Huayu 1995

Chapter 221 That's a different price (Seeking monthly votes)
After becoming a professional singer, making money became much easier.

Leaving aside albums, fame allows one to shoot commercials and get endorsements.

While it's rare to encounter someone like Boss Zong who plays psychological games and can throw out a million-dollar endorsement fee, a hundred or two thousand is still no problem.

In this era, 100,000 to 200,000 yuan can directly buy a house.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many aspiring musicians in Beijing.

However, commercial performances are still the most lucrative.

They perform and then leave; in a truly impressive day, they might run two commercial performances.

Each time it costs tens of thousands of yuan.

Take, for example, the birthday party that Su Chao is going to attend.

The wealthy man threw a banquet to celebrate his daughter's birthday and even invited a singer to perform.

Thirty thousand yuan!

These days, let alone coming up with 30,000 yuan, many families might not even be able to come up with 30,000 yuan even if they combined all their assets.

The rich guy just handed it over without hesitation.

Since the opening up of the market, there have been several opportunities for people to become rich overnight.

Especially those with resources and connections.

Even if you do your best, it might not be as good as someone else's casual effort.

Once you grasp it, you can instantly create a huge gap between yourself and ordinary people.

Su Chao has no resentment towards the rich.

I'll give him 30,000 yuan to sing two songs; I have to make her happy on her birthday.

Zheng Min is the daughter of a wealthy man.

Her father was one of the earliest traders. He was daring and hardworking, caught a good time, and knew when to quit, accumulating a large fortune.

With initial capital and connections to the Zheng family, their other businesses are now thriving.

Thirty thousand yuan isn't enough for what he earns in a day.

He used it to coax his daughter on her birthday without even blinking.

After all, a daughter's fifteenth birthday only happens once.

Moreover, fifteen was an important coming-of-age ceremony in ancient times.

This time, Zheng Min invited some of her close friends and classmates.

They were about the same age as her.

"Who is Su Chao? I don't even know him. Can't you hire someone more famous?"

Almost everyone has someone like this who lacks emotional intelligence around them.

It's one thing to lack emotional intelligence, but the worst part is that you also have a mouth.

The little girls who came to the birthday party got excited as soon as they heard that a celebrity was invited to sing.

However, some people have never heard of Su Chao.

"Su Chao is that handsome skateboarder in the coconut milk commercial; it's on TV every day."

Zheng Min offered an explanation.

When her father asked her which celebrity she wanted to invite, she said without hesitation that she wanted to invite Su Chao.

Her dad was quite puzzled at the time, didn't she like Aaron Kwok and Lin Yilun?
What the heck is Su Chao?

Fortunately, her father didn't care which celebrities she liked.

Someone contacted Su Chao's side.

Upon discovering that 30,000 yuan could secure a live performance of two songs, he placed an order without hesitation.

It’s too cheap.

He even asked his daughter if it was enough.

"Pfft, that commercial was alright. His Safeguard commercial... wow!"

Many of the young girls blushed.

"Wow, is he that handsome guy from the Safeguard commercial?!" The girl with low emotional intelligence was instantly smitten and asked urgently, "Can we ask him to take off his shirt and sing?"

Although everyone thinks this way, can they really say it out loud?
Huh? If you say it out loud, is it still considered speaking from the heart?

"It shouldn't be...right?"

Zheng Min became even more excited when she thought about Su Chao's imminent arrival.

A dozen or so boys and girls, chatting amongst themselves, quickly pieced together a rough outline of Su Chao's situation.

I learned that he appeared in Jiang Shan's music video, acted in commercials, released albums, and even wrote songs for others. He also attended Andy Lau's concert a few days ago...

Su Chao arrived at the scene right on time.

This time, he and Lü Bu arrived in a new car.

A brand new Santana.

This car belonged to Yuanmeng Advertising Company, and thus became Su Chao's personal vehicle.

It cost a full 200,000 yuan.

After arriving at the location and parking the new car, Lü Bu came out and opened an umbrella. Su Chao was escorted into the restaurant by him, looking quite like a celebrity.

It's not a parasol.

It's mainly raining.

"Damn, my shoulders are all soaked! Are you even okay?!"

Su Chao complained with disdain.

What should I do if I really want a female assistant?
Ideally, someone like Thor would be best, but I wonder if Thor would be willing to be his free assistant.

You serve me during the day, and I'll serve you at night...

"Can you blame me? The umbrella you put down is too small. It's not the one I bought. Where did you get an umbrella? You're so girly."

