Huayu 1995

Chapter 198: Exciting, isn't it? (Seeking monthly votes)
"Boyfriend?" Thor immediately realized something was wrong and denied it: "He's not my boyfriend, Uncle, you've misunderstood."

"You gave him the Rolex?"

Uncle pursed his lips.

Nobody can ever have too many Rolexes. I don't even own one myself, and my niece hasn't given me one.

“He gave me 10% of the advertising company shares, which was to repay a favor; I didn’t want to owe him anything.”

Lin Zhimeng had no choice but to patiently explain.

Before the advertising company was even established, it received a huge order worth 1.8 million yuan, with a profit of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan. Taking 100,000 yuan for 10% is equivalent to directly participating in the profit sharing, isn't it?
Thor didn't want to take advantage of Su Chao.

She knew Su Chao had a tough time. When they first met, the young man was in dire straits, even having to pay in installments for a guitar.

"Why did he give you 10% of the shares? Did he give them to other girls as well?"

Uncle Lin retorted without any politeness.

"..."

Lin Zhimeng understood why her uncle asked that question.

But how do we explain this?

Should I say that I'm teaching Su Chao's students for free?

Then why give lessons to people for free?

Isn't it all because of Su Chao?

The more you explain, the worse it gets; it's better not to explain at all.

Do you think Chaozai's movie will lose money?

Uncle Lin asked again.

I must make my eldest niece realize her own true feelings.

You've fallen in love, little girl.

"Su Chao has some skills, he shouldn't lose too much..."

Lin Zhimeng spoke the truth.

Given Su Chao's penny-pinching nature, he couldn't possibly have gone to such great lengths to make a movie just to lose money.

"Look, you think of him whenever you have something good, and he thinks of you whenever he has something good. Isn't that just like a young couple living together?"

Uncle Lin thought this was fine.

We need to work together to make a good life; at least it shows that it's not just one-sided enthusiasm.

"Uncle, you've had too much to drink!"

Lin Zhimeng was so angry that her chest hurt.

It must have been something that Su Chao said that made her uncle so certain.

Okay, okay, we'll settle the score when you get back.

You'd better not come back!
"Okay, okay, he's not, I know he isn't. I'll cancel that check in a bit."

Uncle Lin was persuaded.

"uncle!"

Lin Zhimeng was unusually angry.

"Sigh, I told you so, but you insisted it wasn't. Now that I'm saying it isn't, you get upset. You've always been difficult to please since you were little..."

Uncle Lin muttered a complaint.

"If you have nothing else, I'll hang up."

Lin Zhimeng didn't want to listen to her uncle's nonsense anymore.

How could her innocent sibling relationship with Su Chao be misunderstood like this?

"How are you planning to celebrate your birthday in December?"

Uncle Lin had other things to say on the phone; he didn't want to see the two girls celebrate their birthdays alone and lonely.

"Let's talk about it then."

Lin Zhimeng gets a headache whenever she hears the word "birthday." She doesn't understand what's so great about celebrating a birthday.

Su Chao, on the other hand, acted as if he had gotten a great deal on his birthday.

"If all else fails, you can have Su Chao accompany you. There are some very romantic restaurants in mainland China where you can have two people and lots of candles..."

Uncle Lin, unafraid of death, continued to provoke them.

I don't believe you can strangle me with a phone line from a distance.

"Uncle, if you keep saying that, I'll..."

For a moment, Lin Zhimeng didn't know how to threaten the uncle on the other end of the phone.

She can barely maintain her usual composure.

"I'm not going to say anymore, I'm hanging up now. Sigh, if you don't want me to say it, then you don't want me to say it. You're shy and won't admit it, but you can be shy too..."

By the time Lin Zhimeng wanted to say something more, the call had already ended.

Lin Zhimeng stared blankly at the phone for a moment before putting the receiver back on the phone.

After meeting Uncle Lin and receiving the million-dollar check, Su Chao proceeded to meet Lin Xi as planned.

He arranged to meet Lin Xi again.

Lin Xi, this person with a crooked backside, is his main focus of care.

He never misses an opportunity.

Lin Xi didn't want to see Su Chao. He felt upset for several days after seeing Su Chao last time.

During this period, I would spread out paper and doodle, but I could not compose more than a few lines of poetry even after half a day.

This is a huge blow.

He knew he was getting stuck on a rut.

Someone could write lyrics that he also found ingenious, lyrics that resonated deeply with him; he should consider them a kindred spirit. They were both cultured people, and they enjoyed drinks and conversation together.

