CH 216

The next day, at noon, Bai Lixin called Yayaxi and said that he was willing to accept a commercial shoot with the Lambert family. Soon after, early the next morning, he went to the company and signed the advertising contract with the person in charge of this advertisement for the mineral water company.

When Bai Lixin saw the slightly low fee for the campaign, he looked at Mr. Yayaxi with a faint smile. Mr.Yayaxi understood what he meant and leaned over to whisper in his ear, “The original one was even lower. This is already the result of my efforts to increase it. You are a newcomer who has just started. This is already a good salary. ”

Bai Lixin glanced at the nervous Mr. Yayaxi and then at the person in charge, thought about it, then picked up a pen and signed the contract: “Okay, I hope we have good cooperation.”

As he began to prepare for the shoot at the appointed time, he spotted an unexpected figure on the set—the imperial singing voice, Jonas.

Jonas was escorted by a group of people and sat down on a couch that had been prepared as if he were the queen of the set. After sitting on the sofa, his eyes cast a glance at Bai Lixin before he returned his gaze to Wells at his side, “I am flattered to be greeted by you, Mr. Wells.”

“Haha, no, I am flattered. It is an honour for our company that Mr Jonas has agreed to be a guest star. Thank you so much. ”

“Not at all,” Jonas said softly, “you are a friend of my agent, Mr. Borg, and therefore a friend of mine. So, it is an honour to help a friend. ”

He was handsome and innocent-looking.  Coupled with his perfect singing voice and rare omega physique, he had always been regarded as a male god. Wells was no exception to this. Jonas had always been the man of his dreams. He had admired him for a long time, and now he had the opportunity to spend time with Jonas with the title of “friend”, he was already flattered.

“Oh, Jonas, my friend, you are more approachable and charming than I could have imagined.” Wells sighed in sincere admiration.

Jonas smiled coyly and turned his face toward Bai Lixin. He paused and nudged his mouth in his direction. “Is this the face of your campaign this time?”

Wells glanced at Bai Lixin, who was looking down at the script carefully and nodded, “Yes, that’s him. Speaking of which, it seems this artist is in the same music company as you, Jonas. ”

Jonas nodded, “I know him. He just entered “The Original Singer” competition a few days ago, and he was the first contestant.” Wells frowned slightly at that. A singer who got his start on a variety show? To do a commercial for his company’s mineral water? Wasn’t that too much of a price to pay?

Wells scratched his head and sighed, “I wish Mr Jonas had been the one to endorse it.”

Jonas tilted his head with a puzzled expression and said, “I’m sorry, but if Mr Wells was so inclined, and Mr Borg had come to me before and mentioned your interest in working with me, why did you choose Mitchell?”

“I wanted to sign you, but my boss seems to prefer this newcomer,” Wells sighed again.

Jonas’s eyes flashed a gleam as he asked, “Boss? Mr Lambert?”

Wells nodded, “Yes, that’s him.”

Jonas frowned slightly and stopped talking, instead giving Bai Lixin another glance.

Over here, Bai Lixin was looking down as if he was reading a script, but in his mind, he was communicating with S419M: [S419M, Is it true that you can’t detect the aura of a false god in this world?]

[Yes, Lord Host. I’m afraid that the god of love is still under punishment.]

Bai Lixin nodded, [Help me scan the spiritual power of this Jonas. I feel that he is a bit strange, don’t ask me why, it’s a sixth sense].

[Lord host, Jonas’ mental power is at S rank and his physical attributes are at A rank; however, his mental attributes are not very stable.]

[Why is it unstable?]

[Lord Host, please give me some time, allow me to search for the cause]. S419M paused for almost a minute before answering again, [I have found out that Jonas developed an unstable state in his mental power because he is addicted to stimulants].

[Stimulants? Does this mean pheromone inhibitors?] Bai Lixin lifted the paper and turned to the next page.

[To put it simply, it’s similar to a hyper drug; it’s addictive, and if used too much can even make people lose their sanity and humanity. It’s a class 1 contraband in this world.]

[Oh…] Bai Lixin’s expression froze, [How could Jonas use such a thing?]

[I am sorry, Lord Host, I cannot find the root cause. Perhaps this is something you will need to find out for yourself.]

Bai Lixin gently nodded, [OK, I see; many thanks.]

[It is my honour to serve the host.] S419M got excited, [lord host, with the death of the false sub-gods, some of their abilities have been added to the exchange window. Do you want to see if there is anything you need?]

