I entered Huayu Entertainment in 2016.

Chapter 76 Marking Territories

Zhou Ye, however, didn't care about any of that.

She's just starting to enjoy the benefits of online fame and has no concept of commercial endorsements, let alone the ability to discern them.

More importantly, she is loyal. Sister Nan is her best friend, and she will help her best friend whenever she needs help.

She picked up her glass of chilled lemonade, clinked it against Zhang Ruonan's, and said crisply, "No problem! I even checked your shop last night."

I placed several orders in one go; that floral dress and the yellow sundress I wore yesterday both look absolutely gorgeous.

Zhou Ye is a rich woman. She has bought any nice clothes she saw since she was a child without ever blinking an eye.

Zhang Ruonan's eyes lit up, and she reached out to grasp Zhou Ye's hand, her voice filled with emotion: "Coconut, you're the best!"

She turned her gaze to Wang Zi'an, her expression shifting from touched to disgust in a speed that was astonishing.

"Unlike someone who says my clothes are nice, but then doesn't buy any!"

Wang Zian put down his chopsticks, picked up his teacup, and said slowly, "Do you want me to tell you about the down jacket?"

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Zhang Ruonan opened her mouth slightly, then quickly closed it again.

"What? What?" Zhou Ye's gossipy nature suddenly resurfaced, as if he had discovered some secret.

More importantly, this is related to Wang Zian and Zhang Ruonan.

She leaned forward, her almond-shaped eyes gleaming with a thirst for knowledge, and was about to ask a question when Zhang Ruonan grabbed her shoulder.

She didn't want everyone to know about her embarrassing moment, so she had to smooth things over.

"Our clothes are all of very good quality. We have our own designs as well as Korean styles. You should all take a look!"

"Good quality at a low price, appealing to a wide audience."

Zhou Ye's attention was immediately diverted, and she actively promoted the item to her friends: "That's right, that's right, I've already ordered several pieces. I'll wear them and show them to you when they arrive."

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The three of them went home together that night.

Zhou Ye and Zhang Ruonan hadn't been to the floor where Wang Zi'an lived yesterday, but they insisted on coming up to see it today.

Zhang Ruonan squeezed in the moment he opened the door, kicked off her shoes and stepped barefoot onto the wooden floor, and began to explore.

Zhou Ye followed behind, the two girls like two cats marking their territory after discovering a new nest.

I opened up and looked through every bedroom, study, dressing room, and kitchen, and even the bathroom.

Zhang Ruonan studied the marble island counter for a long time, and when she came back, she had a "not bad" expression on her face.

Prince An couldn't be bothered with them.

He took a bottle of drink from the refrigerator, unscrewed the cap, took a sip, and sat down at his desk to start working on today's materials.

On the computer screen, the background data for the two videos featuring Zhou Ye and Zhang Ruonan was constantly fluctuating.

Both have surpassed one million likes, and each has received over one hundred thousand comments.

Although there is traffic support, the platform's algorithm does not lie.

The completion rate, interaction rate, and number of favorites—every metric tells the same thing: these two videos have truly gone viral across the internet.

Wang Zian opened the silhouette, preparing to edit today's content.

This software is an editing tool that ByteDance decided to launch internally, and many of its core algorithms were developed with his early involvement.

It has quite a few features, which is another influence of Prince Ann.

Drag the video in, do a rough cut, adjust a few rhythms, add a light and catchy instrumental piece at the end, and you're done.

Old Li sent me the contact information for a special effects company he knew.

Wang Zian made a few calls, and the other party answered quickly, but after a few sentences, he sensed a problem. These companies were still too underdeveloped.

The effects needed for a transformation video aren't overly complex, but they're definitely not as simple as the current version of Silhouette can achieve.

We need to find someone else to help us.

He was about to call Zhang Yiming to ask if ByteDance had a suitable technical team when he heard footsteps behind him.

Zhou Ye pulled Zhang Ruonan out of the corridor.

Seeing this, Wang Zian put his phone back on the table and gestured with his chin toward the computer screen.

"Take a look at the edited video."

Zhou Ye instantly perked up, pulling Zhang Ruonan quickly to the back of his chair, where they braced themselves on the back of the chair and leaned forward.

Zhang Ruonan stood next to her, bending over and resting her elbows on the edge of the table.

