Zhang Shaoyu opened the wardrobe and didn't think much about it, he actually changed into the same dress that Zhao Jing matched him when he went to art school last time.

Before going out, he greeted Tang Kui: "Kuizi, have you eaten dinner, if you haven't eaten, let's go together." ”

Tang Kui already knew that Zhao Jing was coming, of course he wouldn't make an electric light cannon, so he responded in the room: "Brother Zhang, I have eaten you, you and Sister Zhao should go." I had to write a letter home in the evening. ”

"Well, let's go. Zhang Shaoyu closed the door with his hand, "Remember to say hello to your family for me in the letter." ”

"Okay. Brother Zhang, you and Sister Zhao have fun. ”

The night has basically driven away all the daylight over Changsha. The street lamps on the streets are lit up one after another, forming countless colorful dragons that wind and circ.

The lighting project of Changsha City is also ranked among the top five in the national large-scale urban construction planning.

The police uncles have already left work, and it is difficult to see the traffic police directing traffic on the street, Zhang Shaoyu has not touched the steering wheel for a while, and Zhao Jing mentioned this idea to Zhao Jing, and Zhao Jing handed the car key to him without hesitation.

The days to Changsha are not short, insisting on morning exercises every day, Zhang Shaoyu still knows more about the main roads in the urban area. He drove Zhao Jing's polo car, leisurely swimming in the river of cars on the smooth and spacious streets.

Zhao Jing sat in the passenger seat with a makeup case and traced her lips, and did not show a nervous expression on her face because she sat in the car driven by Zhang Shaoyu for the first time.

"The car drove well, when did you learn it?" Zhao Jing asked casually while applying lipstick.

Zhang Shaoyu put his hands on the steering wheel easily, and the five fingers of his right hand were still tapping rhythmically from time to time, he looked at the gorgeous taillights of the Audi A8 in front of him, and replied: "When I stay in the location team, I often have to run around with the team, and I often volunteer to be a driver." ”

Zhao Jing put the makeup box into her handbag and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you're a driver who drives without a license." ”

"What's wrong with driving without a license? This driving is not a high-tech job, as long as I can have fun, why should I waste the money for the certification, the current silver is simply too hard to earn." ”

"Hehe, one day you let the traffic police arrest you, you know the consequences of driving without a license. ”

"Damn, I'll let the traffic police catch me. I can't afford to hide, hehe!"

Suddenly, a mobile phone rang in Zhang Shaoyu's pocket.

Slowing down the speed of the car slightly, Zhang Shaoyu took out his mobile phone and looked at the caller ID, it was a Changsha city phone that he was unfamiliar with, and there was an extension number behind it, while muttering in his heart who was calling, he connected the phone at the same time: "Hey, which one?"

"Is it Shaoyu? I'm a pony. ”

"It's me, Brother Ma, when did you arrive in Changsha?"

"Hehe, the train that got off at Changsha Station at six o'clock in the evening just found a hotel to stay in, and called you. ”

"Brother Ma, which hotel are you in?"

"Tongcheng Hotel, room 2206. ”

"Brother Ma, you wait for me in the room, I'll come over here, and I'll pick you up at night." ”

"I'm not welcome to you, kid, Cheng, I'll wait for you while taking a shower. ”

Closing the phone and resting it on the dashboard under the steering wheel, Zhang Shaoyu turned his head sideways and said to Zhao Jing: "Xiaoma is a netizen I have known for a long time, he is a music producer, I can participate in the Xiaoqiang Cup, he helped me a lot, I invited him to dinner in the evening, do you have no opinion?"

Zhao Jing smiled generously: "It's still lively for many people to eat, why should I object." ”

Zhang Shaoyu patted lightly on the steering wheel and said with a smile: "Crazy girl, your car is temporarily for my use tonight, so let's be a car owner in front of our friends, and the scenery is beautiful." ”

"It's okay to use the car for you, but you have to pay for the gas, hehe!"

"Come on, little KS, buddy, I'll fill up the gas for you first. ”

There happened to be a gas station not far ahead, Zhang Shaoyu drove over to fill the fuel tank of the POLO car, and then drove in the direction of Tongcheng International Hotel.

Zhang Shaoyu only knew the general location of this five-star hotel, and he didn't have a score in his heart about which road was the closest. It took nearly half an hour to drive around and around to the parking apron of Tongcheng International Hotel.

