Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 145 Early Morning Festival (Evening Mouth)

The next morning.

Wearing her newly bought clothes, Wang Luyao, who had just finished rehearsing, swept aside the cosmetics on the table as soon as she returned backstage and eagerly piled them on the table.

Wang Jinghua followed in and couldn't help but feel sympathy upon seeing this scene. Dancing with two heavy burdens must be quite torturous.

She handed him a bottle of mineral water and encouraged him, "Hang in there a little longer. You'll have plenty of time to rest after filming this afternoon."

"Uh-huh……"

Wang Luyao responded weakly. Actually, being tired was only one aspect; the main reason was the friction.

In order not to affect the filming of the next two days, Zhang Yan only did a little bit in the evenings, focusing most of his energy on the two key points.

It wasn't that it was unpleasant, it was just that it wasn't quite what Wang Luyao had imagined.

Regardless of the process, she feels much more at ease now, and she no longer needs to hide her thoughts and ideas.

Just then, the assistant poked her head in again and reminded her, "Sister Hua, someone outside is looking for you. One claims to be your old classmate, and the other calls himself Old Xu."

"How did these two end up together?"

Wang Jinghua was a little puzzled. She told Wang Luyao to take good care of herself and then hurried back to the studio.

Once outside, they saw Zhang Yan talking to a refined-looking man in his thirties. Wang Jinghua had met this man twice before; he was Zhang Yan's editor at the magazine and was one of Zhang Yan's earliest friends in Tianjin.

Further away, An Wen and Brother Xu stood in two distinct places.

"Brother Xu~"

Wang Jinghua went over and greeted Brother Xu first. She was not an ungrateful person. Before, she had not yet gained a foothold in Yuanmeng. Now that she had become the third person after Zhang Yan and Chen Hong, she naturally wanted to help Brother Xu, who had helped her before.

Of course, she did some research beforehand to confirm that Brother Xu was indeed a very honest person—but because he was so generous, he didn't manage to save any money despite having a wide network of connections.

"Sis... cough, well, hahaha."

Xu Ge subconsciously wanted to call her "little sister," but then he remembered that Wang Jinghua was not the same person she used to be, so he swallowed his words awkwardly and scratched his head with a forced smile.

Wang Jinghua smiled and said, "Brother Xu, please sit down and wait a while. I'll introduce you when President Zhang is less busy."

"Okay, okay, you go ahead and do your thing."

After greeting Brother Xu, Wang Jinghua turned to An Wen: "Jinglin... no, An Wen, you came to Tianjin without saying a word. Is something urgent?"

"It's not an urgent matter."

An Wen glanced at Brother Xu not far away and lowered his voice, "I heard that your Dream Come True team has another big plan. They're planning to invite all the top singers in the country to hold a concert in Tianjin. Is that true?"

Wang Jinghua exclaimed in surprise, "Your information network is quite impressive. We only officially announced it yesterday."

An Wen chuckled twice but didn't respond to the question.

In fact, after "I Am a Singer" became a huge hit, Su Yue had been keeping an eye on realizing his dream, waiting and hoping to take advantage of the opportunity.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Jinghua felt there was no need to hide this from An Wen, so she explained, "Actually, the New Year's Eve concert is just a side thing. Our real purpose in fulfilling our dream is to work with everyone to establish industry rules and make commercial performances more standardized, so that everyone won't always be worried about losing both money and reputation."

Hearing these words, An Wen couldn't help but feel a strong sense of frustration.

Even now, Pu'an is still arguing fiercely with others over whether he can get more or fewer bar gigs; meanwhile, Yuanmeng Records, founded by Zhang Yan around the same time, has already begun to establish industry rules.

Even though Anwen has always had confidence in her husband's talent, she has to admit that there is a huge gap between their vision and abilities.

But this time she wasn't there to feel ashamed. Composing herself, she pleaded, "Jinghua, actually, we have good singers in Pu'an too, they just don't have the right opportunities. You see, this concert, could it... could it..."