[……]Once S419M said this, Bai Lixin immediately thought of the “Heavy Range” that was automatically applied to his body in every world, and a drop of cold sweat dripped from his forehead. He secretly rolled his eyes and sneered: [heh!]

[Lord host, the system has extracted the most useful skills of those false-gods. Do you not want to take a look.]

Bai Lixin was somewhat moved, but then asked, [Is there a skill for reversing time and space?]

[Not quite yet, Lord Host.]

[Forget it for now then. I’ll look at the exchange interface when I have time. Someone is coming this way.]

No sooner had Bai Lixin’s words fallen than the light that had been spilling overhead was blocked by a dark shadow, followed by a voice saying, “Hello, Mr. Mitchell. The general manager would like you to come over for a moment.”

Bai Lixin closed the script and glanced up at the general manager’s assistant, “Where can I please?”

“To the general manager’s side.” The assistant floundered for a moment before replying.

“Oh,” Bai Lixin said, “to the general manager’s side. And which one is your general manager, may I ask? I don’t seem to know him.”

At that, Bai Lixin went back to looking down at the script. The assistant general manager saw his indifference and hurriedly bent down before extending his arm to point to Jonas and Wells, “That’s Mr. Wells. He is the general manager of the mineral water company owned by the Lambert family business!”

Only then did Bai Lixin stand up and say, “Oh, so it’s Mr. Wells. I’m sorry. I don’t know you, and you didn’t introduce yourself earlier. I didn’t know who your managing director was.”

The assistant scratched his head awkwardly. “I’m sorry, I was at fault. Could you please go there?”

Bai Lixin nodded, “Of course, I’d be happy to.”

With the assistant leading the way, Bai Lixin came over to Wells and Jonas. The leather sofa they were sitting on was comfortable but not large. It was enough for two and a little cramped for three.

Wells was talking to Jonas about something, and when he saw Bai Lixin coming, he just smiled and nodded. He then stood up and extended his hand to shake Bai Lixin’s, and sat down again. “Mr. Mitchell, is it? I asked you to come over to inform you that there will be some changes to the script. We have brought in Jonas for a cameo role in this commercial. ”

Bai Lixin stood in front of the two men and condescendingly scanned them both before placing his eyes on Jonas’ face and saying, “Hello, Senior Jonas.”

Jonas laid his legs up casually, “Hello, this is the second time we have met, Mitchell.”

Bai Lixin smiled, “It is the second time Senior Jonas has met me, but I have met Senior Jonas I don’t know how many times. You are my idol. ” “Thank you.” Jonas smiled without showing his teeth.

Wells was left hanging and he coughed, “Since you both know each other well, it would be nice. Mitchell, since Mr Jonas is your idol, you must be looking forward to working with him as well. That script we had before was a bit sketchy and one-dimensional, so I’ve specially invited Mr Jonas to guest star. ”

Bai Lixin glanced at Wells and smiled, “Okay, but shouldn’t the director and the scriptwriter have the say on how to change the script? Do you come from a screenwriting background, General Manager? ”

“Uh, of course not.” Wells waved his hand, “That’s a good solution. I’ll talk to the director later. You just do as you’re told. Isn’t the plot of the commercial about you going to find the source of the mountain spring and sing at the source? I now want Mr Jonas to play a mermaid whose song draws the thirsty protagonist walking through the jungle to the source and delivers a refreshing spring to the weary traveller to quench his fatigue and thirst.”

Bai Lixin raised an eyebrow; the ad was a two-minute narrative ad, telling a story of the protagonist’s long journey in search of the purest source of water. It is not only meant to show the difficulty of finding water but to also show the viewer the clarity and purity of the water belt through the natural scenery along the way. Although Bai Lixin appears in this commercial, the biggest protagonist, in his view, is still the Shengzi river.

But after changing to this script, it completely reverses the previous intention. Although the picture is much more aesthetically pleasing, there is more beauty but less sincerity.

“This mermaid idea is novel. Did the general manager come up with it?” Bai Lixin asked, raising an eyebrow to look at Wells.

“Of course not, only Mr. Jonas could come up with such a novel plot. “”But,” Bai Lixin paused, ” as far as I know, there don’t seem to be any mermaids in the source of water at Mount Shengzi. Wouldn’t the filming of such an advertisement be judged by the audience as inaccurate? Wouldn’t such a grossly inaccurate advertisement be considered fraudulent?”