Male Sing and His Pet Owner: Chapter 71

Zhou Jiyang instantly read Zhan Hang’s microexpression and said in disbelief: “You lost it??”

Zhan Hang answered: “No.”

“Really?” Zhou Jiyang clearly didn’t believe him. Based on his years of understanding Zhan Hang, things were definitely not that simple.

Zhan Hang nodded and said honestly: “It just malfunctioned.”

“You scared me, I thought…” Zhou Jiyang reacted and said in fury: “You broke it!! Zhan Hang!”

Zhan Hang let out an “ai” and said: “I’ll compensate you with a new one, what’s the big deal.”

Zhou Jiyang ground his teeth, his tone filled with a sense of betrayal: “I saved up a week’s worth of allowance…”

After arriving home, Zhan Hang led him to the storage room. The two rummaged through boxes and cabinets, finding that PSP which had carried their important friendship. Zhou Jiyang refused to give up, installed the battery and tried again. No miracle occurred. The screen was completely dark, without any movement.

“Buy another one. I’ll send you a red envelope.” Zhan Hang said indifferently: “Didn’t you say you were giving it to me back then? Once it’s mine, what do you care how I use it.”

“What was said back then was lending it to you. Lending! OK?” Zhou Jiyang practically wanted to strangle him: “You really are…”

“Who knew you would be so petty back then.” Zhan Hang said unceremoniously.

Zhou Jiyang couldn’t bear it anymore. He lunged forward and grabbed Zhan Hang’s collar, shaking him vigorously. Zhan Hang knew he was in the wrong, so he only let him shake him around expressionlessly for a while. He turned his head and saw Zhao Kaile standing at the door with a shocked face.

“…Dinner’s ready.” Zhao Kaile said hesitantly, then turned around and ran off in terror, silently deleting that scene from his memory just now.

Only then did Zhou Jiyang put his hands down, looking at Zhan Hang with an expression that was half smiling and half not, feeling that his great revenge had been achieved, satisfied.

Zhan Hang frowned and straightened his clothes. Zhou Jiyang asked: “What are you planning to do in the future? Just keep dragging it out like this?”

“Otherwise what.” Zhan Hang said coldly: “That brain of his, it only works when he’s writing novels. Other times it’s like he doesn’t have one at all.”

Zhou Jiyang mocked: “Tch, if you don’t dare, just say you don’t dare. What does it have to do with Zhao Kaile.”

Zhan Hang said vigilantly: “Don’t provoke me.”

Zhou Jiyang asked: “Otherwise, shall brother help you out?”

“You?” Zhan Hang was clearly full of distrust toward him: “Not causing me trouble would already be good enough.”

When they were young, the two of them caused trouble together and exposing each other was a common occurrence. True friendship is maintaining a fatherly love for each other amidst endless mutual pitting.

Zhou Jiyang put his arm around Zhan Hang’s shoulder and said casually: “If it really doesn’t work out, bro will get you some good stuff, then tie him to your bed. By then you two will have cooked the raw rice into cooked rice, and he won’t be able to run away even if he wants to.”

Zhan Hang had known long ago that a dog’s mouth can’t spit out ivory. Upon hearing this, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he said coldly: “Get lost.”

The two went downstairs to eat. Zhao Kaile had already helped the housekeeping aunt set the table. Several people sat down, and Zhao Kaile poured wine for them.

Zhan Hang still remembered what happened last time, so he didn’t dare to drink too much. He only touched a bit symbolically, which counted as welcoming Zhou Jiyang who had come from afar. The latter didn’t have so many scruples, and most of the bottle ended up in his stomach.

When Zhou Jiyang communicated with people, he mostly talked about everything under the sun with no beginning or end. Occasionally when Zhao Kaile’s mind wandered for a moment, he had already gone from Zhan Hang’s currently airing drama to a shop he recently wanted to invest in. After finally resting for a while, he opened his mouth with a completely new topic.

“Kaile, interested in changing careers to become a screenwriter?” Zhou Jiyang asked with a smile: “I want to establish a new studio, film distribution and media. Want to come play?”

Zhao Kaile nearly dropped his chopsticks on the floor upon hearing this: “Screenwriter?!”

Zhan Hang said: “He’s not going.”

Zhao Kaile said tremblingly: “Right right, I can’t do it.”

“How do you know you can’t do it without trying?” Zhou Jiyang cast an encouraging look at him: “It doesn’t matter if you can’t write scripts. Just write in the way you originally wrote novels. At worst, after you finish writing, I’ll find someone to revise it. What I want is just an original script.”

Zhan Hang said “hehe”: “Want to monopolize? How much are you offering?”

“Then I definitely can’t mistreat Kaile.” Zhou Jiyang smiled: “I guarantee the treatment will be better than what you get from that website you’re currently with.”

Zhao Kaile hurriedly waved his hands: “No no no…”

“Stop being crazy.” Zhan Hang gave him an unhappy look: “Does Uncle Zhou still lack this kind of studio under him? Don’t always act on whatever comes to your mind.”

“I’m serious.” Zhou Jiyang widened his eyes slightly to prove his innocence: “I came back to accomplish something and show him.”

Zhan Hang: “What other people do you have under you? Sending Zhao Kaile over alone, you want to be a bare commander?”

Zhou Jiyang said: “Just recruit more. With money, are you afraid you can’t find people?”

Zhao Kaile: “…”

Too casual!! Hey!!

Zhan Hang completely didn’t believe his good brother would suddenly find his way back, transforming from a playboy into a mature and steady young man who seriously works on his career. So he only perfunctorily dealt with him, waiting for Zhou Jiyang’s driver to come pick him up.

But Zhao Kaile really took these words to heart. He sat on the sofa holding his phone, seriously searching for the normal treatment newcomers in the screenwriting industry received after entering the profession.

