"Smack!"

Zhou Miao was in a trance, and he didn't dodge the oncoming ping pong ball, and the ball hit his head and popped up far away.

Li Xi was stunned for a moment, her ball speed just now was not fast, and asked, "Didn't you sleep well last night?" ”

Zhou Miao smiled bitterly, her dark circles were thick, and the whole person looked very sluggish, completely lacking her previous spirits.

Last night......

He ate the most embarrassing bowl of noodles in his life, and finally sent Zhao Li away, and was beaten by An Qi again, and he tossed until nearly three o'clock before going to sleep.

Zhou Miao: "Don't practice, take a break." ”

Sitting on the table, Zhou Miao gulped down water, "Xiao Li, thank you for this time." ”

Li Xi looked at him confusedly, "It's nothing, are you going to be busy with other things?" ”

Zhou Miao nodded, "Well, the new album is about to be released, and the next thing is to shoot the MV, and the training will come to an end for the time being, and it may not be until the beginning of December that the training can continue." ”

Li Xi was a little disappointed when she heard this, which was equivalent to saying that she was going back to the provincial team.

I can't help it, she still likes it here for two months, there are no fierce coaches, there are no endless training matches, fruit snacks are constantly eaten every day, and there is often hot pot to eat.

Li Xi: "Okay, then I'll go back to the provincial team for training tomorrow, and you'll call me when you're done!" ”

"Hmm."

……

In the afternoon, Zhou Miao found Zuo Qiu and discussed some matters with her about the new album.

Zhou Miao entered the door.

Zuo Qiu beckoned to him, "You came just in time, this is Huang Haiyi's new album marketing plan specially done for you, I just watched it, it's very good, you can also take a look." ”

Zhou Miao opened it casually and looked at it, and did a good job, "I just wanted to tell you about this." ”

Zuo Qiu: "What, do you have any ideas?" Let's hear it. ”

Zhou Miao closed the folder and stunned Zuo Qiu with a word.

"I'm going to go naked for the new album, and I'm not going to do any more promotion."

Zuo Qiu couldn't understand it, and wondered: "Why don't you publicize it?" Our company is not short of money. ”

Zhou Miao scratched her face and said: "Two reasons, one is that my current reputation has been beaten, as long as I release an album, the popularity will not be low, and no matter how much other publicity is just icing on the cake, the money is a little wronged, I don't think it's necessary." ”

Zuo Qiu nodded when she heard this, she admitted that she had discovered as early as when he released "Qili Xiang" that the publicity channels she spent a lot of money on were not as effective as Zhou Miao's own word-of-mouth fermentation.

"The second point, the new album, I want to be free, so some unnecessary expenses can be waived, and I only plan to shoot the title song for the MV, and forget the rest."

Zuo Qiu was taken aback, "Free? ”

For many singers now, it's not a big deal that the album is free, and it can't be sold for a few bucks, and free albums have long been made.

But Zhou Miao is different, his album is now the hottest selling in Asia, there is no one!

Sales in the billions!

So much money, don't want it if you don't want it?

Zhou Miao's new album is free, whether it is for him personally or for the company, Zuo Qiu turned his pen and thought for a long time.

"Have you really figured it out?"

Zhou Miao said seriously, "I've been thinking about it for a long time, the album income now only accounts for a small part of my total income, although it will be a little less money to make a free album, but it is more conducive to the spread of the album songs, and in the long run, it is not a loss." ”

Zuo Qiu nodded, "Okay, then do as you say, your album, everything is up to you." ”

Zhou Miao smiled, and just as he was about to leave, Zuo Qiu suddenly stopped him.

"By the way, your title song MV is going to the UK to shoot it, right?"

Zhou Miao: "Well, do you need me to buy anything for you?" ”

Zuo Qiu hesitated, but still said, "She is at the University of London now, do you want to go and see her?" ”

Zhou Miao's eyes moved slightly, and after a long time, he said, "Forget it, time is very tight." ”

Looking at Zhou Miao's departing back, Zuo Qiu couldn't help but shake his head.

……

Leaving the two cats at home in the cattery, Zhou Miao didn't say hello to anyone, and flew to London, England alone with the crew for filming.

In London in October, the breeze already has a hint of coolness.

The ground was wet, it should have just rained, and the air was filled with the smell of moisture and earth.

Zhou Miao was walking on the bank of the Thames in a windbreaker, his thinking face was serious, and the stubble on his chin added a touch of maturity to him.

The director looked at this scene in front of the camera and couldn't help nodding, sure enough, the acting was different, both the expression and posture were very natural, which was very in line with the image of the detective in the MV script.

"Over, transfer, next stop King's University Library, hurry up and clean up." The director shouted.

The field manager then urged: "The action is all neat, we have rented the library for a day, and we must finish filming today." ”

The library of a foreign university, even if it is rented for only one day, is not cheap, so Zuo Qiu has a lot of money, and approved a budget of 5 million for Zhou Miao's title song "Chapter 7 of the Night".

The MV plot of "Chapter 7 of the Night" is very brain-burning, telling an intricate serial murder case in just four minutes, involving many shooting scenes.

The director originally wanted to find a random studio in China to shoot and shoot, but Zhou Miao was resolute, this song tells the story of Detective Sherlock Holmes, and he had to go to Holmes's hometown of London to shoot it.

Compared with the original version, Zhou Miao is more refined, and more than a dozen scenes related to Sherlock Holmes have been filmed, and a more than four-minute MV was filmed for almost 10 days before it was completed.

In the hotel, Yang Xiaoya struggled to press down the suitcase full of things, got up and wiped her sweat, "Let's go, Brother Miao, it's half past ten on the plane, it's too late to leave." ”

Zhou Miao stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, hesitated for a long time, and said, "You guys go back first, I'll fly back tomorrow." ”

"Huh?" Yang Xiaoya scratched her head, "Okay." ”

……

At the University of London, Zhou Miao wore a peaked cap and walked on the campus road.

The school was so big that he only walked around one corner of it for a long time, and he walked aimlessly, with unfamiliar faces in his sight.

When he was tired of walking, he sat on a bench on the side of the road to rest.

If you want to meet the person you want to meet in such a big school, it is undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack, Zhou Miao knows this very well, but she still came over by a ghost.

In the afternoon, the breeze of early autumn was very comfortable, and Zhou Miao was almost blown to sleep.

"Three-three! Wait a minute! ”

Zhou Miao's half-squinted eyes suddenly opened, looking towards the place where the voice came from.

She was a small person, with waist-length hair like a waterfall, and a dark brown knit sweater that lined her very gently.

She looked back and smiled, "Why are you so slow?" ”

"The women's toilet lined up, and it almost suffocated me." Sun Xiao grabbed her arm and complained.

More than ten meters away, Zhou Miao looked at her for a moment.

"What do you eat at night?"

"What time is it, and you're starting to think about dinner?"

Zhou Miao watched them walk away arm in arm, until they disappeared from his sight, and then murmured in a low voice:

"Long time no see."