players thought he couldn't handle the whistle tone.
He would let both of his rabbits show off.
Although Lin Yanyu's whistle tone was not top-tier, her singing skills, under Su Yu's tutelage, could perfectly interpret "Painted Heart."
As for "Stars," Su Yu naturally used the version adapted by Jason Zhang.
This song could be said to interpret the whistle tone to its fullest, balancing technique and emotional appeal, making it a very successful adaptation.
And for "Hilltop."
This was a gift from Su Yu to Mo Yan.
Originally, Mo Yan could have extricated himself from the public opinion. Now that he was involved because of Su Yu, and this time the public opinion was even greater than what he had experienced alone, Mo Yan must not be feeling good.
Su Yu thought of this song "Hilltop" when he heard Mo Yan chatting on the day an athlete retired.
He felt that this song was very suitable for Mo Yan.
Moreover, this song also required deep skill, not in high notes, but in conveying emotions and captivating the audience.
Jonathan Lee's ability to convey emotions had always been at the ceiling level.
"You don't understand Jonathan Lee when you're young; by the time you do, you're already middle-aged."
This was the highest praise netizens gave his songs.
His songs and his singing style both possessed a unique "flavor of time."
It was also his unique characteristic.
As for whether "Hilltop" or "Stars" would be performed first.
That would naturally depend on the draw.
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