Entertaining Children

"It's just a few songs, how much money can I get?" Xiao Yao said disdainfully, "I don't earn my living by selling songs."

"Okay, let's not talk about this. Anyway, there is a special person in charge of the specific price discussion, so I don't need to take care of it." Chen Yang changed the subject and said, "Talk about other things."

"Is there anything else?" Xiao Yao asked.

"The team leader in charge of the women's basketball team said that you promised to take promotional photos for the women's basketball players for free?" Chen Yang asked, "Is there such a thing?"

"Yes!" Xiao Yao admitted, "During the training class before the charity match, Sister Nuo made such a request to me, and I agreed. Just like taking pictures for the men's basketball team a few years ago, I provided the equipment, venue and clothing, and the women's basketball team. The basketball players just need to take the time to shoot. Does your leader have any objections?"

"A big-name photographer like you takes pictures of our women's basketball girls for free, of course we have no objection." Chen Yang smiled, "When and where do you plan to take pictures? We will arrange for the women's basketball players at that time of time."

"This time is different from the last time I took pictures of the men's basketball team." Xiao Yao said, "Last time I rented a studio in Yanjing and hired staff for the temporary rented equipment. Now there is a studio in Yin Xi's studio. The equipment and personnel are all ready-made, and I can use them, so this time I plan to invite the women's basketball players to come to Shanghai to shoot in the studio of Yin Xi's studio."

"That's no problem," Chen Yang said with a smile, "There are still a few months before the Women's Basketball World Championships, and the national team has not started training yet. Let's put the women's basketball training in Shanghai at the beginning of next year. It’s convenient for you to take pictures, and you don’t need to run the whole team to Shanghai from other places.”

"No," Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "It wasn't long before the World Championships started when I took pictures of the men's basketball team, and the venue equipment was temporarily rented, and the shooting staff was temporarily hired, so the shooting was finished within five days Fifteen players. There are still a few months before the Women's Basketball World Championships next year. The venue equipment and staff are all from Yin Xi's studio. There is no need to hurry like taking pictures of the men's basketball team. I plan to start from next month Start preparing the shooting plan, shoot in advance, and shoot slowly.”

"Starting next month?" Chen Yang hesitated, "The new training list for the women's basketball national team has not yet been released, and we have not even confirmed which fifteen players will participate in the Women's Basketball World Championships next year. , how do you start filming next month?"

"Shooting one by one," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Although the training list has not yet been determined, you always have a general framework, right? There must be no doubts about the main players of the national team like Chen Nuo and Xu Yue. What needs to be investigated is only a small number of fringe figures. You can tell me the list of players within the scope of the investigation, and then rank them in order of the possibility of being selected for the national team. I will put the players who will definitely be selected for the national team in the front. The characters are shot behind."

"This time we won't shoot three people in one day like last time in the men's basketball team.

I plan to shoot slowly, make a shooting plan for each team member, and shoot one at most in a day. There will be time intervals in between, and the whole cycle will be longer. "Xiao Yao continued, "Maybe your national team list will come out before I finish filming the players who are definitely selected? It doesn’t matter if you don’t come out at that time, the big deal is to shoot a few more people. After the roster is finalized, you can choose to release it according to the final national team roster. Those who can enter the scope of your investigation, even if they are not selected for the national team in the end, must be domestic star players. It will not be a problem to let them publish those photos in magazines, and it will not be wasted. "

"Hearing what you said, it seems okay." Chen Yang nodded with a smile, and then teased, "Why do I feel that you care more about the girls in the women's basketball team than the boys in the men's basketball team?"

"The time and the environment are different, okay?" Even though he knew that Chen Yang couldn't see, Xiao Yao couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said, "Besides, I'm a man, so I'm more friendly to girls in the women's basketball team than to men." Is there anything strange about the rough guys in the basket?"

"Hey, you are really sincere!" Chen Yang smiled, and continued, "Since you are so good to the girls in the women's basketball team, how about doing something for them?"

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Songwriting!" Chen Yang said, "The four songs you wrote for the professional league this time are all good, so the leader in charge of the women's basketball team has an idea, that is, to ask you to write another song for the women's basketball players. Whether it’s to cheer them on, or to be strong for them, anyway, it’s for publicity when they go to the Women’s Basketball World Championships next year. Not too many, one song is enough!” Dihuo Danwang

"Write a song for the women's basketball players?" Xiao Yao thought for a while, and there were still more than four months before the Women's Basketball World Championships, so he could come up with another song anyway, so he agreed, "No problem!"

