Chapter 425 Scalper

Chapter 425 Scalper

Chapter 425 Scalper
Fan Wumian is busy filming every day.

Yanjing.

Liu Yifei has been taking a break recently. Today, she went out with her mother to the northern edge of Houhai to visit an antique courtyard house near Fan Wumian's house.

Workers were laying tiles on the roof and the cicadas were chirping non-stop.

The air in the morning is still a little cool, but the temperature in early July is hot. When the sun rises a little higher, people will sweat profusely.

After signing with Sony Music Entertainment, Liu Yifei has been busy being an idol artist in the island country in recent months, or participating in commercial performances and filming movies everywhere.

Since the construction began, her mother has been in charge of the construction of the house. This was the first time Liu Yifei came to check it out. After walking around, she whispered:
"My sense of space is not good. I thought it would be very large, but now it doesn't seem that spacious."

Her mother laughed and said:

"We have few people in our family, so why do we need such a big house? We can make the first and second courtyards into sun rooms, and we can also use the courtyard to put some sofas, tea tables and bookshelves."

"One-story houses take up a lot of space, and now they can only be demolished and rebuilt. Unlike Fan Wumian's mansion, they have a basement and two floors above ground. He bought the land early and got it approved before the documents were issued. Our family didn't catch up with the good times."

"Didn't I mention it last time? I happened to meet him when I came here before the New Year, and I even visited his newly built house. Everywhere was very beautiful. There was a fish pond in the yard, a small Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, and the ground was paved with modern imitation gold bricks."

The worst thing about life is comparison. Thinking back to Fan Wumian's house, Liu's mother's tone was full of envy.

Liu Yifei, wearing a black puffy skirt, curly hair and smoky makeup, said:

"He's filming a movie in the US right now. He's been making quite a splash lately. Not only has he become the big boss of Penguin Group, he's also acquired two European brands. His business is getting bigger and bigger. I remember when I first met him, he was just starting to become famous, not as famous as he is now. Many girls in school went to see him."

As an artist, Fan Wumian debuted a few years later than Liu Yifei.

Seeing him rising rapidly in a very short period of time as if he were on drugs, Liu Yifei couldn't understand how Fan Wumian did it.

Because he made so much money so quickly, the outside world began to pay attention to the topic of "celebrity incomes are extremely high". People outside the circle didn't understand why and they believed whatever the media said. However, Liu Yifei knew very well that Fan Wumian was just an extremely special case.

For example, Liu Yifei herself.

I worked extremely hard in the first half of the year, releasing albums, filming movies, and taking on endorsements and commercial performances. After the agency took its cut, I only earned a little over four million in total, and a small half of that had to be used for taxes.

If he hadn't signed a contract with Sony Music and taken on some small endorsement advertisements in island countries, he probably wouldn't have earned so much if he had only worked in mainland China.

The reason why Liu Yifei wanted to develop into an "idol artist" and spent a lot of time practicing singing was mainly because the pay for being in the domestic entertainment industry these days, whether filming a movie or a TV series, is not that high.

Singers like Andy Lau, Xue You, and Simon Yam can earn 20 to 30 million yuan a year from concerts, which has more prospects than being an actor.

Because of her beautiful appearance and unique temperament, Liu Yifei has won the love of countless audiences. Maybe God is chasing her to feed her, and she became famous at a young age. Success came too easily, which led her to mistakenly believe that she could achieve success again by learning from others and crossing over to other fields.

The fact is that their first mini album "真夜中のドア" ("Late Night Door"), which was released on July 7, has only sold 1 to copies in the past two weeks.

This is also thanks to the support of some mainland fans. The subsequent share issuance plan has been temporarily shelved and the recording of the Chinese album has begun.

Many owners of counterfeit dens in the mainland also misjudged the market potential of this album, and their warehouses were filled with a lot of unsold and unprofitable goods.

Interesting to say.

Many people are obsessed with Liu Yifei's looks, but they won't buy movie tickets or albums to support her like they would other stars.

The main reason for this is that most of Liu Yifei's fans are men.

Male fans are usually more rational when it comes to spending money, and their spending potential is far inferior to that of Fan Wumian's female fans.

This puts her in a rather awkward situation now, which is a bit like her first film "May Love" released in 2004 flopped at the box office, and the same was true for "Love Winner" released in the same year, with box office revenues of around 100 million.

