Rebirth of the Spiritual Power King of Pop Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Truly Wealthy

Director Liu was very curious about the “Male God,” which he had subtly noticed before. However, he wasn’t surprised by this; any normal person would be curious.

“Okay.” Director Liu saw that everyone had moved everything inside, and only the three of them were left outside.

“The scenery and environment here are both good; no wonder the Male God suggested filming here. Let’s go, get inside and take a look. Speaking of which, I haven’t heard the Male God play live yet—I didn’t enter the piano room when the Male God was practicing at the company before!” Wen Xiao still remembered this.

“Filming the piano playing is just for show; it doesn’t matter if he plays well or not.”

As long as the posture was beautiful, it was fine. Director Liu added in his heart, but he wasn’t worried; he believed the posture Xiahou Qian filmed would definitely be very beautiful.

“Director Liu, don’t you know? For the piano piece in the album, the Male God recorded it by playing and singing live! Minister Xu said the Male God’s piano playing is professional grade!”

Wen Xiao’s tone was slightly showing off, as if saying: My Male God is just this excellent, and I’m proud of it.

“…” Director Liu was speechless. Was it because the people at Qianchen provided too little information about Xiahou Qian, or because he didn’t pay enough attention? To the point that he didn’t know such important information?

He naturally knew Xu Hua as well. Although they weren’t particularly close, to be praised by him… he also began to want to hear Xiahou Qian’s piano playing.

The three walked into the house, and seeing the renovation inside, they all sighed in their hearts: Truly wealthy! And wealthy with such style!

Actually, none of the three were poor, but even wealthy people were divided into grades. They clearly belonged to the lower-middle grade among the wealthy.

“The filming location is on the third floor,” Wen Xiao said, leading the way to the stairs. Director Liu walked in the middle, and Qiao Mu followed last while carrying the large suitcase.

Currently, Xiahou Qian had arrived in the room with floor-to-ceiling windows. This room was very large. Originally there were some things inside, but now there was only a piano. Xiahou Qian walked over and lifted the piano lid. Just by looking at it, he knew this piano must be extraordinary. In fact, if Xiahou Qian knew more about pianos, he would certainly know the piano’s origin—it was the work of a certain master. This master had passed away for over ten years, but every one of his works was a masterpiece, all collected by famous masters. Who knew where Chi Shaochen got this piano?

Aside from this piano, the one in the company was also a masterpiece, though its origin was more ordinary than this one, but the performance effect was about the same.

The others followed him in, and seeing this scene, all stopped at the door in silence. Thus, when Director Liu and the others came up, they saw many people blocked there.

“What are you doing blocking the way instead of going in?” Before Director Liu could speak, Wen Xiao had already asked.

“Uh…” Could they say they were stunned? Or was the scene too beautiful and they couldn’t bear to disturb it?

Only then did Xiahou Qian notice those people standing at the door. However, he didn’t say anything either. He simply let Wen Xiao and Director Liu arrange things, letting those people place the machines in the positions they should be placed to continue with the following filming.

Once everything was placed and irrelevant people had exited the room, everyone who wanted to watch could only stay at the door and had to maintain absolute silence.

“Next, you just need to play the piano and don’t worry about anything else. If possible, make your posture as good-looking as possible.” Although Director Liu felt Xiahou Qian’s standing and sitting postures were both elegant, he still didn’t forget to give instructions.

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“Okay.” This was a very simple matter for him.

In the time that followed, Xiahou Qian sat there and began to play “FAKE.” The moment the piano music sounded, everyone almost couldn’t help but hold their breath, appearing to fear that even slightly heavier breathing would affect Xiahou Qian—though it was also a lucky stroke. To better hear errors in his playing, Xiahou Qian opened up the hearing among his five senses; in this situation, the quieter the noise, the better.

Director Liu watched Xiahou Qian from the screen. No matter which camera he switched to—front, side, close-up, or wide shot—Xiahou Qian’s posture was beyond reproach. If the noise here were excluded, it would actually be completely fine to record like this. No wonder Xu Hua claimed Xiahou Qian’s piano playing was no less than professional grade.

The piano playing scene was successfully finished in only half an hour. The shots for this MV were all indoors, so they were all arranged within this villa—the scenes were all beautiful, yet all very simple: shots of Xiahou Qian reading, drinking coffee, and some lifestyle scenes.

Director Liu initially felt that the scenes filmed this way would definitely be very good-looking, but the emotions in the piece might not necessarily be expressed. It wasn’t until he was filming a close-up shot that he saw a story in Xiahou Qian’s eyes. In the subsequent filming, he shot many close-up shots. He discovered that the emotions in Xiahou Qian’s eyes changed according to the content of the lyrics when he was lip-syncing.

Xiahou Qian might not be unable to act; perhaps he just didn’t want to. Could a person whose eyes were so expressive truly not be able to act?

This MV could be said to have been filmed very smoothly. The shots would definitely be enough after editing. However, Director Liu still felt something was missing, but since the filming had ended, he couldn’t figure out exactly what was wrong. It wasn’t until he saw Xiahou Qian standing by the floor-to-ceiling window taking a call that he habitually—or perhaps uncontrollably—turned on the camera and signaled for everyone to be silent.

The call was from Chi Shaochen. There was nothing important, but people who truly loved each other had many things to chat about even when there was nothing.

