Reborn as a landlord in Shanghai

Chapter 134 Disagreement with Signing the Contract

The next day, just as Mao Xiaoyu had imagined, Liu Yuting blushed slightly when she saw Mao Xiaoyu, and then didn't mention anything about what had happened the day before.

Mao Xiaoyu understood this, and when she went to class, she would intentionally or unintentionally try to hold Liu Yuting's hand. She failed the first time, failed the second time, but finally succeeded on the third time.

Mao Xiaoyu was secretly delighted to have finally held hands with him, feeling that she was one step closer to the success of the revolution.

Of course, this is the best we can do for now. Kissing and getting to base are definitely out of the question, since the relationship isn't officially confirmed yet. Let's let the other person get used to it first.

In this way, Mao Xiaoyu felt more comfortable at school. At least every day they could hold hands and tell jokes to tease the girls, and their relationship could develop steadily. Mao Xiaoyu felt good.

As for Du Yue and Peng Yu, after obtaining authorization from Mao Xiaoyu, they have secured HK$8 million in financing. The two have been keeping an eye on the stock of Metal Electronics Firm ever since.

Because the stock of Metal Electronics Firm is artificially controlled by speculators, and is different from the stock of Tencent, the two did not use the same method of repeatedly selling up and down as Tencent when they acquired it. Instead, they mainly focused on acquiring it at a low price.

After all, Mao Xiaoyu's funds are far less than those of the major players, and the number of stocks is far less. If she engages in repeated selling, she might end up selling the stocks she painstakingly acquired to the major players at a low price.

Such a thankless task is definitely not something to be done. Moreover, Du Yue and Peng Yu mainly make money at the Metal Electronics Firm, not by causing trouble for the dealers. It can be said that Du Yue's side and the dealers' side have the same goal.

Therefore, neither side is in a hurry. Although neither dares to sell high and buy low, both sides patiently wait for the price to drop, buy a little, and sell a little when the price rises. Through this repeated friction, they make a small profit first. When the stock price rises to a certain level, both sides will sell their shares at any time.

The advantage of this is that although neither side receives much profit, the stock price rises steadily every day, which is actually good news.

Looking at the domestic market, A-shares continued to rise slowly throughout September. Mao Xiaoyu's stock price didn't increase much, but overall, it was still profitable, just not ideally. However, for Mao Xiaoyu, as long as she didn't lose money and the stock price didn't drop, that was fine.

These stocks were originally meant to be held for at least two years, but Mao Xiaoyu isn't in a hurry. The stocks with the biggest gains won't be available until next year, and the ones with the highest gains won't be available until the year after.

And just like that, September passed by in the blink of an eye, and October arrived.

On this day, Teacher Liu found Mao Xiaoyu and Liu Yuting again.

"What? Emperor Entertainment wants to buy three songs I wrote, and they even want to sign both of us?" Mao Xiaoyu asked incredulously upon hearing Teacher Liu's words.

Since that day, Mao Xiaoyu not only recorded "The Old Man and the Sea", but also recorded "Invisible Wings" and "Angel's Wings".

Moreover, the second recording was also done by Teacher Liu, and after the recording was completed, it was also handed over to Teacher Liu for processing.

Mao Xiaoyu originally thought that Teacher Liu had used the money to boost her ranking, and was even thinking about whether she should give some money as funding.

Who would have thought that today Teacher Liu would tell him that Emperor Entertainment had taken a liking to his song and wanted to sell it to them or have him sign with them? That was a bit unreasonable.

"Yes, your three songs are quite good. I took them to make demos, and everyone liked them. They caught the eye of Emperor Entertainment, and they really want to sign you two."

"Of course, if you two don't sign a contract, Emperor Entertainment hopes Mao Xiaoyu will sell the song to them, and they will definitely give you a reasonable price," Teacher Liu said.

"Teacher Liu, you said you'd let me sing a couple of songs to satisfy my craving and show off a bit, and I'd be willing. But I'm really not interested in being a star. After all, I'll never work for someone else again in this life. If I really want to enter the entertainment industry, I'll start my own music company."

