This actor has something

Chapter 254 Showing one's embarrassment

The convoy stopped at the gate of the villa.

The sunlight was a bit dazzling. After He Bing came out of the villa, he shielded his eyes with his hands and got into He Daqi's nanny car in a hurry.

As soon as he got in the car, He Bing said, "There are too many cars, it's a bit conspicuous, just let the nanny car go."

"Yeah." He Daqi responded, then said to Qin Hu in the passenger seat, "Brother Hu, ask Ajie and Shuangxi to get in this car."

After saying that, He Daqi pulled He Bing to sit in the back row.

After Lin Jie and Chen Shuangxi got in the car, Qin Long turned around in the nanny car and prepared to leave the community, while the other cars in the convoy drove towards the villa.

"Uncle, are you done with your work?"

"Well, it's finished. Later, I asked the director to keep rushing my scenes, shooting day and night, and finally finished them. From now on, I won't take scenes that are too far away, and will only take scenes near the city."

There was not a single pedestrian in the community on a summer afternoon. It was too hot and people were too lazy to even come under the trees to cool off. They were probably all staying at home and enjoying the air conditioning.

The nanny car drove very slowly. Even though there was no one on the road in the community, the nanny car still drove at a steady speed and slowly drove out of the community.

The sunlight shining through the black car window glass is no longer scorching, but gentle and soothing.

He Daqi suddenly felt a little sleepy, so he asked He Bing for conversation, "Uncle, didn't you say last time that the exchange group would go to South Korea in early September this year? Why did you ask me to go so early?"

"Last time you just cut in line and were given a random show. This time you have to rehearse seriously, so you have to listen to the arrangements of the exchange group." He Bing was also a little lazy, and responded softly with his eyes closed.

At this moment, He Daqi really couldn't imagine what kind of program the exchange group would arrange for him. It couldn't be singing, right?
Fortunately, the nanny car gradually increased its speed after leaving the community. Every time it passed a building, it would block the sunlight, and the light and shadow kept interweaving. He Daqi was no longer sleepy.

This summer afternoon is truly still.

After He Daqi and He Bing got off the car in front of the Central Bank Building, they didn't want to stay outside any longer, so they trotted into the Central Bank Building.

This exchange group was on the 12th floor. He Bing led He Daqi to the door and stopped. He Daqi pushed the door open and walked in.

In fact, He Bing could come or not, mainly because He Daqi was afraid of trouble. When he called yesterday, he happened to know that He Bing was free, so he dragged He Bing along.

There was no way. He didn't have a work permit. If he came by himself, he would have to spend a long time contacting people and then go back and forth to register. It would be better to let He Bing lead him in directly.

Pushing open the door, this should be the old big studio. The stage is even bigger than the one we rehearsed last time, and there are more seats for the audience below than last time.

There was no one performing on the stage, and there were even few people in the entire studio. There were only seven or eight people sitting in the audience seats below the stage, whispering about something.

The sound of He Daqi pushing the door attracted everyone's attention, and they all turned their heads to look over at the same time.

"Captain Wang, long time no see." He Daqi greeted the person he knew happily.

The three old things: honesty, simplicity, and a silly smile.

Captain Wang smiled and replied, "Long time no see."

He was a straightforward person, and he said whatever he wanted to say. In addition, he had a lot of work to do, so he had no time to chat with He Daqi, so he immediately said:
"Da Qi, we were just talking about you. Are you still going to perform stick fighting this time? I feel like it's a bit too monotonous if it's just stick fighting every year. If nothing unexpected happens, the exchange group should go again next year, so you'd better prepare a few more programs. How about your singing?"

"I... am a little tone-deaf." He Daqi said with a shy smile.

An elderly woman who sat across from Captain Wang smiled and asked, "Young man, you have a nice voice. Logically, you should be able to sing well. How come you are tone-deaf?"

