The starship soon arrived at Central City on the Federation Main Star.
The handso, blue-haired man waiting at the port was particularly conspicuous.
Although Lan Yuyan and Lan Shaoyu both had blue hair, they didn’t look very similar.
The mont Jiang Qin disembarked from the ship, Lan Yuyan ca to greet her.
The handso man and beautiful woman embracing at the port were an exceptionally eye-catching sight.
Black and blue hair fluttered in the wind. The breeze blew Jiang Qin’s long dress forward, causing it to tangle around Lan Yuyan’s legs.
"I missed you so much," Lan Yuyan said, his voice full of longing.
"Mm, but... it’s only been a few days since we last saw each other."
"But it feels like it’s been forever."
If he hadn’t known that Jiang Qin wasn’t being bullied, he would have chased after her to the Empire long ago.
But Jiang Qin had told him she was coming back soon and asked him to prepare for the filming of the next series and movie.
He knew Jiang Qin was deliberately finding things for him to do, but he couldn’t refuse. So, he had no choice but to fly back to the Main Star from another planet to carry out her arrangents.
Knowing they were arriving today, he had co to wait for them early.
If he hadn’t gotten married, he never would have known he could be such a clingy person.
Yun Xie waited to the side with his hands in his pockets. He basically felt no animosity toward Lan Yuyan anymore.
Except for when they were vying for her affection, he no longer treated the two other n in the household as rivals.
"Alright, that’s enough. Save the lovey-dovey stuff for ho. Qinqin is tired."
Hearing this, Lan Yuyan reluctantly let go, but his hand remained firmly clasped around Jiang Qin’s.
Yun Xie shot him a look, calmly walked to her other side, and smoothly took her other hand in his.
Xie An’an and the mbers of the bodyguard team followed behind them in another flying car.
Only after everyone had dispersed did Bai Mufeng, who had been leaning against the ship’s cabin door, disembark with Lan Shaoyu and Gu Tianyou.
Gu Tianyou didn’t understand why they had to hide on the ship for a while, as if they couldn’t be seen in public.
But he trusted his friends’ decisions completely, so he followed them cautiously and without complaint.
Only Lan Shaoyu’s eyes, behind the lenses of his glasses, glinted with a knowing light.
***
The day after Jiang Qin returned, Moonlight Bar released a new announcent:
[Miss Jiang Qin’s work schedule has been updated as follows: She will work three tis a month, for two hours each ti.
This month’s tentative workdays are: The 20th and the 30th at 19:00.]
[Damn, I thought when Miss Jiang Qin ca back, my happiness would co back too!!]
[Even though watching The Legend of the Condor Heroes on the big screen at Moonlight Bar is aweso, I still want to hear Qin Bao sing more!!]
[Disappointnt isn’t about screaming and shouting...]
[Why change the work schedule? Didn’t Miss Jiang Qin sign a contract with the bar?]
[I’m not laughing anymore.]
...
Jiang Qin had actually considered changing her work schedule before, but she hadn’t agreed to it right away.
It ca back to the sa thing: You Wei had helped her a lot, so she felt she had to help him build up the bar’s reputation before considering other things.
But now, Moonlight had already established a firm foothold in Central City.
During this ti, The Legend of the Condor Heroes had been airing steadily.
Word spread like wildfire, and more and more people learned about the show. As a result, once 9 PM hit, everyone was glued to their big-screen TVs at ho.
What shocked them most was the discovery that watching TV could actually affect their Riot Values.
Not by much, but it did.
For example, there was the scene where Huang Rong exposed Yang Kang’s lies when he tried to deceive the Beggar Gang.
The sense of catharsis brought them physical and ntal pleasure.
Of course, when they watched frustrating scenes, their Riot Values would also rise accordingly by a few hundredths of a point.
However, the fluctuations were only around a few hundredths of a point, so the effect wasn’t significant.
But everyone developed a new habit: drinking Inhibitors while watching TV.
This caused the foot traffic on the bar street, which was already suffering, to be cut in half yet again.
Recently, every bar owner’s face was blacker than the bottom of a pot.
And Moonlight, which hadn’t been affected much, naturally caught the attention of the other bars.
When they learned it was because the bar had installed a new big screen to play the TV series—and that people were going there to watch, drink Inhibitors, and discuss the plot—the other bar owners had a revelation.
Within two days, all the bars on the bar street had installed big screens.
Now, the bars’ peak hours had all changed.
The party hours were now from 18:00 to 21:00 in the evening and from 0:00 to 6:00 at midnight. The ti in between was for everyone to watch the show.
From 21:00 to 24:00, the bars weren’t even allowed to turn on their laser lights.
They were so ta, they resembled the teahouses of ancient tis.
***
Jiang Qin truly hadn’t expected that in just a few short days, the bar street would be completely reford because of a single TV series...
Seeing such a positive response, her enthusiasm grew even more.
The online novel version of Strange Tales was now on its fourth story.
It was also considered moderately popular on the fiction site.
The platform had recently given her a lot more recomndations, and the editor she had been randomly assigned at the beginning had even taken the initiative to add her Light Computer Number.
Jiang Qin had already sent Lan Yuyan to negotiate the sale of the copyrights with the novel platform.
So, for her next project, she planned to first film the first four short stories of Strange Tales and find a midnight ti slot to air them.
At the sa ti, she also wanted to film another TV series to take over the 21:00-24:00 ti slot.
She had even sent the script to Lan Yuyan’s email already. Right now, she and Yun Xie were eating and drinking in his office, quietly waiting for him to finish reading it.
Hours passed as they waited.
Lan Yuyan was speechless for a long ti.
After a deep breath, he finally exhaled and said, "Qinqin, you truly surprise ."
Jiang Qin smiled without saying a word.
"How are you planning to choose the actors this ti? And the director, do you have anyone in mind?"
"For the director, Miss Jiang Lin, who we worked with last ti, is good. Let’s give Strange Tales to her to film."
"As for My Date with a Vampire 1, I want to find soone new. Do you have any recomndations for a director who pursues a retro style?"
Lan Yuyan thought for a mont, then opened his Light Computer and sent her soone’s profile.
"This is a new director who recently blew up on the Star Network. She doesn’t have any famous works, just so short videos."
"She’s probably a fan of yours. Her new works from the past few months are almost all in a retro style."
"And the soundtrack for every single video uses your music."
The short video and live-streaming platforms had basically all purchased the comrcial copyrights for the songs Jiang Qin released.
That’s why users were able to use her songs as background music on the platform.
Jiang Qin opened the female director’s hopage to take a look.
She found that her videos indeed had the feel of 90s Hong Kong style.
It was a clear departure from the Interstellar cyberpunk style.
Because it was niche, she was very popular among so young people who liked classic culture.
"She didn’t graduate from a formal academy. She’s self-taught in filming and studied on her own for her director’s certification."
"Young, no degree, no connections, no funding."
"She basically had the deck stacked against her. With credentials like that, if she wanted to make a na for herself in the directing industry, she’d probably have to wait for a miracle to fall from the sky."
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