The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 99 JYP Chinese Server, Plus Version

Time goes back to a few minutes ago.

As a resident singer who frequents bars, Hu Youyu quickly livened up the atmosphere with just a few words after sitting down.

"Come on, let's all have a drink together."

Hu Youyu was the first to raise his wine bottle.

Everyone responded enthusiastically, even Ma Siyi, who had only been drinking mineral water, picked up a bottle of beer.

"Siyi, if you can't drink, don't force yourself. I'll drink for you," Xie Wanghe advised from the side.

Xia Fenghua's expression darkened upon hearing this.

She doesn't drink alcohol, yet she doesn't seem to care about Xie Wanghe's presence.

Ma Siyi took Xia Fenghua's arm and said, "It's okay, I'll drink less. I'm really happy to see Fenghua and you again."

Hu Youyu nodded in agreement, saying, "It's precisely because you can't drink that you need to practice your alcohol tolerance. For someone like us who performs at a resident venue, it's definitely not okay if you can't drink. If you get drunk too quickly, then you're doomed."

These words sparked Xie Wanghe's concerns about Ma Siyi's work.

He was trying to figure out how to persuade Ma Siyi to go back to Huajie and repeat a year of high school before taking the college entrance exam again.

Before Xie Wanghe could speak, Ma Siyi immediately raised her glass: "Come on, cheers!"

"cheers!"

Five bottles collided together.

Hu Youyu chugs straight from the bottle, finishing the whole thing in one gulp.

After finishing his drink, he put down the bottle first, and instead of urging others to drink more, he let everyone drink as they pleased without forcing anyone.

Ma Siyi and Xia Fenghua could only drink one sip before they couldn't drink anymore, while Xie Wanghe drank several sips every time, it was hard to tell whether it was because he was happy or depressed.

Yang Muyi and Xiaohe each only took a couple of sips, just to get a taste.

Just as Hu Youyu was about to begin the second round of toasts, Ma Siyi suddenly looked at Yang Muye:
"I don't have a stable job right now, and I really need this job as a guitarist in a band to support myself, so can the interview start now?"

Xia Fenghua had just learned the whole story from Ma Siyi and was very shocked by Yang Muyi's plan to form a band.

I'm also really looking forward to it.

Although they had only known each other for two days, Xia Fenghua's intuition told her that although Yang Muye was meticulous, he was definitely a good boss.

Similarly, Ma Siyi joining Yang Muyi's band shouldn't be a bad deal for her.

As Ma Siyi took the initiative to speak, everyone else's eyes turned to Yang Muye.

"Actually, I didn't plan to form a band at first. It was only because I needed a band to accompany me on stage for the welcome party that I called Lao Hu."

Hu Youyu nodded in agreement.

Yang Muye's voice continued.

"Later I met Xiaohe, who was also quite interested in this. In addition, some things happened recently, so I thought I might as well form a regular band to play around with. Then this brought up a problem: Xiaohe and I are just doing this for fun, but Lao Hu and Siyi both rely on this to make a living."

Everyone present wore a thoughtful expression, except for Xie Wanghe.

He was extremely shocked.

Because Yang Muyi's words were what he had prepared to say to Ma Siyi in private.

Hu Youyu glanced at Ma Siyi, who was still seriously thinking about the question, and took the initiative to speak: "I'm actually fine. I just treat it as two jobs. I'll perform with the band when they need me, and I'll continue to be a resident singer on weekdays. Anyway, I won't starve."

"Siyi can also work two jobs!"

Xia Fenghua's words drew everyone's attention: "President Yang, aren't you going to open a milk tea shop? It's perfect that Siyi can work there, and it will also solve your recruitment problem."

"Then you two can be together and take care of each other, right?"

Yang Muye saw right through Xia Fenghua's little scheme.

Ma Siyi was somewhat tempted after hearing this, and cautiously asked Yang Muyi, "Is it okay?"

At that moment, Xie Wanghe's voice suddenly rang out.

"Do you think other people's money grows on trees and that they start businesses to do charity?"

Just as Xia Fenghua was about to retort, Yang Muye began to praise Xie Wanghe.

"Well said. If I were the company's CEO, I would love an employee like you who always puts the boss first."

Yang Muye was genuinely praising him, but Xie Wanghe heard it as somewhat sarcastic.

The emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is.

"I have other plans for the milk tea shop. I just want to ask Lao Hu and Siyi something: you two have both made up your minds to make a living from music in the future, right?"

"Correct!"

Although Hu Youyu didn't know how he had been dragged into this again, his answer was unusually straightforward.

To pursue his musical dreams, he ran away from home at the age of sixteen, which angered his father so much that he severed ties with him.

There's no turning back now.

Ma Siyi's situation was similar. Ever since she left that letter and left Flower Street, she had made up her mind to completely cut ties with her past life.

Similarly, she can't go back either.