"Cheerful!" Chen Yang praised, and continued, "And"

"What else?" Xiao Yao interrupted Chen Yang and said, "Five songs already! Brother Yang, you're going to squeeze me out once you catch me, right?"

"That's true," Chen Yang said with a smile, "How many songs have you released in the few months since you participated in the "Singer" program to the end of the summer vacation? Who doesn't know that you are a talented musician, if you How could five songs be exploiting you? Besides, this time I’m not looking for you to ask for a song, but to give you a chance to perform in front of fans across the country.”

"What performance opportunity?" Xiao Yao asked.

"The opening game of this year's league is the East China Sea Sharks vs. Yanjing Iron \u0026 Steel. Before the game, we arranged an opening performance and planned to let you sing the league's theme song "Believe in Yourself." Chen Yang said, "This is not for you to show your face. Is there a chance? In the last charity match, you were going to play, so we invited Lin Jin to do the opening performance. You don’t have to play this time, and it’s the theme song for the league that you wrote yourself. You won’t refuse it again, right? "

"Well, I really can't go!" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I'm not free."

"No time? Didn't you say that there are no commercial performances and announcements, and you are very free?" Chen Yang asked strangely, "The league games are all on weekends, and it doesn't conflict with your school's class time. Why can't you go there? ?”

"Last time you asked me about the National Day holiday at the beginning of October, not the time at the end of October." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "This time it has nothing to do with the school, nor is it a commercial performance. The end of the month is New York Fashion Week , I’m going to the United States to watch a fashion show, and pick out clothes for the women’s basketball players. I’ve already made up my mind after I promised Chen Nuo to take pictures of the women’s basketball team. It's arranged, it's not easy to cancel!"

In terms of clothing for promotional photos, men often wear formal clothes, and women have much more choices than men. When taking pictures of the men's basketball teammates, Xiao Yao found six brands and prepared one set for each of the fifteen men's basketball players. A total of 15 formal suits were completed. This time, there is plenty of time for shooting the women's basketball players. Xiao Yao doesn't plan to prepare a costume for each of the women's basketball players. Moreover, the roster of the national team has not yet been determined, and Xiao Yao may not only have fifteen people to shoot. There are more clothes to prepare. It happened that there was New York Fashion Week at the end of the month, so Xiao Yao decided to go to Fashion Week to find inspiration.

"Ah?" Facing Xiao Yao's high-sounding reason, Chen Yang didn't know what to say.

"You don't have to sing the theme song for the opening match. It would be nice to ask Liang Xueying to sing "Fighter" too." Xiao Yao suggested.

"Well, okay." Seeing that Xiao Yao didn't mean to change his mind, Chen Yang could only say helplessly, "Let's send someone to contact Liang Xueying's team." Xiao Yao participated in three of the four songs , Xiao Yao couldn't go, the only option left was the song Liang Xueying sang solo.

This kind of matter is not in charge of Chen Yang, the vice chairman of the Basketball Association, because it is Xiao Yao, so Chen Yang will mention it by the way. If Liang Xueying is invited to perform, it will naturally be contacted by other people who are specialized in this aspect .

On October 25th, Xiao Yao took a week off from school and boarded a plane to New York with Yin Xi.

Although Yin Xi has already started her career transformation and is trying to develop into the entertainment industry, her biggest advantage and resources are still in the fashion industry, and from the perspective of the business scope of the studio, she has not given up on fashion, so every year She basically won't miss the four major fashion weeks. After cooperating with his personal brand, Yin Xi tried to drag Xiao Yao, a photographer, to go to fashion week with him more than once, but Xiao Yao always refused because he didn't have time. Xiao Yao decided to go to New York Fashion Week this time, and naturally he was going with Yin Xi who was also going.

Yin Xi's trip to New York Fashion Week this time is not just for the audience to watch the show, but also for two jobs, one is to be a catwalk model for a world-class brand and the personal brand of a top international designer. Get on your own private team. Bureaucracy

Fang still has a lot of things at hand. Xiao Yao's warehouse is under construction for remodeling the loft. Although Lin Qisan is responsible for it, Lin Qisan is still a student after all, so Fang still needs to pay attention to it from time to time. Although Xiao Yao's work on building a school for the disaster area has not yet started, she was also responsible for the communication work in the early stage. In addition, she still has Chen Beila, an artist under her command, and Chen Beila's management affairs need to be taken care of. Fang still can't leave at all. Even if she is interested in Fashion Week, she has no time to follow.