If this gets out, it will definitely be a wonderful story.

However, Su Chao came from the mainland, and Lin Xi instinctively felt that the mainland was backward and had become a cultural desert.

They should look up to themselves.

Instead of making yourself look at them as equals.

They don't deserve it!

Therefore, he and Su Chao were destined not to be friends.

I wasn't planning on meeting him, but Su Chao said he had written another song.

Moreover, it's similar to Lin Xi's style, so I'd like to ask Lin Xi to take a look.

What do you mean by similar styles?!

Lin Xi is a very curious person, and it is precisely because of this thirst for knowledge that he has written so many great works.

He initially had a normal sexual orientation.

Later, out of sheer curiosity about the taste of men, he ventured into the narrow, winding path.

Su Chao said he had a new song with a similar style to his, so he couldn't resist the temptation and invited Su Chao to Liangyou Ice Room near his home once again.

"I'm sorry, I've been... causing some controversy lately."

Su Chao smiled and extended his hand to Lin Xi.

Lin Xi hesitated for a few seconds, but still shook hands with Su Chao.

"Goodbye Second Avenue" and "Your Name, My Surname" together have 140,000 views.

It's already very expensive.

The discounts weren't much, especially for "Goodbye Second Avenue," which only had a negligible 10% discount.

But Su Chao gritted his teeth and bought them all.

I don't care whether I live or die, I just want you to be unable to write any decent songs.

Unfortunately, the third item this month is an attribute pill.

Three creative attribute pills.

These three small pills, discounted by 20%, are still priced at 2.4 million.

Attributes are more valuable than experience; what increases is talent.

It's normal for it to be expensive.

Actually, Su Chao doesn't care much about talent. He can take advantage of others, so whether he has creative talent or not doesn't matter.

He felt it was a pity that the system wasn't intelligent enough.

When someone buys something from a store, it doesn't really affect that person.

Buying singing experience points will not reduce a person's singing ability.

Buying attribute points will not reduce a person's talent.

Even if a song is bought, the person can still create one.

Therefore, Su Chao must make this person hear the song before the creation time indicated by the system—once they hear it, creating a version based on it would be plagiarism.

If he takes it all, it's gone. Su Chao is really interested in turning Lin Xi into an idiot.

"Listen to this song first, 'Me'... This is a song I wrote for Leslie Cheung."

In the vineyard, / the hymn of the daffodil echoes / What am I? / A grain of sand among countless ages…

I am who I am / A firework of a different color / Under the vast sky and sea / I will be the strongest bubble...

The song "I" is available in both Cantonese and Mandarin versions, and the lyrics were written by Lin Xi.

Lin Xi listened to it and his expression improved slightly. The song was indeed not bad, but it was still inferior to his previous works, "The Promise" and "The Hard-to-Recite Sutra".

This kid is nothing special.

The previous two songs were probably just lucky.

"And this one, 'Your Name, My Surname,' I plan to dedicate to Jacky Cheung. I heard he's getting married soon."

Su Chao said in a very serious tone.

His bag was like a bottomless pit, ready to swallow everything at any moment.

This shattered Lin Xi's dream that Su Chao had only brought one song.

"Do you know Jacky Cheung?"

Lin Xi's hands trembled slightly. Leslie Cheung and Jacky Cheung were originally his loyal big clients.

The princess got a song called "Red Bean" from Su Chao last time and even played it for him, which made him so angry that he couldn't sleep well for several nights.

Of course, he is still confident that he can write lyrics better than Su Chao.

He just felt that Su Chao had a lot of good songs in his possession and came prepared, which is why he couldn't come up with anything better to embarrass Su Chao for the time being.

His meeting with Su Chao was both an exchange and a competition.

"He doesn't know yet that Jacky Cheung is my favorite singer. I heard that May Lo plans to give up her career, retire from the film industry, and devote herself to being a wife and mother at home. She also plans to name her English name after Jacky Cheung, May Cheung. I was moved by their love story and wrote this song for them. Listen to it... don't you feel that way?"

Su Chao looked at Lin Xi with anticipation as she listened to the song.

Surprised? Unexpected? Exciting?

"I...I have a feeling, I think they would really like it."

In fact, Lin Xi's expression was already quite unpleasant; this song had clearly touched a nerve with him.

If he were to write lyrics for Jacky Cheung.

I guess it will be something like this.

It's hard to say whether it can even compare, let alone surpass it.

(End of this chapter)