Lu Bu was not to be outdone. Although he followed Su Chao, Su Chao always treated him like a brother.

The two of them still interacted casually in private, just like before.

"Teacher Lin bought it for me."

Su Chao was perfectly justified.

"Tch~ You're just being presumptuous. I let you use it for a bit, and you won't give it back. You're even treating it like it was bought for you."

Lu Bu didn't even need to think to know the truth.

However, he was also puzzled as to why Teacher Lin did not accept Su Chao's advances.

Isn't Su Chao good enough?
Damn it, if I were a woman, I wouldn't be able to control myself either.

According to Lu Bu's guess, it's probably because Teacher Lin doesn't like men.

Since entering the entertainment industry, Lü Bu has witnessed many unbelievable things, such as that men in the entertainment industry don't necessarily like women, and women might like polishing mirrors, etc.

It's normal for Teacher Lin to be a bit open-minded, since he's a musician.

If that's the case, then Brother Chao will be in a really bad situation.

He actually lost because of an extra thing in his crotch. I wonder if Teacher Lin can accept the possibility of cosmetic surgery.

"Sigh, another day of wanting to change my agent."

Su Chao sighed, "This Lu Bu is too inconsiderate. Even Diao Chan would be better than him."

Everyone else who time-travels ends up dating Diao Chan.

But he chose Lü Bu by some strange twist of fate.

"Hurry up and go in, smile, and be professional."

Lu Bu handed the gift to Su Chao, gave him a push, and led him into the banquet hall.

His manner was like that of a madam escorting a courtesan to meet her clients.

The courtesan was led inside by a waiter.

The banquet hall was pre-selected by Lü Bu, so they could simply go in after they arrived.

The small banquet hall was set up with several tables, all occupied by young men and women of similar age.

There was another table occupied by older people.

After Su Chao came in, he looked around and saw a girl wearing a birthday hat. He walked straight over to her and handed her the gift while she stared blankly at him.

Happy birthday, Zheng Min!

Zheng Min was stunned and had no idea how to react.

Her impression of Su Chao mainly came from his album photos and two commercials.

However, when she actually met him in person, she realized that Su Chao was not photogenic at all.

He's so much more handsome in person than on screen.

Moreover, Su Chao was dressed in a black suit today, looking like a groom.

Which young girl could withstand such an impact?

The rich man's face turned green!

However, the rich man's thought process is different from that of a normal person.

This person named Su Chao is a celebrity.

He definitely won't get married too early, and his daughter doesn't have much interaction with him; at most, she admires him as an idol.

After pulling this stunt, it will be much harder for any blond-haired guy to trick his daughter next time.

This seems to be called a threshold or something similar.

"Thank you... thank you..."

Oh no, I can't take my eyes off it, I don't even want to blink.

Will he kiss me?
Fortunately, Su Chao did not offer such services—that was at a different price.

After greeting the little girl.

Su Chao then went to the stage in the banquet hall to sing.

The equipment was a bit outdated, but it was usable. Lu Bu, the agent, knew a bit about everything and had learned a lot about playback from Yao Qianshu.

The first song is "Dark Fragrance".

The song was requested by the client, and Su Chao's requirement was that it be within the album's scope.

Performing at various venues is a commercial activity, and singing other people's songs without authorization is illegal, but as long as no one pursues the matter, it doesn't really matter.

However, Su Chao didn't want to leave any ammunition for criticism.

It's not like he doesn't have good songs; of course he'll choose his own if he can.

With the addition of 2,000 points of beginner singing experience, Su Chao's singing skills have made significant progress.

Singing this song is even easier for me now.

It feels like it's not much brighter than a sandbag, but it's not far off.

Once he gains more experience points, even Sha Bao Liang will have to admit defeat in front of this cheater.

We crushed them with sheer strength!
"Today is Zheng Min's birthday. I wish her academic progress and continuous improvement. I also wish all the friends here today all their wishes come true and wealth flows in... Next is a song dedicated to Zheng Min, 'It's All Your Fault'."

The client's sister didn't order the most popular song, "The Moon Caused the Trouble," but instead ordered its Cantonese version.

This is considered normal.

Some people like to listen to Cantonese songs, while others prefer Mandarin songs. The Mandarin and Cantonese versions of the same song can be of different quality.

Compared to the lukewarm reception of the first song, the banquet hall became much more lively when the second song ended.

"One more song!"

"One more song!"

This is similar to adding time; once you've had your fill, you want to keep having it.

(End of this chapter)