This aunt is considered to be relatively young among this group of people except for Captain Wang. It’s hard to say, but at least her hair is black, not as white as the rest of them.

He Daqi didn't know the man, so he smiled and explained, "My singing is always out of tune, and no matter how I try to correct it, it just won't work."

Upon hearing this, Captain Wang smiled and said, "You're in luck! You've come at the right time. The singers who are here to help with the program booking are all veteran singers. Sing a few lines for them to hear and see what the problem is."

As soon as Captain Wang finished speaking, several old men and women around him waved their hands at the same time.

"No, I'm not a singer."

"How can someone who just sings become a singer?"

"Xiao Wang, please don't flatter us!"

Amidst the chorus of excuses, the old lady who had just spoken to He Daqi said, "Young man, can you sing Two Tigers? Sing it for us."

He Daqi touched his nose embarrassedly, made up his mind, and made a fool of himself!
"Two tigers, two tigers, run fast, run fast..."

"Stop! Stop! Stop! You're not singing in tune at all!" Captain Wang quickly stopped He Daqi's undead chant.

A group of old men and women around him started to comment.

"There's nothing wrong with my vocal cords, but my sense of pitch isn't great."

"Without systematic training, I can't master the basic scales and rhythms."

"The breath is wrong."

"Besides the breath, there are also problems with the vocalization method."

"The young man is a little nervous, but there's no need to be nervous. There are many people who can't sing. This is a very common problem."

Several people took turns to point out a lot of faults of He Daqi.

Captain Wang was a little confused. Looking at the cheerful He Daqi, he turned to the veteran artists and asked, "Teachers, is there enough time to correct his condition? Honestly, I originally wanted to arrange for him to sing the chorus of the song 'A Man Should Be Self-reliant.' With over a month to go, can we get him to sing a few simple lines?"

"It is indeed difficult to correct him completely, but there is no problem in asking him to sing just a few lines." An old man with white hair responded with a smile.

Then he looked at He Daqi and offered an idea: "Young man, go back and practice the song 'Man Should Be Self-Reliant' every day. If possible, it would be best to hire a vocal teacher to correct your pronunciation word by word and learn the basic musical notation. As long as you work hard, you should be able to memorize the correct way to sing 'Man Should Be Self-Reliant' within two weeks."

"Okay, thank you for your advice." He Daqi quickly responded politely.

Captain Wang arranged with some melancholy, "Daqi, when you go back, call me every night at 7 o'clock and sing a cappella of 'A Man Should Be Self-reliant.' When I think you're ready, I'll ask you to come over for rehearsal. If you really can't practice, I'll still arrange a stick show for you."

"Okay, I understand." He Daqi nodded.

"You should go back first and practice hard!"

He Daqi agreed repeatedly and then walked out of the studio door.

"So fast? Is it still a stick fighting show like last year?" He Bing asked in surprise when he saw He Daqi coming out so quickly.

"No, let me sing along and sing 'A man should be self-reliant,'"

"Let you sing as a backup singer?!" He Bing's expression became more and more strange.

He had heard He Daqi sing last year and knew what level his nephew's singing was. It was quite strange to hear that He Daqi could sing as a backup singer.

He Daqi didn't bother to respond to him and led the way into the elevator.

On the way back, He Bing wanted to ask in detail what happened, but when he saw He Daqi started playing with his mobile phone as soon as he got in the car, he knew that his nephew didn't want to talk about it, so he put away his curiosity.

The nanny car first dropped He Bing off at the gate of the villa. He Bing got out of the car and turned back to say, "Your grandparents will be leaving late tonight. I'll drive them back to take your two children home. If you're free tonight, come over for dinner."

"No, I want to play games tonight."

He Bing sighed, too lazy to say anything else, and turned back to the villa.

Ever since He Bing moved into the villa, Mr. and Mrs. He often strolled over to the villa when they came to help look after the children, and pushed the two little ones from He Daqi's family to the villa in strollers.