Due to the successive failures, many investors and directors are afraid to ask her to make movies. The pay for acting in TV series is too low, and the filming of movies lacks box office appeal. It is no wonder that she chose to develop in the island country and try to be an idol artist. Judging from the results of the recent period, the transformation seems to have failed, so much so that even Liu Yifei herself occasionally secretly wonders whether she is only suitable to be a vase actress.

Handing her daughter a bottle of water, Liu's mother said with emotion:
"If I had known earlier that Fan Wumian was so capable, I should have let you sign a contract with him. There's a movie called A Quiet Place 2 in theaters, which has grossed over million yuan in mainland China in just a few days, and even more in the U.S. He has very good projects under his belt, and there's a chance he could take you to Hollywood for development."

Liu Yifei lived in the United States for a few years when she was a child, and English is her strong point.

After listening to what my mother said, she shook her head and laughed:
"The media said I was box office poison. Directors were scared when they heard my name. I was afraid they wouldn't dare to use me. If Fan Wumian was really interested in me, it wasn't like he couldn't find me. I've seen him two or three times at school. It was really just a greeting."

Having seen all kinds of suitors, if it were Fan Wumian, Liu Yifei would actually be happy to give it a try.

After listening.

Mother Liu was also helpless, and suddenly sighed:
"That's right. With his conditions, he can find any girlfriend, except for the daughter of a Hong Kong real estate businessman. If he just walks up to her and asks her for a date, most girls will nod and agree. It's also dangerous to get too close to him. If you're not careful, you can easily fall into his trap."

Liu Yifei was choked instantly and said speechlessly:
"We are just talking about work. What are you thinking about, mom? The female artists signed by his company are all prettier than the other, and most of them are quite capable. There is no need for him to sign me."

After all, paper can't hold the fire.

Mother Liu remembered something and asked in a low voice:

"I've heard from others that people like Xu Zheng and Gao Yuanyuan opened their own studios and registered them under Bandit King Media, and they all got some great resources. What's the story behind this?"

"not sure."

Liu Yifei continued:
"But Gao Yuanyuan seems to have received two new projects, one is the movie "Yanjing Meets Seattle" and the other is the palace fighting TV series "Story of Yanxi Palace". I met some acquaintances at the last event and happened to hear them talking about it."

Mother Liu took this matter to heart and added:

"Okay, I'll ask someone about this later. If your album sales aren't good, it might be hard for you to get a role from Sony Pictures. It's always good to have an alternative plan."

Under normal circumstances, Liu Yifei might have argued against it and told her mother not to worry about it.

However, Fan Wumian did have powerful resources and his abilities were obvious to all. Plus, the process of going to the island country was far from smooth as he had imagined. Liu Yifei just nodded and agreed.

Although her current situation is a bit awkward, she has never been rustic since she was a child, and is still at the peak of her appearance.

If she had joined the "Alluring Girls" group earlier instead of going solo to the island country to become an idol, she might have been the only one with the best looks in the group, and everyone else would have to take second place.

After viewing the house.

Liu Yifei suggested going for a stroll in Wanghailou. When passing by Fan Wumian's house, they could see that the nanmu garage door was covered with sticky notes, all left by fans who came to check in.

While strolling around, they mentioned the special exhibition hall of the museum that had just opened. The mother and daughter each ordered a cup of milk tea, and after drinking it, they took a car to go to the exhibition.

Due to the small venue and insufficient reception capacity, the exhibition hall located at Di'anmen only releases 12888 tickets every day. The price per ticket is 60 yuan in the peak season, the same price as visiting the Forbidden City, and only 40 yuan in the off-season.

Having just opened for over half a month, this special exhibition hall is very popular. In addition, it is the peak tourist season during the summer vacation, so many local people in Yanjing were unable to get tickets.

Liu Yifei's assistant went to the ticket window to ask, and found out that it was just past ten in the morning, but today's tickets had already been sold out.

Fortunately, there was a young scalper in his 20s at the door. He made a decision that went against his ancestors and sold four tickets to them at the original price for the sake of the "Fairy Sister". The only requirement was to take a photo together as a souvenir.

Her photos are already very beautiful, but the fact is that Liu Yifei is not photogenic and she is even more beautiful in person than in the photos.

As soon as we took the group photo and before we had time to pay, we saw the scalper being chased by the security guard who suddenly rushed out and ran away, disappearing on the street in the distance.

Only Liu Yifei and the others were left standing there in amazement. After discussing, they decided to get the tickets to go in and see the exhibition first, and then pay the ticket money to the scalper after they came out.
(End of this chapter)