Before Zhao Jing came to see Zhang Shaoyu, she dressed up carefully before going out, although Zhang Shaoyu was not wearing a famous brand, but the color matching was very coordinated, and the two walked together, which was really a bit of a good taste.

Walk through the resplendent lobby and take the sightseeing elevator to the 22nd floor of the hotel.

Following the direction of the room number in the corridor, Zhang Shaoyu soon came to the door of room 2206.

After pressing the doorbell, the door opened from the inside.

A middle-aged man with a slightly thin figure and long hair combed into a neat ponytail appeared at the door.

The middle-aged man looked at Zhang Shaoyu, smiled and stretched out his right palm, and said, "You are Shaoyu, hello, my name is Xiao Xiaoyang, and Xiaoma is my screen name." ”

Zhang Shaoyu shook hands with Xiao Xiaoyang as a salute, and said with a smile: "It's better to tell you Brother Ma to get used to it, Brother Ma, I'm so happy to see you." ”

"Shaoyu, this beauty is your girlfriend!" Xiao Xiaoyang looked at Zhao Jing and greeted.

"Hello, my name is Zhao Jing. Zhao Jing generously shook hands with Xiao Xiaoyang.

Xiao Xiaoyang invited Zhang Shaoyu and Zhao Jing to the room

After entering the room, Zhang Shaoyu knew that Xiao Xiaoyang did not come alone, there was another person in the room, and it was a very beautiful girl.

After seeing this girl, Zhang Shaoyu was stunned at first, and said a little unexpectedly: "Xu Xincan?"

"Hello, Zhang Shaoyu. The girl is Xu Xincan, who has dealt with Zhang Shaoyu once at the Chengdu Top 100 singing scene.

"Do you know Brother Xiao?" asked Zhang Shaoyu curiously.

"Xincan joined our company a month ago. Xiao Xiaoyang said, took out a business card from his shirt pocket and handed it to Zhang Shaoyu.

Zhang Shaoyu took it and looked down:

Ideal Era (China) Records Co., Ltd., Xiao Xiaoyang, Planning Director.

After soaking on the Internet for so long, Zhang Shaoyu is no stranger to this company at all.

Ideal Age Record Company, is the world-famous era international record Co., Ltd. Chinese mainland only strategic partner, the company in the mainland in accordance with the international joint-stock enterprise operating regulations and the establishment of large-scale joint-stock enterprise institutions and follow the European media group global international audio-visual communication business model, is committed to creating and engaged in Southeast Asia audio-visual production, publishing and distribution of communication business, and fully develop Chinese mainland audio-visual media and performing arts culture and professional technical exchanges and other diversified exchange and cooperation projects, including related cultural and artistic field of commercial market, the slogan of Ideal Era is"To promote and promote the prosperity and development of the vast professional arts field in Asia, such as audio-visual production and performing arts communication"!

"The planning director of the ideal era, Brother Xiao, I know that you must have a background, but I didn't expect that the origin is so big, you are really tight, enough to be a cow!" Zhang Shaoyu put away the business card, looked at Xiao Xiaoyang and said with a smile.

"Hehe, it's just a mouthful of food. Xiao Xiaoyang smiled indifferently, without the slightest hint of the high-level figures of big-name record companies.

The four of them chatted and chatted for a few words, and then left the room together, with Zhang Shaoyu as the east, and found a place to go to dinner.

When it comes to eating, Zhao Jing is of course better than Zhang Shaoyu, and besides, she has already chosen a place for Zhang Shaoyu to invite her to dinner tonight. After leaving the Tongcheng Hotel, Zhao Jing commanded Zhang Shaoyu to drive the car onto Wuyi Road and went straight to the "Old River Bank" water restaurant at the head of Orange Island.

The "Yellow Duck Call" on the old river bank is one of Changsha's famous foods, but the biggest attraction of this restaurant to diners is not the food, but its riverside atmosphere. Especially on this night when the early summer comes, the river breeze fishes and drinks beer, and a few friends drink around the table, singing about the wine, which is a great feeling.

This place is different from the crowded seats and private rooms of ordinary restaurants, and the guests who come to dine here are all rented by one person to rent a wooden boat decorated like a painted boat, and rowed to the water surface of the Xiangjiang River by the boatman, and each boat becomes a small world of its own.

Xiao Xiaoyang and Xu Xincan seemed to have never had dinner in this way, and they felt very novel, and of course they were very satisfied with Zhang Shaoyu's arrangement.