"So fast? The plot is simple, but how long did it take you to finish it?"

"What's so difficult about that?"

Click to watch the video.

The title itself says it all: a series of bickering couples!

Then Zhou Ye's face appeared...

The video, which was only about twenty seconds long, finished playing quickly.

Zhou Ye did not speak immediately after reading it.

She stared at the last frame frozen on the screen, feeling somewhat insecure about her first starring role in a short drama video.

Afraid that she might be biased and not see things clearly, she turned to the person next to her and asked, "Sister Nan, what do you think?"

"Very good." Zhang Ruonan's smile hadn't stopped since the beginning of the video, and now her lips were even more upturned. "It's very funny, the pacing is good, and the camera work is good too."

"The part where you're going to beat him up later has a really good contrast. She's a sweet little girl one minute and turns into a fierce woman the next. It's really funny."

She paused, her gaze shifting from the screen to between Wang Zi'an and Zhou Ye, before casually adding, "But you two acted so realistically; you looked like a real couple."

These words landed lightly in Zhou Ye's heart, yet they hit the bullseye perfectly.

She turned her face slightly toward the screen, as if watching a video, but one side of her ear was already red.

Seeing her reaction, Zhang Ruonan's smile deepened, but she didn't say anything.

Before Zhou Ye could respond, Wang Zi'an spoke first.

He leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms, and said frankly and naturally, "Indeed, Zhou Ye's acting was superb. Even Lao Li said it was excellent!"

He turned to Zhou Ye and nodded. "Let's continue tomorrow. We'll film a few more episodes of this series, and once we've gathered enough material, we'll move on to the costume series and that longer storyline!"

Zhou Ye pursed his lips, staring straight at him.

She wanted to tell him not to praise her so formally, but she didn't know how else she wanted him to praise her besides being formal.

She opened her mouth, but ultimately swallowed back the complex emotions, giving a slight smirk. "Since you think it's okay, then send it."

"You send them!" Wang Zian said to Zhou Ye, "Send all these videos to your account!"

Zhou Ye was stunned.

She blinked repeatedly, thinking she hadn't heard clearly.

"Why? Your account is still empty! You should be the one posting the first video!"

"It's my account, I don't care!"

Wang Zian picked up his drink and took a sip, his tone as leisurely as the rhythm of his rocking chair, "I want to post some landscape photography, or the longer episodes we film later."

"Everything else will be handled through your account, with you taking the lead. By the way, you can edit some behind-the-scenes footage and upload it yourself to attract fans."

Zhou Ye stared at him blankly, speechless.

Zhang Ruonan stood to the side, her gaze shifting between the two of them, but she didn't say anything.

Zhou Ye was suddenly deeply moved. "Don't you want to be famous? These videos are really well made!"

"It's okay, my account has its own style!"

Seeing that Wang Zian insisted, Zhou Ye wanted to say something, but Zhang Ruonan gently grasped his wrist.

Zhou Ye swallowed back the surge of gratitude that welled up inside him, pouted, logged into his account, and posted the video.

"Remember to check the script for tomorrow; we have several more stories to film tomorrow! This couple series is guaranteed to be a hit!"

"Don't worry, I'm very dedicated!" Zhou Ye patted his chest and assured him.

Zhang Ruonan, on the other hand, did not react at all.

Wang Zian tentatively asked, "Sister Nan, you really don't want to film anything?"

Zhang Ruonan shook her head, her tone calm. "I have no plans to act right now. We'll see what happens later."

"We can cut more of Sister Nan's behind-the-scenes footage!" Wang Zian said to Zhou Ye.

"No problem!"

Wang Zian didn't want to force her. Since Zhang Ruonan didn't want to, that was even better; he was about to dump a huge amount of work from the company on her.

"Sister Nan, have you found a venue yet?"

"I thought you didn't care at all!" Sister Nan laughed. "Why are you asking now!"

"Sorry, I've been too busy!"

Zhang Ruonan rolled her eyes. "We haven't found one yet, but we have a few that we're interested in. We'll go take a look tomorrow."

One is in Dongba, Chaoyang District; another is in the Gaobeidian area; and there's also the Xingguang Film and Television Park in the DX district.

"Let's pause filming tomorrow and go check it out together!"