The old man couldn't sit still, so at first he would push the car for a few laps and then send it back. Later, he would just push the car around the community with his three children. He would no longer send the car to the villa at noon, but would send it back in the evening.

The old man wanted to move around, so He Daqi didn't say anything. Fortunately, he didn't take him out for a walk on rainy and cloudy days, and let Zhou's mother and the Filipino maids take care of him at home.

Interestingly, the five members of the Yonghui Qiming girl group who lived next door to He Bing had all seen He Daqi’s two children.

It’s just that they don’t know that this is the child of He Daqi and Zhou Huimin.

Every day when Mr. He and Mrs. He were out for a stroll pushing the stroller, they would run into each other, and the little girls would come over and pinch the children's cheeks with a smile.

Such as now.

As the nanny car was driving slowly in the community, He Daqi saw through the car window that Tiantian, Reyiza, Nazha and Reba were huddled next to the stroller in the pavilion beside the community pond, looking confused.

With them around, it wasn't convenient for He Daqi to go down and greet Mr. He and Mrs. He, so he simply told Qin Long to drive back to the villa.

In fact, the girls knew that He Daqi and Zhou Huimin were dating, but they just didn’t know how far along they were.

What’s even more unexpected is that these two people even secretly have a child.

The reason why Zhou Huimin and He Daqi didn't tell them was that they were worried about the two youngest members of the Yonghui Qiming girl group, Reba and Nazha.

They are not mature enough yet, and if they accidentally let something slip, it will be a big joke.

People these days are very wild and will do anything for tens of thousands of dollars.

It would be fine if he ran into paparazzi who wanted to take pictures of Ho Tai Kei and Chow Wai Man's child for money, but he was afraid of running into someone else. If someone had bad intentions, Ho Tai Kei couldn't even imagine what the two babies would suffer.

So He Daqi and Zhou Huimin were still a little secretive in front of the little girls.

The longer you can hide, the better. This is also the reason why He Daqi agreed immediately when Zhou Huimin said she wanted to buy another villa.

After all, living in the same community is still not very convenient.

The nanny car stopped.

He Daqi put his thoughts aside, got out of the car and entered the villa.

Coincidentally, before he entered the house, another nanny car stopped at the gate of the villa and Zhou Huimin got out of the car.

"Oh, those little girls are so annoying. Haven't they ever seen children? I wanted to get off the car to say hello to the grandparents, but I saw them passing by." Zhou Huimin complained when she saw He Daqi. He Daqi smiled and said, "We were just a few steps apart. I wanted to get off the car to say hello, but I didn't get off when I saw them."

Zhou Huimin pouted and came over, hugging He Daqi's arm and humming, "I know, I came back a little earlier than you, and I was hiding in the car to secretly watch them. I was going to get out of the car and say hello when they left the pavilion, but I saw you come back, so I followed you back."

"When is the next concert?"

"Mid-August."

The two of them walked into the villa while talking.

Not long after, the two men left the villa again and came to the swimming pool next to the villa.

At this moment, the outer side of the insulation room built above the swimming pool has been removed, leaving only the top for sunshade.

Zhou Huimin couldn't wait to jump into the water, while He Daqi walked to the oven and started to light the fire.

Zhou Huimin swam for a while, and probably felt a little tired because she had been splashing too fast just now. She swam over with a smile, her long legs still splashing in the water, and her upper body was lying on the edge of the swimming pool.

Her beautiful figure shines brightly in the water, so white that it is a little dazzling.

"Didn't you tell me on the phone last night that you were going to book a show today? How's it going? What show did you book?"

"Singing, 'A Man Should Be Self-reliant.' Oh, and speaking of this, you have to help me. Download a song on your phone called 'A Man Should Be Self-reliant,' and I'll sing it while you correct me. I'll call the group leader every day to sing it a cappella."

