For Su Yu, signing books was acceptable as long as it didn't take too long.
However, he didn't want the fact that he was Gu Zhou Suo Li Weng to be made public.
Moreover, if he agreed this time, Shengshi Fenghua would probably arrange such events every time he released a physical book in the future.
So, it was better for him not to start this precedent.
And capital, how could it ever be satisfied? It was very possible that during the book signing, they would even ask him to sing as Su Yu, the lyricist and composer.
It wasn't even impossible for them to directly announce his identity as a lyricist and composer for sales.
"Forget about book signings. The website has already earned enough this time. Wouldn't it be better for me to write more novels with the time I spend on book signings? Don't bring this up again in the future. I will not appear as a writer."
Su Yu refused very decisively, not giving Wu Yue another chance to persuade him.
"Alright, I will relay that to the Senior Executives. You go ahead and get busy; I still have things to do here." Wu Yue didn't expect Su Yu's reaction to be so strong, but compared to the small sales from book signings, he still preferred to maintain a good relationship with Su Yu.
After all, as long as Su Yu's writing ability didn't decline, then for the next few years, Su Yu would be the most profitable writer for the website!
By the end of this year, his promotion to a Shengshi Fenghua Platinum writer was already a foregone conclusion, and Su Yu's contract would be revised again at that time.
Therefore, to retain Su Yu, the website could not afford to displease him.
As expected, after the Shengshi Fenghua Senior Executives heard Wu Yue's message, they all stopped mentioning the matter.
In fact, they did have the idea of revealing Su Yu's identity, as Su Yu, this new lyricist and composer, was currently enjoying unparalleled popularity in the domestic music scene.
If it were announced that Su Yu was Gu Zhou Suo Li Weng, the author of "amorous swordsman ruthless sword", Su Yu's novel would surely experience another surge in popularity!
But it seemed Su Yu clearly didn't want to go public, so to avoid offending Su Yu, they could only terminate this plan.
Moreover, the website has now been targeted by several capital giants, all of whom want to acquire Shengshi Fenghua to complete their own ecological blueprint.
Especially after Su Yu's martial arts novel became popular, they seemed to have re-recognized the importance of novel adaptation rights.
And a domestic top novel website that can continuously provide content naturally became the best prey for these ecosystem-building giants.
However, compared to some ruthless capital giants, Shengshi Fenghua clearly favored Tianxing Entertainment, which also expressed an acquisition intention!
That's right, Tianxing Entertainment had also set its sights on Shengshi Fenghua, this novel website, and the one who came forward to acquire it was Han Jianhua, the chairman of Tianxing Entertainment.
However, the current shareholders of Shengshi Fenghua had no intention of selling the website; they still planned to take the website public.
But while a packaged sale wasn't an option, it didn't mean they couldn't accept financing. Although their Shengshi Fenghua Website was the top novel website in China, its valuation was only around 2 billion chinese yuan.
This time, they planned to offer 15% of their shares, selling them to Tianxing Entertainment at a 20% premium, provided, of course, that Tianxing Entertainment was willing to accept!
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Su Yu was clearly unaware of the negotiations between Shengshi Fenghua and Tianxing Entertainment. These past few days, he had been at his home, practicing songs with Han Jiangxue during the day and burying himself in writing at night, leading a very fulfilling life.
As time came to the 17th, the seventh episode of "The King of Singers" finally aired that evening.
And on this day, not only did Han Jiangxue, a regular, come, but Jiang Yu and Sister Ling also came to Su Yu's place again.
Of course, this time, Sun Xiaoxiao, the assistant, was absent; she was currently studying acting on the set of "little li flying dagger."
Su Yu heard from Liu Xialai, the General Director of "little li flying dagger," that Sun Xiaoxiao had a lot of acting talent and was very spiritual, which made Su Yu feel that he had good judgment.
The reason they came to Su Yu's place to watch this episode of the variety show was actually because Su Yu's villa had just installed a top-tier sound system.
This sound system was a housewarming gift from Chen Yixun to Su Yu, shipped directly from Hong Kong.
Su Yu felt a bit helpless about this, but since it had already been sent, he couldn't very well refuse it, could he?
However, this sound system was truly amazing for listening to music and watching movies.
So Su Yu invited Han Jiangxue to watch the television debut of the song "big fish" together tonight.
But Su Yu never expected that Jiang Yu and Sister Ling would also come along, which made him feel a bit resentful.
Everyone was eating Fruit at this time, waiting for this episode of the variety show to begin.
As soon as it was nine o'clock, the variety show started on time.
The variety show immediately began with the drawing of lots. Han Jiangxue, being first in the previous episode, had the right to choose her performance order, and she chose to go on fifth.
The drawing of lots for the others again made Su Yu feel amused. Xie Jie, the unlucky one, drew first, Hu Zhixuan third, and Han Zhuoma fourth.
Looking at Wang Shan and Hua Huoxing from Jusha Entertainment, Hua Huoxing went on sixth, and Wang Shan even went on seventh.
"Senior Sister, is there something fishy about this drawing? Are these two always so lucky?" Su Yu asked, a bit speechless.
"It's hard to say for sure. Jusha Entertainment also has a lot of collaborations with Hunan TV, and their relationship is actually closer than ours with Tianxing Entertainment."
Although Han Jiangxue said it was hard to say for sure, her subsequent words already proved everything.
However, Jusha clearly miscalculated this time, because going on stage after Han Jiangxue's "big fish"—how desperate must they be!
The competition began, and Xie Jie was the first to take the stage. He brought a relatively classic pop love song from Blue Star China.
His singing was truly stable, and his performance was very impressive.
But the problem was that he was the first to go on stage. After he finished singing, who could still clearly remember what he had sung?
The performances of the next few singers were also very stable. It truly lived up to its reputation as a music variety show focused on singing skills. This first season of the show was truly a genuine competition of singing ability!
Moreover, the "actors" in the audience were not as exaggerated and crazy in their performances as in later seasons.
"Senior Sister, these audience members who cried, they're all actors hired by the production team, right?" Su Yu asked, knowingly trying to make conversation.
"It seems so. That audience member who cried just now was a bit excessive. And many of these audience shots are for program effect, re-recorded in post-production." Han Jiangxue smiled, giving an answer that made Jiang Yu's jaw drop.
She was a teacher and naturally didn't know the inside tricks of variety show production. Hearing her own daughter say such things today truly made her feel a bit overturned.
It was at this moment that Han Jiangxue, the fifth to appear in this round, walked onto the stage step by step, wearing a sky-blue long dress.