As for buying my songs, it doesn't really matter if they sell them to others, but my songs can only be sung by artists from their own company, and I only want a share of the copyright revenue. So if they are serious, they should think it through before they come to talk.

Upon hearing Mao Xiaoyu's words, Teacher Liu couldn't help but look at Liu Yuting, wanting to see what she was thinking.

"Teacher Liu, learning music is my hobby, and my family situation is a bit special, so I will not join the entertainment industry," Liu Yuting said with certainty.

Seeing that neither of them agreed, Teacher Liu had no choice but to speak again, her face filled with regret.

"Mao Xiaoyu, Liu Yuting, do you two know why I hope you can develop your singing careers?"

Firstly, you two have really good looks, plus you're good singers, so if you debut, you have a very high chance of becoming a huge star.

After all, Mao Xiaoyu, your songwriting skills are there, and you can also sing. You are a singer-songwriter, which already gave you a lot of advantages when you debuted.

As for Liu Yuting, you are beautiful and have a nice voice. If Mao Xiaoyu writes a few songs for you, I believe you could easily become a top-tier singer.

Secondly, because our music school has never had any outstanding singers, even though most of Hong Kong's singers have studied at our school.

They also admitted to having studied at our school, but that's just self-deception, since our music school hasn't actually produced any singers.

This is also embarrassing for our school, after all, it is supposed to be an art school, but it doesn't have any decent, respectable graduates.

But you two have given me hope. Whether it's your appearance, your inner qualities, or your creative abilities, you can all contribute to our school's success. That's why I strongly encouraged Mao Xiaoyu to become a singer.

After all, it's best to become famous early. At your age, if you become famous, you can be popular for at least 20 years, leaving a strong mark on the music scene and making our school a true artist school.

"Teacher Liu, we study music not to become famous, but more as a hobby. When I first came here, what I really wanted to learn was to make movies. I never had the idea of ​​becoming a singer."

After all, singers expose too much of their personal lives to the public. I don't like exposing my privacy. If paparazzi were stalking me for 24 hours on the last day, I would go crazy.

Although Mao Xiaoyu admired how much Teacher Liu valued the school, there were some things that even a teacher's emphasis couldn't change her mind. Therefore, upon hearing Teacher Liu's words, Mao Xiaoyu still spoke very seriously.

"Teacher, my family definitely won't agree to me singing. If you really want me to debut, I might not even be able to go to school," Liu Yuting said seriously.

Although she knew the outcome, Ms. Liu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when she heard Mao Xiaoyu and Liu Yuting refuse.

After all, of the four graduating classes of music school students, only these two are truly capable of debuting and fit the right image and temperament. The others might become teachers at best, but they have no potential to develop in the music industry.

"I hope you two will think it over carefully. After all, this concerns your entire lives. If you really become a singing god like Andy Lau or Jacky Cheung, it would be much better and more worthwhile than living an ordinary, uneventful life," Teacher Liu advised once again.

"Teacher Liu, please stop trying to persuade us. We two definitely won't debut. We'd rather spend this time..."

"Let's talk about my three songs. If Emperor Entertainment really wants them, they should send someone with the mental fortitude to talk to me," Mao Xiaoyu said, changing the subject.

"Actually, the market price for a song is at most a few hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars, and you can buy a song for a few hundred or a few thousand dollars. Even if your three songs are of good quality, you are not famous, and you are a newcomer. Emperor Entertainment Group can't offer you much. Even if I intervene, the most I can get is 1020 million Hong Kong dollars per song. That's the ideal situation. It's possible that all three songs could cost 1020 million Hong Kong dollars." Teacher Liu said with a frown.

"Teacher Liu, don't let my background and ordinary clothes fool you into thinking I don't have much money. While there aren't many rich people in mainland China, there are still plenty. Honestly, if you're asking for 1020 million Hong Kong dollars, you shouldn't be here negotiating with me. In just one hour of negotiation, my men have already made that much money for me," Mao Xiaoyu said pretentiously.

