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Chapter 1104 Music Festival Collaboration

The filming of the TV series proceeded slowly according to the original plan of Jiang Yuan and others.

It can be said that since the start of filming for the TV series, all aspects of the work have progressed very smoothly.

Everyone on the crew, including the actors Jiang Yuan and Ye Xuanqi, worked with high efficiency.

"I originally thought the shooting time I set was a bit too tight, but I didn't expect the actual progress to be much faster than we had anticipated." At the end of the day, Su Yu was also discussing the progress of the TV series with Jiang Yuan.

"That's because everyone works very hard, which is why we've achieved this speed," Jiang Yuan replied with a smile.

Jiang Yuan has witnessed the hard work that the entire crew has put in during this period.

While the pre-release hype surrounding the TV series certainly inspired the crew, it also caused them to overlook the hard work everyone put in together.

After hearing Jiang Yuan say that, Su Yu also said that when the TV series wraps up, he will give everyone in the crew a big red envelope.

"In addition, the promotion of our TV series has been very successful." Su Yu said, while looking down at some data related to the TV series that she had collected in the past few days.

“I’ve noticed that too. Even on Yuan Universe, many fans have left me messages saying that the collaboration set is selling so well and they want me to ask them to restock.” Jiang Yuan nodded and said.

The TV series "You Are My Glory" was being promoted so enthusiastically that Jiang Yuan had noticed it without Su Yu needing to give a special report.

It could even be said that the physical sensation was quite strong. For several days, when Jiang Yuan logged onto the Yuan Universe app to chat with fans, she discovered that nearly half of the ten comments were requests for Jiang Yuan to restock the co-branded package.

When Jiang Yuan first saw this scene, she almost thought that her app had been attacked by some milk tea brand.

After careful investigation, it was confirmed that the co-branded package was indeed selling too well, causing supply to fall short of demand, which led to this situation.

"This was indeed a misjudgment by their brand's marketing department."

"It's also because our TV series hasn't aired yet, so the brand subconsciously thought that it would be amazing if a TV series that hasn't aired yet could sell for about the same as a regular collaboration." Su Yu was also sharing the relevant information she had learned from the brand with Jiang Yuan.

However, the brand's analysis in this round was due to a misjudgment of the purchasing power of Jiang Yuan and Ye Xuanqi's individual solo fans and CP fans, which led to this situation.

"Everyone really likes the vouchers for early access viewing, as well as the couple transparent cards and keychains for you and Yeh Hsuan-Chi."

"It's said that on the day it went on sale, the co-branded packages were sold out in just a few minutes at major stores across the country, and everyone was asking about restocking." Su Yu said, and also recreated the grand scene of the co-branded packages going on sale for Jiang Yuan.

At the time, online, it was mostly fans posting complaints that the brand had problems with its stock, and that they couldn't get any packages.

"The brand is now ready to speed up the production of the merchandise. It is estimated that it will be sold in the form of pre-sales in the next few days, and customers who are waiting for pre-sales will also receive some corresponding compensation." Su Yu also directly informed Jiang Yuan of the brand's response plan.

"That's about right." Jiang Yuan nodded, feeling somewhat relieved.

"Also, you made a small splash in the esports circle when you were recording the competition a couple of days ago."

"The feedback from the audience at the scene, coupled with the praise from some professional players, has now sparked a lot of interest in the match we filmed in the TV series." Su Yu glanced at her phone and brought up another key point in the drama's promotion.

"Everyone believes it?" Jiang Yuan asked, somewhat surprised.

Jiang Yuan also saw the updates posted by the players after the friendly matches.

Most people posted photos of themselves with the photos, and then focused on praising Jiang Yuan's gaming skills.

Jiang Yuan could understand the contestants' behavior.

This gives some players room to defend themselves when they are being dominated by Jiang Yuan's skills.

Some players even used exaggerated embellishments, directly praising Jiang Yuan as one of the top professional players.

Jiang Yuan originally thought that such an exaggerated description wouldn't be believed by many people online.

Ironically, quite a few people actually believed this claim, saying that since so many professional players mentioned it, it must be the actual situation.

For a moment, everyone was looking forward to seeing Jiang Yuan lead Ye Xuanqi in a match against a professional player.

Even before seeing this scene, some people have already started wishing to see Jiang Yuan play the male lead in an e-sports drama.

"Besides these, we don't have any other plans before filming wraps up the TV series, right?" Jiang Yuan asked Su Yu.

In Jiang Yuan's opinion, the current publicity is already very effective; everything should be done in moderation.

As a romance drama, "You Are My Glory" is indeed of a high standard.

However, if the audience's expectations are too high, they might be disappointed when watching.

"There aren't any for now." Su Yu shook her head, clearly understanding the same reasoning.

Then, as if remembering something, she continued, "Oh right, there's another promotional event, the music festival you're going to be at together."

"How's it going? Have you prepared for the music festival performance?" Su Yu was quite interested in the promotional activities that Jiang Yuan and the other person were going to do at the music festival.

After all, this is the biggest promotional event before the TV series wraps up filming.

"I've got an idea. I'll take advantage of my two days off to see if I can record a studio version of the song with Xuanqi first," Jiang Yuan replied, clearly having already made some proper arrangements in this regard.

"Alright, it's good that you have arrangements." Su Yu nodded, feeling much relieved. She then said goodbye to Jiang Yuan, "Let's meet again in two days."

After filming for several days in a row, the crew, while still negotiating with the location, also gave the actors a two-day break, as everyone had some schedules to take care of during those two days.

For example, Jiang Yuan spent the last two days making some preparations for the upcoming music festival.

Just like the band Kuangbiao, they came to China for a trip a while earlier than planned and arranged to confirm their collaboration with Jiang Yuan in the next couple of days.