"This……"

In fact, Wang Jinghua had already guessed her purpose, but she still pretended to be embarrassed and said, "As you know, we are here to set industry rules, so we have invited top-tier singers such as A Mao, Yang Yuying, Cai Guoqing, Mao Ning, Liu Huan, and Wei Wei. Then there are the older generation such as Li Guyi and Jiang Dawei—singers from your Pu'an are probably not quite up to standard."

"Hey, can you help me think of a solution?"

An Wen grabbed Wang Jinghua's hand and pleaded again, "For the sake of our old classmate relationship, please help me this once—besides, Gao Feng's skill level is really good, not much worse than your Han Lei."

Wang Jinghua secretly shook her head. She had always felt that this old classmate was not suited for business. If these two sentences were overheard by someone who was petty and calculating, the deal would probably fall through.

What is Han Lei's current status?
Not only are her original songs popular all over the country, but her adapted and covered songs are also considered to be no less than the originals, or even more wonderful. She is both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, and her songs are popular both in the entertainment industry and among the general public.

As for that Gao Feng, he supposedly released an album, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, failing to make the slightest ripple.

An Wen comparing the two of them would only make him a laughing stock if word got out.

However, since they were old classmates, and Wang Jinghua had gone back on her word and joined Yuanmeng, she felt somewhat guilty towards An Wen. So she whispered a reminder: "Don't say that again—go back and tell Gao Feng to prepare well. If President Zhang agrees, let him come to Tianjin to give it a try."

"Okay, okay, I'll call Su Yue right away!"

Anwen was overjoyed and turned to go outside to find a public phone.

Wang Jinghua quickly stopped her, and told her assistant to bring over a mobile phone, saying, "Use this to make the call."

"This is?"

"The company just assigned them to us a couple of days ago. The two of us who joined earliest, as well as the music director, all got a share."

Wang Jinghua spoke casually, but it made An Wen so jealous she almost choked.

You should know that a single mobile phone costs more than 20,000 yuan, and three phones would cost more than 70,000 yuan. However, Puan Company's net income for more than half a year is less than half of that amount.

With mixed feelings, An Wen took the cell phone and went to a corner to make a call to her husband.

Su Yue was overjoyed to hear that Wang Jinghua had agreed to help recommend him, and immediately told Gao Feng to hurry up and prepare, and to bring out his best performance and the best song.

In fact, Gao Feng has recently been considering terminating his contract with Pu An. Historically, Pu An has never made much progress; it was only thanks to Wang Jinghua's hard work that he made the twin brothers famous.

Later, because Su Yue gave all the songs he wrote to the twin brothers to release albums, Gao Feng resolutely terminated his contract with Pu An in early 1993.

Although Su Yue didn't take away his songs, Pu'an's development is now more difficult than in the past. Although he is a signed singer, he is doing work as a bar singer.

Even Gao Feng, who is currently the most prominent, is only in a slightly more upscale venue.

Gao Feng saw no hope in this situation and began to consider quitting.

Upon hearing that Pu'an could actually connect with the dream-fulfilling connection, Gao Feng immediately held Su Yue and his wife in much higher regard.

Everyone in the industry knows that Mr. Zhang, who helps people realize their dreams, is the best Midas touch in the industry. He made Wang Luyao and "I'm Crazy for Singing" famous with a lawsuit. "I'm Crazy for Singing" then made the singers under his management famous. The compilation album sold 180 million copies in just over two months.

This is like Qin Shi Huang touching an electrical wire – he's won so badly he's completely lost!

With the current scale of his dream-realization efforts, as long as he spares a little bit of resources, it will be more than enough for him to enjoy.

Ideally, I'd like to switch jobs and go to my dream company!
I don't know what the relationship is between Puan and Yuanmeng.

At this moment, Gao Feng was both worried that Pu An's connections weren't strong enough and that the connections between the two sides were too strong, because without that, he wouldn't be able to switch jobs.

…………

Just as Gao Feng made up his mind to take the opportunity to curry favor with Yuan Meng, Xu Ge, who had gone with Wang Jinghua to "pay homage" to Zhang Yan, also presented his own gift:

A song originally written by the Compass Band, "Your Tenderness I Will Never Understand".

[PS: See author's note for details.]

(End of this chapter)