Xiahou Qian was his truest self when facing Chi Shaochen. He would reveal smiles, frowns, and various expressions because of Chi Shaochen’s words. Seeing this, Director Liu finally knew why he felt something was missing just now. He had listened to “FAKE”—the meaning of the lyrics was very unified. Aside from struggle, loneliness, and sadness, there should also be happiness and sweetness, but none of the shots filmed before could embody this feeling. Luckily, it was accidentally captured by him now!

Director Liu was very happy about this. After Xiahou Qian hung up, he packed up his things again. Xiahou Qian hadn’t noticed at all what Director Liu had just done.

After everyone finished packing, they prepared to leave. Today’s filming task was completed, and tomorrow’s filming location was no longer here.

The group of people had just reached the first floor when they heard the sound of a car engine followed by the sound of brakes. Everyone walked out of the villa only to find a black luxury car parked at the entrance. Everyone moved equipment onto the cars while sizing up that car.

Qiao Mu and Director Liu accompanied the staff downstairs, while Wen Xiao and Xiahou Qian walked last. Thus, everyone saw that when Xiahou Qian stepped out of the villa, the door to the driver’s side of that car opened. Chi Shaochen, dressed in a suit, got out of the car. He ignored everyone and walked directly toward Xiahou Qian.

Seeing this, Wen Xiao smartly stepped back again to distance herself from Xiahou Qian.

Although Chi Shaochen had said on the phone just now that he would come to pick him up, Xiahou Qian still couldn’t help but smile upon seeing him arrive so quickly. Chi Shaochen looked at him, walked over, and couldn’t help but gently rub his head. Although there was no obvious smile, the slightly upturned arc of his lips wasn’t hard to notice for anyone paying attention. In fact, if it weren’t for too many people being here, Chi Shaochen really wanted to just give him a kiss.

“I thought you would wait a bit longer to arrive.” After all, it wasn’t a short drive from AE.

“The road wasn’t congested.” So it was a bit faster. In reality, Chi Shaochen had driven very fast today. He was very confident in his driving skills and only used the excuse for fear of Xiahou Qian worrying.

“You get in the car first. I’ll go over and say hello to them.”

Xiahou Qian saw that Chi Shaochen had no intention of meeting Director Liu, so he didn’t plan to introduce them. With Chi Shaochen’s status, he wasn’t afraid of offending Director Liu either. Xiahou Qian himself wasn’t worried; he was singing, not acting, and he didn’t need others to write songs for him. The things he needed to care about were much fewer than an actor’s. Anyway, he didn’t care about those awards in the entertainment industry; it was enough as long as fans liked his songs.

Although Chi Shaochen felt a bit regretful about Xiahou Qian’s arrangement, he didn’t say anything, thinking it was only two minutes. However, after Xiahou Qian left, the aura around him changed completely—there was no longer the tenderness he showed Xiahou Qian, and his entire person radiated a cold pressure.

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Xiahou Qian was about the same. Although he was still smiling, one could only see the difference through comparison. Director Liu and Qiao Mu watched Xiahou Qian walk toward them with a light smile. Qiao Mu was used to it and felt nothing, but Director Liu’s expression almost couldn’t hold.

Wasn’t this double standard a bit too obvious?

“I’m going back directly. Qiao Mu, you send Director Liu back. Wen Xiao, you drive my car back and pick me up tomorrow morning.” This meant Wen Xiao didn’t need to go to the company again today.

Qiao Mu and Wen Xiao both nodded to show they understood. Director Liu was still a bit dazed but also nodded. Then the three, including the other staff members, watched their “Male God” get into Chi Shaochen’s car. Before long, the car left everyone’s sight, and everyone finally snapped back to reality when not even a shadow could be seen.

Although many people in the company had seen Chi Shaochen, it was all from a distance, and many only heard about him. However, very little was known about Chi Shaochen’s specific identity—only that he was very handsome, very wealthy, and had a very good relationship with Xiahou Qian.

Chi Shaochen taking office as AE’s president was only a matter of the past year or two. He had been abroad before and had never agreed to media interviews. So even Director Liu wasn’t clear on what identity this man—who looked extraordinary at a glance—had. He turned his head toward Wen Xiao, just in time to see her raise an eyebrow at Qiao Mu. She seemed like someone in the know. The curiosity in Director Liu’s heart grew deeper and deeper.

What identity this man had was another matter. He was more curious about the relationship between the man and Xiahou Qian. Anyway, he knew at a glance that the relationship between the two wasn’t simple. But if there really were something, these two were too bold, right? They didn’t even show any restraint in front of so many people? Just standing together, the two radiated an ambiguous aura. That man even rubbed Xiahou Qian’s head. Xiahou Qian was indeed young, but given that height and physique, did that action really not feel strange?

Alright, the scene of that man rubbing Xiahou Qian’s hair was actually very harmonious. It was truly like seeing a ghost!

Wen Xiao was a fujoshi. Although she had seen scenes of the two showing affection many times, the scene just now still made her go crazy with excitement! The Male God had his makeup removed and wore casual clothes, appearing a bit more mature than in a T-shirt. President Chi was in a suit, handsome and steady, radiating a kingly aura. He lowered his head slightly to look at the Male God, reaching out to rub the back of the Male God’s head with eyes full of doting, and the Male God looked up at President Chi with a smile.

The most matching height, the most matching faces—the scene was so beautiful she couldn’t bear to blink, okay?

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