Chapter 480 - Chapter 480: 189 outstanding talents emerge, show preview (second update)_2

Chapter 480: 189 outstanding talents emerge, show preview (second update)_2

He grumpily finished moving the goods, then wiped his hands with a towel before picking up a red bag from the ground and handing it to Bai Lian. “I found these at the auction, but why did you buy such expensive things, sis?”

Bai Lian was quite the penny-pincher, normally opting for buses over taxis.

Mao Kun had never seen Bai Lian purchase anything substantial.

This was her first time buying something so expensive, and it was two items at that.

Twenty thousand a piece.

Opening the bag, Bai Lian glanced inside. There were two pieces of jade, square in shape around four to five centimeters each, with some slight imperfections, uncarved.

She took out one piece and held it up to the streetlight, squinting. The clear base with water-like inclusions in the jade made her complexion appear cool and pale.

When it was bought, Mao Kun didn’t think it looked very nice, but now, under the streetlight, he thought his sister had a good eye.

“Where are the tools?” she asked.

“It’ll take a few more days,” Mao Kun replied, sipping on the milk the boss had given him, his eyes slightly narrowed. “They’re rare in Xiangcheng, usually shipped from Danping City.”

“Okay.” Bai Lian stuffed the jade back into her pocket and took a box of Wangzai milk, methodically unwrapping the straw. “Have you signed the contract?”

“Signed it ages ago,” Mao Kun grinned. “Xiaoqi is handling things in Jiangjing; when are you heading over there?”

“After the college entrance exams,” Bai Lian replied nonchalantly.

Throughout the entire month of March, Yan Lu’s popularity in the entertainment circle refused to wane.

In mid-March, “Come Here Friend” began its marketing, with plans for a simultaneous broadcast on Jiangjing TV Station and online at the end of the month.

Once the news broke,

those outside the entertainment industry were rather oblivious to its significance.

But inside the circle, there was astonishment. Getting on satellite TV was tough enough, let alone on Jiangjing TV Station, where variety show auditing had become increasingly challenging over the past two years.

Who could have known that “Come Here Friend” would pass Jiangjing TV Station’s audit?

Once the positioning of “Come Here Friend” was known, countless entertainers eagerly reached out to the show’s team, expressing their desire to join the program.

Friday.

After school in the afternoon, Bai Lian picked up her backpack, her eyes fixed on the problems displayed in the app.

Pu Xiaohan was introducing a good shampoo to Yang Lin.

Beside them, Tang Ming was asking Bai Lian about the social event he had seen mentioned in a message long ago; Ning Xiao had never brought it up with her, “Are you going to the mixer mentioned there?”

Without looking up, Bai Lian gave him two words, “Not going.”

It was just like her.

Ning Xiao wouldn’t go either; Tang Ming was slightly interested, but with neither of them going, he couldn’t be bothered either. “Is Sister Lu’s show being broadcast simultaneously next Sunday?”

“Yes,” Weng Qi’s eyes lit up with excitement, “The show’s official announcement has been made, and everyone must watch it the moment it airs!”

“Beibei,” the tall boy next to him rested his hand on Weng Qi’s shoulder, raising an eyebrow, “weren’t you a die-hard fan of Man Xi?”

Weng Qi immediately wiped the smile from his face and expressionlessly pulled the boy’s hand off.

It wasn’t clear whether he was unhappy with being called “Beibei” or with the mention of “Man Xi.”

Ning Xiao went straight home after the evening school, and Bai Lian, aware of his grandmother’s health situation, didn’t ask further.

As she stepped out of the school gates, she saw Jiang Fulai waiting at the corner.

Xu Nanjing wasn’t on his cool motorcycle but sitting in the back seat, having nearly finished his busy tasks, though he hadn’t returned to Jiangjing.

As Bai Lian approached,

Jiang Fulai, touching his Bluetooth earpiece, his brow slightly furrowed, exuded a sharp chill in the evening sunlight. When he saw Bai Lian, he handed her the printed paper.

“Bai Lian, are you… reading this?” Xu Nanjing got out of the car, loosely holding sunglasses, his fingertips pointing towards the paper Bai Lian had taken, showing a moment of hesitation.

He had always thought it was something Jiang Fulai, the specialist, was reading.

Bai Lian nodded her head, “Any problem?”

Xu Nanjing snapped back to reality, recalling the matter with He Wen, and shook his head, “…It seems there isn’t.”

Jiang Fulai took off his Bluetooth earpiece and put it in his pocket. He turned slightly, his gaze sweeping past Xu Nanjing and settling on Bai Lian, “Going straight home?”

Bai Lian, looking at the messages on her phone, replied in a drawl, “Not heading back just yet. I’m thinking of buying a TV.”

She had received several messages during class.

Dean Jian was always timely. As soon as Bai Lian opened the message, one popped up—

[No new songs this month?]

Bai Lian: [Soon.]

She continued scrolling through her messages.

Jiang Fulai looked down at her, feeling hesitant for the first time, “A TV?”

“Yeah,” Bai Lian replied to a few messages, including some from Mei Yi and Yan Lu. Lifting her gaze slightly, she continued, “Grandpa doesn’t have a TV at home, and next Sunday, I might want to watch TV.”

The show with Yan Lu, and after that…