After confirming their feelings for each other, Yang Muye made the decision:
"How about this, I'll set up an entertainment studio, sign Lao Hu and Siyi, give you a guaranteed base salary, and handle everything else according to normal artist management contracts. What do you two think?"

Hu Youyu and Ma Siyi were both stunned.

Xia Fenghua was so surprised that her mouth dropped open.

Yang Muyi spends money to play in a band, and now he wants to spend money to establish an entertainment company?

"Setting up an entertainment company is just a hobby, of course. The main reason is that I really enjoy writing songs, but I can't sing that many songs by myself. In fact, I'm more interested in writing songs than singing them myself, since the latter takes a lot of time."

Everyone present was stunned.

This is the first time I've heard that singing takes more time than writing songs, and I couldn't find a suitable adjective for a moment.

If Ma Qiushan were there, he would definitely say something.

Ruwen, do people say it?
However, Yang Muyi was not lying; copying songs is indeed much easier than singing them.

"I dare not say that every song I write is a masterpiece. After all, I am just an amateur. But I will not sell the songs I write. I don't rely on this to make money. In that case, I might as well let my own people sing these songs."

To put it more bluntly, since so many songs have already been copied, of course we should keep the profits within the family.

Ma Siyi was fine after hearing this, but Hu Youyu's mind was already racing.

Hu Youyu thought of JYP Entertainment in South Korea when he thought of Yang Muyi's purpose in opening an entertainment company.

The two situations are exactly the opposite.

JYP Entertainment possesses top-tier talent but lacks the looks of a CRT monitor, so it can only focus on cultivating its artists, letting them become famous for itself, and then taking the stage as the artist's boss to experience the thrill of fame.

Yang Muyi possesses top-tier talent and a face that seems to be blessed with natural good looks, yet he has little interest in becoming an artist and achieving fame. In order not to waste his talent, he has no choice but to start a company and let the artists under his management become famous for him.

One type wants to become famous but can't, so they desperately try to get on the stage of their artists to showcase themselves.

Another type is those who could become famous but don't want to, and would rather find someone else to perform on stage for them.

Being an artist under both of their companies must be quite a happy experience.

"I sign!"

Hu Youyu said firmly.

While others were worried about signing long-term contracts right away, Hu Youyu took the initiative to ask to sign a lifetime contract with the company.

In his words, he had sold himself to the company.

Anyway, he was just an unknown wandering singer, and it was already incredibly lucky for him to meet a boss like Yang Muye.

Of course, these polite words are just for show; in reality, Hu Youyu is quite shrewd. Having decided to gamble, he's going to place a heavy bet.

"Old Hu, you weren't here just now, so you didn't hear what I said to those three guys from the art school. I have an alternate account called Zhang Wei, and I study law."

Even if Hu Youyu's CPU burned out, he still couldn't understand what Yang Muye meant.

In the end, it was Xiaohe who explained it to Hu Youyu:
"Although there is no legal provision on the maximum number of years a contract can be signed, generally speaking, signing a lifetime contract carries a high level of legal risk. Don't misunderstand, I mean it carries a great risk for the company."

"For example, if you become famous in the future and have a dispute with the company about terminating your contract, and the case goes to court, the judge will often find that the rights and obligations of a lifetime contract are unbalanced and violate the principle of fairness, and thus the contract is invalid."

Although Hu Youyu immediately stated that he was definitely not the kind of person who would forget kindness, this did not change Yang Muye's mind.

"The contract is for three years initially, but there is no guarantee that I will write songs or release albums for you during this period. Of course, you can also request to terminate the contract at any time without any penalty for breach of contract."

Hu Youyu was stunned again after hearing this.

It's not because the contract terms are harsh, but because they are too generous.

Even Hu Youyu couldn't help but suspect that Yang Muyi's decision to start an entertainment company was just a spur-of-the-moment thing, and that the company might not even last three years before collapsing.

It's true that he started the company on a whim, but it's unlikely that it would go bankrupt in three years.

The reason why the contract with the artist is so lenient is because Yang Muyi has one more crucial clause that he hasn't mentioned.

The copyright of all the songs he wrote belongs to the company.

If an artist terminates their contract and leaves the company, they are not only prohibited from singing the company's songs in the future, but all subsequent income generated from those songs will also belong to the company.

After all, Yang Muye himself is the company's most core and valuable asset, so there's no fear of the artists turning out to be ungrateful.

Ultimately, this entertainment company was just something Yang Muyi used for fun, with the main focus on doing whatever he wanted.

“I’ll sign too!” Ma Siyi followed suit and made the decision.

Xie Wanghe, standing to the side, moved his mouth, wanting to dissuade him but unable to find any reason to do so.

Xia Fenghua was genuinely happy for Ma Siyi.

Since they have the same boss, they can be considered "colleagues" from now on.