But Pei Minyi is different. Her development direction is different from Fang Yiran's. She is not interested in brokerage affairs and business matters. Now she is only focused on learning to be a stylist and intends to develop in design. She, who had never been to the four major fashion weeks, heard that Xiao Yao was going to New York Fashion Week, and immediately begged Xiao Yao to go with him.

Xiao Yao didn't have any job at New York Fashion Week, he just went to join in the fun and watch the show as an audience. He didn't need to bring a private team, and he had his own plans, and he wouldn't stay with Yin Xi all the time after arriving in New York. Instead, he would act alone, and it would be a burden to bring a private team. But seeing that Pei Minyi was so eager to go to New York Fashion Week, Xiao Yao still discussed with Yin Xi, lent Pei Minyi to Yin Xi temporarily, let her join Yin Xi's private team, and went to see the world together.

The four major fashion weeks are all fashion events. This year's New York Fashion Week, many Chinese celebrities were invited by brands to go to the catwalk or stand, and many celebrities also went to join in the fun. During the recent period, there were many entertainment reporters squatting in the international terminals of the airports of several super-first-tier cities with flights to New York. After Yin Xi and Xiao Yao arrived at the airport, they were also recognized by the entertainment reporters waiting here. Several reporters immediately surrounded them with microphones, wanting to interview them.

Yin Xi's attitude towards the reporters was still very good, and he answered a few questions from the reporters with a smile on his face, basically admitting that this time he was flying to New York to participate in Fashion Week, and there were two catwalk tasks for the brands.

Since he was traveling with Yin Xi, Xiao Yao did not pretend to be any more this time, and went to play a game of "hide and seek" with the entertainment reporters. When asked by entertainment reporters about the purpose of going to New York, Xiao Yao simply said that he was going to New York Fashion Week to watch the excitement, then pushed away the reporter's microphone and walked forward.

Surrounded by reporters for interviews in the airport hall, Xiao Yao and Yin Xi also attracted the attention of some passengers. After passing through the security check, on the way to the waiting area, some passengers who recognized Xiao Yao asked Xiao Yao for a group photo and autograph. As long as he isn't an over-the-top fan like a illegitimate fan, Xiao Yao's attitude is still very good. Facing these polite fans who didn't ask too much, Xiao Yao, who still has plenty of time, also satisfied their requests one by one with a smile.

After boarding the plane, there are almost no such cases of being recognized by fans and asking for autographs and group photos. The first thing passengers board the plane is basically to find their own seats. After finding their own seats, they settle their luggage, and only after they sit down do they have the leisure to look around. Yin Xi and Xiao Yao sat in the first-class cabin with the least number of people, at the front of the plane, so they were rarely recognized.

Sitting in the first class cabin, Yin Xi and Xiao Yao unconsciously remembered the encounter between Xiao Yao who went to the United States and Yin Xi who went to the UK during the summer vacation last year. That time Xiao Yao was in economy class and Yin Xi was in first class. Yin Xi wanted to help Xiao Yao upgrade to first class, but Xiao Yao refused. As a result, a passenger on the plane suddenly fell ill. Xiao Yao performed a chest operation on the plane and drank half a bottle of vodka in one breath. In the end, he was upgraded to first class for free by the crew chief, and sat in Yin Xi's side.

Compared with the experience of going to New York that time, Xiao Yao's journey this time was much smoother. This time Xiao Yao and Yin Xi went to the United States together, and the people under Yin Xi were responsible for booking the tickets. For the sake of convenience, I booked this flight from Shanghai to New York directly, without the trouble of connecting planes in the middle.

This direct flight to New York is a flight of Huaxia Air China, and the stewardess on the plane is also from Huaxia. Xiao Yao was later recognized by the Huaxia flight attendant on the plane, and he took a photo with the beautiful flight attendant upon request. In addition, during this flight that lasted more than ten hours, Xiao Yao basically chatted with Yin Xi beside him except for sleeping. Nothing special happened along the way, not even a turbulent current, and we arrived in New York very smoothly.

After the plane landed, Xiao Yao and his group of seven came out of the passenger aisle together, and Xiao Yao and Yin Xi were not at the forefront, but when he appeared in the passenger aisle, he was recognized by someone at the exit before he fully walked out. he came.