Upon hearing this, Teacher Liu was at a loss for words. Moreover, at this moment, Teacher Liu realized that she was a little confused, as she seemed to have been unaware of Mao Xiaoyu's family situation all along.

Normally, Mao Xiaoyu dresses plainly, eats ordinary food, and is very friendly to people, so I thought she was a child raised in an ordinary family.

But judging from the tone of the other party, his subordinates can earn HK$10.2 million for him in an hour. Even if they work 10 hours a day, that's one or two million Hong Kong dollars a day, at least HK$30 million a month, and hundreds of millions a year.

real or fake?

Teacher Liu was a little incredulous; she had never heard of a billionaire with the surname Mao in China.

But if his family isn't billionaires, then being a singer would be a very promising career.

"Well, Mao Xiaoyu, I'll talk to them about this, but I don't know what they think," Teacher Liu said.

"It's okay, let them think what they want. If the price is too low, just refuse them and don't bring them here. By the way, promoting these three songs should cost money, right? How about I transfer HK$100 million to you first, and you can start promoting them?" Mao Xiaoyu said, trying to sound cool at the end.

Teacher Liu shook her head and said, "No need, the school covers this expense. You know, we are an arts college, and every college has funds to support its own students. It's just that our music college doesn't have any major students that need support, so your students don't know about it."

If it were a movie or TV series, you'd get a feel for it. Every week, the teachers would assign homework and provide some support. Later, in your junior or senior year, the teachers would even pay you to make short films; the financial support would be even greater then.

However, since Mao can come up with HK$100 million right away, it seems he's really not short of money. In that case, there's nothing more to discuss between you and Emperor Entertainment Group. After all, no matter how good the three songs are, Emperor Entertainment Group can't come up with HK$100 million.

"If we can't even come up with HK$100 million, what's the point of talking? Let's just promote it like this for now. If the song really does well, we can collaborate with Emperor Entertainment Group. They can provide the distribution channels, we'll provide the cash, we'll produce the album, and then sell it through their channels. As for the final profit sharing, we'll just follow the rules," Mao Xiaoyu said after thinking for a moment.

"In that case, we'll talk to them about it later. But you only have three songs, which is too few. If you're recording an album, you need at least 8 to 10 songs," Teacher Liu said, adding her thoughts.

"That's easy. I'll just write a few more songs and sing them. I may not know how to do other things, but I can definitely sing and write songs. If the three songs are well received, I'll write a few more and release an album. But I won't debut or show my face. If you want to hear my songs, you can only hear my voice," Mao Xiaoyu said.

"In that case, we'll have far fewer fans," Mr. Liu said regretfully.

"I'm selling songs, not my face. As long as people like listening to my songs, that's enough," Mao Xiaoyu said.

"Alright then, but it's best to write out the remaining songs first, and record them yourself. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if you had to record and write them all and then couldn't get them out," Teacher Liu said.

"Okay. I'll take advantage of this time to write it down and then record it. As for filming VCT, let's film it at our school, shoot some scenery from our school, and put it in VCT," Mao Xiaoyu agreed.

"In that case, it's alright," Teacher Liu said.

"Then Liu and I will go to class. Goodbye, Teacher Liu." Knowing that everything was alright, Mao Xiaoyu stood up with Liu Yuting and left Teacher Liu's office.

After the two came out, they checked the time and realized it was almost time for class, so they ran towards the classroom.

Liu Yuting was led forward by Mao Xiaoyu. Looking at Mao Xiaoyu ahead, she hesitated, wanting to say something, but the words stuck in her throat.

After all, his family situation was somewhat complicated, and there were some things he couldn't tell Mao Xiaoyu.

In addition, although he and Mao Xiaoyu had a somewhat ambiguous relationship, they were not boyfriend and girlfriend.

Therefore, Liu Yuting felt that it was better to wait until later to talk about certain things, as it was too early to discuss them now and it might affect their relationship.