Zhan Hang came back after seeing the guest off. He leaned over to take a look and instantly got angry: “Zhao Kaile! You really want to go?!”

“!!” Zhao Kaile hurriedly covered his phone screen and stammered: “I, I was just curious.”

The corner of Zhan Hang’s mouth dipped slightly downward. That expression seemed very hurt.

Zhao Kaile hurriedly said: “I was just looking! Brother Hang, I really won’t go.”

Zhan Hang said: “I’ll raise your salary. Two thousand more.”

“…” Zhao Kaile didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “That’s not what I meant!”

Zhan Hang said warningly: “Don’t push your luck.”

Zhao Kaile said weakly: “Okay…”

Although he didn’t know what was happening, a salary raise was definitely not a bad thing.

In the evening, Zhao Kaile returned to his room, happily pressing the calculator to recalculate. The schedule for paying back the money could be advanced by quite a bit.

The next day, Zhan Hang was still busy shuttling between filming sites and studios. Zhou Jiyang had drunk alcohol last night, so he probably woke up very late. He only came in the afternoon. When he came, he didn’t seriously watch the recording. He only greeted Jiang Chongyang symbolically, then strolled away.

The two watched Zhou Jiyang’s dashing departing figure together. Zhan Hang drank water and said disdainfully: “I’ve never seen him do anything with more than three minutes of enthusiasm.”

Zhao Kaile nodded in complete agreement, immediately overturning his naive thoughts from last night, thinking to himself that Brother Hang was right after all. Recording was done consecutively for days or even ten days at a time, but broadcasting came out week by week. In the second week of recording, the first episode had already been edited and was prepared to air Friday evening.

In the evening, the hot topic notification sounded. Zhao Kaile looked up at the computer screen and found that the pushed headline actually had Zhan Hang’s name in it. When he clicked on the content, the video frame was precisely that splendid fight scene of Zhan Hang and the person in black crossing swords.

He opened the work group. Sure enough, Bai Li was sending tasks inside. Various promoters were logging into their respective platform accounts and beginning to stir up trouble.

#ZhanHangFightSceneIsAmazing#
#ZhanHangZhaoJingranWenWuCP#
#ZhanHangSwordPlay#
#ZhaoJingranZhanHangUnnaturalEventsSameFrame#
#ZhanHangSwordsmanLookIsAmazing#

After scrolling through a large row of trending topics, Zhao Kaile’s mind was full of amazing amazing amazing… Damn, Brother Hang is blowing up the trending searches again!

In the small group, Lu Jiayin and Xiao Wen were sending firecracker and heart emojis one after another. Zhan Hang sent a few red envelopes, then stopped appearing.

Zhao Kaile: Ahhh Brother Hang is going to be popular!

Lu Jiayin: So amazing! This is only the first episode!

Xiao Wen: Brother Hang is so handsome!

Lu Jiayin: Xiao Wen, go cut a few more short videos for Brother Hang. Use whatever music is trending recently.

Xiao Wen: Received!

The WeChat notification sounded again. It was a video link sent by Li Wenyao. When clicked, it was indeed that fight scene of Zhan Hang again.

Li Wenyao: This is Zhan Hang, right? Just now my girlfriend was scrolling through videos, watching and screaming like a ghost. I wondered who it was.

Zhao Kaile: Ahhhhhhhhh!!

Li Wenyao: …

Zhao Kaile was so excited he rolled around on the bed a few times, jumping up and down hugging his pillow, screaming “ah ah.” After a while, Zhao Kaiming also sent a message. The roommate group, the friend circle, anything that had even a slight connection to him, could all see Zhan Hang’s figure under the push of big data and the operation of capital.

Zhan Hang couldn’t bear it anymore. He rushed downstairs to knock on his door: “What are you shouting about!”

Zhao Kaile opened the door, still very excited: “Brother Hang! You’re going to be popular!”

The corner of Zhan Hang’s mouth twitched: “Popular my ass. You’re already dreaming before you’ve even fallen asleep.”

“Haven’t you looked!” Zhao Kaile wished he could shove his phone screen into Zhan Hang’s face: “My friend circle, Weibo, all kinds of web pages, they’re all your videos!”

Zhan Hang said expressionlessly: “You usually search for me all the time. Of course big data will push things to you.”

Zhao Kaile turned a deaf ear: “Brother Hang, you really are going to be popular!”

Zhan Hang: “…”

He completely couldn’t stop Zhao Kaile, so he could only look at him going crazy with a helpless face.

Being popular or not was of course not as simple as one short video. This fight scene short video only let Zhan Hang briefly break out of the circle for a while. After a little over an hour, the trending searches were once again occupied by Zhao Jingran, Zhang Wenqian, and others. What still remained on the charts was only the CP keyword of Zhan Hang and Zhao Jingran.

Zhao Kaile kept staring at the data. By this time his heart was almost cold. He simply couldn’t believe it, thinking with tears streaming down his face, no way no way! Could this just be a flash in the pan?!

He looked down at the hot list keywords with tears in his eyes and found that Zhan Hang’s fight scene short video had already dropped to dozens of places outside the ranking.

Above were the CP of Zhao Jingran and Zhan Hang, the CP of Zhao Jingran and Sun Yimin, the CP of Sun Yimin and Zhan Hang…

Zhan Hang mocked: “Done going crazy?”

Zhao Kaile looked listless, as if he himself had suffered a great grievance: “How could this happen…”

“This is the norm.” Zhan Hang lectured: “It’s still early. Without even this much patience, how can you charge toward first tier?”

Zhao Kaile let out an “oh.”

The two looked at each other for a moment.

The corner of Zhan Hang’s mouth curved slightly upward. He casually rubbed Zhao Kaile’s head and went upstairs.