Zhou Huimin giggled in the water for a long time before calming herself down. When the laughter stopped, she confirmed again: "Are you singing 'A Man Should Be Self-reliant'?"

He Daqi responded unhappily: "Yes!"

Zhou Huimin started laughing in the water again.

She was now interested. After she had laughed enough, she immediately came out of the water, went to the lounge chair under the parasol, picked up her mobile phone, fiddled with it for a while and downloaded "Man as Self-reliance".

"Come, sister will teach you to sing." She said with a smile as she approached He Daqi who was fiddling with the charcoal.

"Wait a moment, I'll grill the clams first." He Daqi said dejectedly.

After half an hour.

"Aoqi is facing the wolf~"

"No, the tune is wrong. Follow my lead and face the waves with pride~"

"Aoqi is facing the wolf~"

"Ah! I'm going crazy! I hope you can make even a little progress!"

Zhou Huimin felt like she was almost out of her mind. She really regretted agreeing to correct He Daqi's pronunciation.

Looking at He Daqi who was still enjoying himself and braying non-stop, Zhou Huimin kicked him in disgust: "Go grill some more skewers, I'm a little angry and hungry. I really don't believe that a singer like me who won the Golden Melody Award can't teach you!"

Another half hour later.

Zhou Huimin slumped in the recliner with lifeless eyes. She felt that the skewers grilled by He Daqi were no longer fragrant.

"Wait a moment, I suddenly remembered something." Zhou Huimin stretched out her hand to stop He Daqi's noise pollution.

After He Daqi stopped, Zhou Huimin took the phone and made a call.

"Hey, Xiao Liu, I suddenly feel like I'm ready to move. Please make some arrangements. I'm planning to perform ten concerts next month..."

Before she could finish, He Daqi snatched her phone away, put it to her ear and said, "Sister Liu, she's drunk. Don't listen to her. Hang up first."

Throwing his phone aside, He Daqi asked fiercely, "You actually want to go out and perform at a concert just to avoid me?"

Zhou Huimin was too guilty to look at him and whispered, "I feel like I'm going insane if I don't hide. Please let me go."

Seeing He Daqi still looking at her fiercely, Zhou Huimin used her clever little brain and came up with an idea: "How about this! How about we find you a vocal teacher?"

"No matter what, I don't want to embarrass myself in front of outsiders."

"You also know how embarrassing it is? What you are singing is the sound of human movement?" Zhou Huimin asked with a roll of her eyes.

"I don't care. You have to teach me this song whether you want to or not. No matter what, you have to teach me this song."

"...Okay, you continue." Zhou Huimin said helplessly.

"Aoqi is facing the wolf~"

"Good, very good, next sentence!" Zhou Huimin clapped her hands and nodded seriously.

"You teach me well!"

……

……

Jingle Bell!
"Hey, what's up, Sister Liu?"

"Da Qi, Tiantian asked me to ask you, when will you be free to take her to Beijing Film Academy to register?"

"Let Rei Zha take her there. I'm busy right now."

After He Daqi hung up the phone, he sighed and looked at the time. It was almost time, so he was a little reluctant to call Captain Wang.

Zhou Huimin looked at him with a half-smile and reminded him in a mean way, "Daqi, isn't it time to report on the progress again?"

"Ah."

He Daqi took his cell phone and left the villa.

Summer nights come a little slowly. Although it is seven o'clock and the bright moon is hanging in the sky, it is still not completely dark. However, it will be soon because dusk is always very short.

He came to the small garden of the villa. The dog looked back furtively and found that no one was around, so he called Captain Wang.

"Hello, Captain Wang."

"Just sing it, and I'll give you my comments after you finish."

"Pride in the face of countless waves, blood as hot as the red sun, courage as strong as iron, bones as strong as steel..."

After He Daqi finished singing, Captain Wang was silent for a while before replying, "Not bad, much better than the past few days. Practice for another two days and I'll take a look then."