It would be best to arrange the songs that will be performed together at the music festival in advance.

"So for the next two days, I can basically live at the company." After saying goodbye, Jiang Yuan left the filming location in her van. Ye Xuanqi's van also drove away in the same direction as Jiang Yuan's.

Since Jiang Yuan and Ye Xuanqi have been going to and from get off work at roughly the same time these days, and the fact that their residential areas are only separated by a street is no longer a secret to their respective staff.

Even after learning about some of the plot of the TV series that was being filmed, Zhang Qing and others inexplicably suspected that some of the plot developments might be a direct reflection of real life in the story.

Of course, although both sides' staff discovered this not-so-big-a-secret, they tacitly kept it from being mentioned to Jiang Yuan and the other person, and continued to pretend they were unaware of the situation.

At this moment, Zhang Qing was explaining the work arrangements for the next two days to Jiang Yuan.

Although Jiang Yuan's work these past two days can be broadly summarized as preparing for the music festival.

However, there are corresponding arrangements for each specific time period.

Of course, the two most important tasks were recording a new song with Ye Xuanqi and meeting with Brian and others to discuss specific collaborations.

I recorded a new song with Yeh Hsuan-Chi. The song had already been given to Yeh Hsuan-Chi when we were filming the movie.

Meanwhile, Deng Ge also made preparations in advance for this recording.

In addition, Jiang Yuan and Ye Xuanqi have been very immersed in their roles while filming the TV series together. Under such circumstances, it is almost certain that they will sing a song that fits the plot together.

However, the collaboration with the band Wild Rush was delayed because we had been having online discussions with Brian and others, with a new idea coming up almost every day.

We also need to see if this offline meeting can finalize the collaboration song.

"Also, you should take some time later to connect with Lu Qingge and the others to confirm the collaborative pieces. We also need to confirm when we can rehearse in advance," Zhang Qing added, as if she had just thought of something else.

Because in a sense, this can also be considered a music festival bearing Jiang Yuan's name, Zhang Qing naturally took great care in arranging matters related to the music festival, and wrote down the cooperation arrangements with Lu Qingge and others.

Jiang Yuan nodded upon hearing this, indicating that she understood.

Then Zhang Qing explained the meeting arrangements for the next two days to Jiang Yuan, making Jiang Yuan fully clear about her work arrangements.

After finishing her research, Jiang Yuan looked down at her phone and started ordering takeout for herself. At this point, dinner was clearly the more important issue.

After resting for a night, Jiang Yuan went to Xingyuan Entertainment with Zhang Qing and others early the next morning.

Over the course of the year, Jiang Yuan visited the company quite frequently, and she was quite familiar with the place when she entered.

However, some employees in the company still get quite excited when they see Jiang Yuan.

This is similar to the coffee shop opposite Xingyuan Entertainment.

According to information obtained by the staff from the store manager, they heard that many fans who came specifically for Jiang Yuan came to apply for store clerk positions throughout the year.

This is why the staff at McCafé sometimes get quite excited when Jiang Yuan brings her studio staff to the store.

Upon entering the company, Jiang Yuan immediately went to the recording studio.

My first day of work was to record the new song with Yeh Hsuan-Chi.

This can also be seen as a rehearsal for the upcoming music festival performances. After all, for singers of Jiang Yuan and Ye Xuanqi's caliber, being able to complete the formal recording of a song is quite an achievement.

Basically, the live performance is guaranteed to be a success, which is related to the fact that both of them strive to ensure the integrity of a song during the recording process.

"You listen first."

In preparation for Jiang Yuan and Ye Xuanqi's recording session, Deng Ge arrived at the recording studio early.

He also showed Jiang Yuan his recent work achievements, such as the recording of the instrumental track for his new song.

In addition, the post-production work for previously recorded songs, as well as the solo songs that Jiang Yuan prepared for later music festivals, are also included.

Before Ye Xuanqi arrived, Jiang Yuan also carefully checked Deng Ge's work results in recent times.

"The completion rate is very high, there are no problems." After listening to everything, Jiang Yuan nodded to Deng Ge.

Then I practiced warming up my voice in the recording studio so that I would be in a better state when I started recording.

However, when Jiang Yuan was earnestly trying to sing, she was repeatedly interrupted by Deng Ge's questions.

Deng Ge mainly asked questions related to the TV series "You Are My Glory".

When Deng Ge asked about TV dramas, Jiang Yuan realized that Deng Ge did seem to enjoy watching them.

Deng Ge has been following almost every TV series that Jiang Yuan has acted in.

As for "You Are My Glory," it was trending on social media every day even while it was still being filmed, which naturally piqued Deng Ge's curiosity.

However, just as Jiang Yuan was about to give away spoilers when Deng Ge asked her questions, Deng Ge interrupted her again, saying that she should wait until she watched the show herself to find out more.

However, judging from Deng Ge's behavior after Ye Xuanqi arrived, Jiang Yuan was almost certain that Deng Ge had already entered a state of shipping the couple ahead of time.

Fortunately, this wasn't Ye Xuanqi's first time meeting Deng Ge. After Jiang Yuan gave her a brief explanation of the situation, she wasn't surprised.

After the two arrived, they sang a song together briefly before heading straight into the recording studio.

Deng Ge's shipping of the two wasn't blind. When she was recording for them, she could clearly feel their chemistry during their duets.

Considering that the two were still filming, Deng Ge was absolutely certain that this tacit understanding definitely came from filming the TV series, which also greatly enhanced the recording of the song, allowing the two to complete the recording of the new song very smoothly.

That afternoon, Jiang Yuan also met with the Kuangbiao Band at the company to discuss another collaboration.