Yang Muyi reiterated, "There's no rush to sign a contract. Let's conduct an interview first to make sure you can become a qualified guitarist before we talk about anything else."

Ma Siyi asked curiously, "How does the interview go?"

Yang Muye looked at Hu Youyu.

Before he could even speak, Hu Youyu had already guessed Yang Muye's thoughts.

"I'll go talk to the boss and see if we can borrow the stage for a while."

Xiao He stood up.

"I'll go with you."

It would be great if we could borrow it for free, but if not, we can always pay some money.

“And sheet music.”

Yang Muye took out a USB drive and tossed it to Xia Fenghua.

"Could you run an errand for me for free? I need to go to a copy shop and print out all three songs."

The new song definitely needs to be played according to the sheet music, otherwise no one will know how to play it.

Since it concerned Ma Siyi's interview, Xia Fenghua took the USB drive and got up to leave.

Xie Wanghe also wanted to do something for Ma Siyi, otherwise it wouldn't be right to always feel like an outsider, so he took the initiative to go with Xia Fenghua to print.

The two had barely left when Hu Youyu and Xiao He returned.

The bar owner was very generous, not only agreeing to lend the stage and instruments, but also saying that if the singing was good and the audience responded enthusiastically, he would even waive the cost of drinks for the day.

Anyway, Xiaohe was quite happy. He didn't think the bar owner was only giving him face because he lost money easily yesterday, but because he was genuinely interested in the four of them performing on stage.

This kind of respect, which wasn't earned through money, was something Xiaohe had never experienced when she played with Xie Hongzu before.

Before Xia Fenghua could return with the printed sheet music, Xiao He called everyone to come up on stage and familiarize themselves with the instruments.

Just then, Xu Kaiyang, Zhang Kai, and four girls from dormitory 213 walked into the bar.

At first, Yang Muyi and the other three on stage did not notice each other until Xu Kaiyang and Zhang Kai deliberately found a table near the stage to sit down, and the two sides "met" again.

Xu Kaiyang and Zhang Kai nodded to the stage, their smiles carrying a hint of malice.

"The singer at this bar is so handsome," Ruan Wan said to Zhu Xiaobei beside her, covering her mouth with her hand.

These words immediately provoked Xu Kaiyang's jealousy.

"Hey, can you two not stand so close? I'm afraid people will misunderstand that you two are a couple."

Zhu Xiaobei glared at Xu Kaiyang defiantly: "You're not convinced? Let's set a time for a one-on-one game on the basketball court!"

Ruan Wan hugged Zhu Xiaobei's arm like a little bird, rested her head on Zhu Xiaobei's shoulder, and deliberately made a loving and sweet gesture.

Just as Xu Kaiyang was about to retort, Zhang Kai tugged at Xu Kaiyang's clothes.

"A good man doesn't fight with a woman; don't forget who our real enemy is!"

Although she spoke very softly, Zheng Wei, who was standing next to her, still heard her.

"What, you know the four people on stage?"

"know."

"do not know."

Xu Kaiyang and Zhang Kai spoke at the same time, but their statements contradicted each other.

Zhang Kai, who had initially said he didn't know her, had to change his tune: "I said I didn't want to know her."

Zheng Wei immediately became interested, her beautiful eyes scanning Xu Kaiyang and Zhang Kai curiously.

"Have a grudge?"

"Forehead--"

Zhang Kai glanced at Xu Kaiyang, and seeing that the other party had no intention of helping to cover for him, he could only force himself to make amends: "I just can't stand the sight of him."

Before Zheng Wei could ask for the reason, Xu Kaiyang suddenly said, "When Zhang Kai was in high school, the girl he liked was snatched away by the school heartthrob. Ever since then, he's been prejudiced against handsome people, for example—"

Before she could finish saying "I", Ruan Wan interrupted, "That guy on stage must be the lead singer. He's pretty handsome. If he were in our high school, he'd definitely be the school heartthrob."

Li Weijuan nodded in agreement, saying, "In our school, he'd be considered a campus heartthrob, or at least a department heartthrob."

Ruan Wan smiled, "What, are you feeling romantic?"

Li Weijuan immediately retorted: "Who just said that he would be the school heartthrob in your high school? You are the school beauty, and he is the school heartthrob. You two are a perfect match."

Ruan Wan raised her hand to hit Li Weijuan, but Li Weijuan dodged it with a smile.

The two women started arguing, and during this time Zheng Wei's gaze fell once again on Yang Muyi in the center of the stage.

"Is he from our school? Which college?"

"Law School!"

"Call him Zhang Wei!"

Xu Kaiyang and Zhang Kai each managed to say a line, showing a good understanding this time.

Zhang Wei?!
The four girls in dormitory 213 looked at each other in bewilderment.

How can such a handsome guy have such an ordinary name?

There is definitely something wrong here.

(End of this chapter)