"Okay, you're busy."

He Daqi hung up the phone immediately.

After returning to the villa, he was about to say something to Zhou Huimin, but Zhou Huimin quickly waved her hand at him:

"Don't ask me. I've been listening to you sing these past few days and I don't even know what the original version sounded like. I can't really comment on how well you sing now."

He Daqi curled the corners of his mouth.

Zhou Huimin didn't comment. The key point was that Captain Wang always said the same thing: "It's okay, better than before." Then he sent He Daqi away.

As a result, He Daqi himself doesn’t know whether he has made any progress.

He was absent-minded here, while Zhou Huimin was very anxious and angry over there.

Zhou Huimin slammed her phone on the sofa and said angrily, "Penguin's stock has fallen again! It's almost the same as my purchase price now. In a year, I haven't even made any interest."

He Daqi was stunned when he heard this, and immediately came over and asked, "Falling again? Didn't you fall once before?"

"Alas...it's fallen back to over three yuan. Fortunately, at least it has held the bottom line and hasn't fallen too far."

Zhou Huimin looked at the drastically downward curve and felt a little tired of looking at it. She turned off her cell phone, pushed He Daqi back, let him lean on the sofa, and then she snuggled into his arms.

Cricket Pupa Cricket Pupa felt comfortable lying down, and chatted with He Daqi about other things to divert her attention. Otherwise, if she kept thinking about the stock market, she was afraid that it would make her mentality old.

"Please get a few more of your classmates to open accounts at Yabo. Once the trial operation is running smoothly and we start the public beta, we'll spend money to hire celebrities to sign exclusive contracts. Then we'll burn money to attract users."

He Daqi said listlessly, "I've recruited all I could. Deng Chao also helped me recruit a lot of his classmates from the Central Academy of Drama. Others can't be recruited for free. And if we recruit them for free, how can we sign an exclusive contract?"

"Seeing Penguin's stock doing so badly, I suddenly have lost some confidence in Yabo. Penguin at least has a profit margin, but how can Yabo make money in the future? It won't always be a free platform, right? Charging isn't realistic either. When Penguin changed its charging model, it almost got beaten to a pulp by Langma. Oh, so annoying."

As Zhou Huimin was talking, she took the initiative to mention Penguin's stocks.

It's quite weird. Penguin's stock has been fluctuating back and forth these days, jumping and surging. For Zhou Huimin, this is not a fluctuation of millions, but tens of millions jumping back and forth. It would be strange if she could calm down.

He Daqi confidently consoled him, "Don't worry, even if we fail, it won't be too bad. As long as we're the first to try it and stay at the forefront, even if we can't sustain it in the future, at least we can still sell it for a good price. Haven't people been coming to us these past few days wanting to buy us? This shows that others are also optimistic about this platform, and that's before they know we'll spend money to sign exclusive contracts with celebrities."

Zhou Huimin seemed absent-minded and did not respond.

After a moment, she spoke up, "Do you remember the day Penguin went public? Mr. Ma approached us and said he wanted to partner up on another project. I guess he's worried about it now. Let alone other projects, Penguin isn't stable anymore."

"You are crazy now, and you are too impatient. You talk about penguins every three sentences." He Daqi said with some amusement.

Zhou Huimin raised her head and snorted fiercely, "I don't think I'm crazy because of Penguin, but because you sing 'A Man Should Be Self-reliant' to me every day and it's crazy to me. What kind of good person can sing a song all day long?"

Talking about this topic, He Daqi coughed awkwardly, touched his nose and said: "I am singing very well now, anyway, I think it is not much different from the original singer."

"Don't talk nonsense. The original singer is Lam Tsz-hsiang, he's a really good singer. You're totally clueless now and you're actually trying to compete with him."

Zhou Huimin's words made He Daqi ponder, and he muttered to himself, "Isn't it possible that I'm singing backing for him?"

(End of this chapter)