Although Zhang Shaoyu was also the first time to come to Orange Island, he didn't show it, and the four of them were on the small square table in the middle of the boat, eating and drinking while watching the night on the water of the Xiangjiang River.

Soon, their topic turned to the Xiaoqiang Cup.

"Shaoyu, I came to Changsha this time, on the one hand, to send Xincan to participate in the pre-competition training camp of the Xiaoqiang Cup, and on the other hand, I hope to have a good talk with you. Xiao Xiaoyang said: "I want to know if you have the ambition to develop in the music industry. ”

Zhang Shaoyu said with a smile: "Seriously, Brother Xiao, participating in the Xiaoqiang Cup competition, I just wanted to try to see if singing can also get a job with food, if I want to make achievements in music, then it is a big deal." ”

"The strength you've shown in the previous rounds has proven that you're talented when it comes to music. Xiao Xiaoyang said: "Engage in music with a mentality of playing music, such talents really have the potential and space for development." Shaoyu, I very much hope that you can join the ideal era!"

Xiao Xiaoyang officially invited Zhang Shaoyu.

Zhang Shaoyu did not have the kind of happy look that Xiao Xiaoyang imagined, he was silent for a moment, and Fang said calmly: "Brother Xiao, I can go from a layman who has never played music to today, step by step, and it has a lot to do with your help and encouragement. I am also honored to receive your respect. The last time you mentioned to me on QQ about signing with your company, I consulted with the relevant personnel of Boda Film and Television, and their attitude was very clear, without their permission, I could not have any form of cooperation with any company related to the entertainment industry in the past five years. ”

", the broad people are too domineering, you only signed a film and television cooperation agreement with them, which is completely different from the fact that it is completely different from releasing records and entering the music scene. Xiao Xiaoyang said indignantly: "According to this, isn't the deed of sale you signed with them?"

"Brother Xiao, I signed a contract with Boda, I just wanted to get a job with a relatively stable income, I didn't think about anything else at all, and now it's hard to find a job!" Zhang Shaoyu smiled disapprerovingly: "Actually, from the day Director Wu promised me to participate in the training camp of the Xiaoqiang Cup, I guessed that Boda Company would not let me cooperate with other record companies." ”

"Shaoyu, Brother Xiao, I think you don't have to rush to close the coffin first. Zhao Jing said: "In the entertainment industry, cooperation between companies is a common thing, who is sure that Boda Pictures and the ideal era will not cooperate? ”

Xiao Xiaoyang smiled meaningfully and said: "As various record entertainment companies contact the contestants of the Xiaoqiang Cup, the Xiaoqiang Cup will slowly evolve into a big arena for major entertainment companies to call each other. The contestants are no longer fighting individually on behalf of them, but are organized and planned group behaviors. ”

Zhang Shaoyu glanced at Xu Xincan and smiled indifferently: "Brother Xiao, can I understand your words as if I didn't join the ideal era, then I would probably become a competitor suppressed by your company?"

Xiao Xiaoyang replied with a smile: "I can only say that Xu Xincan will receive all-round support from our company in the future knockout rounds of the Xiaoqiang Cup." ”

"Well, I see. Zhang Shaoyu looked at the one-star fishing fire on the river in the distance and muttered, I don't know what he was thinking in his heart.

Zhao Jing interjected lukewarmly: "Although the ideal era can be said to be a well-known big company in the circle, the scale and strength of Boda Pictures seem to be slightly larger than the ideal era. ”

I thought that this meeting with Brother Xiao Ma (Xiao Xiaoyang) was a very happy thing, but when they went from the Internet to reality and linked music and commercial interests together, the feeling between people became tasteless.

After sending Xiao Xiaoyang back to the hotel, Zhang Shaoyu felt extremely depressed, and he drove his car on Changsha Avenue.

Zhang Shaoyu now understands a reality, Xu Xincan is very likely to become a strong opponent for him!

Although he didn't say a few words to Xu Xincan, Zhang Shaoyu could clearly feel the change in Xu Xincan's temperament. She is no longer the innocent little girl in the Chengdu arena, as if she has a kind of sophistication and stability of a professional singer. He knew that this change was inseparable from her becoming a signed singer of Ideal Times Records Co., Ltd.

In Zhang Shaoyu's mind, he never regarded Xu Xincan as an opponent, let alone thought that the Xiaoqiang Cup would become more and more complicated.

The huge power of commercial hype in the entertainment industry, he has personally experienced it, if the Xiaoqiang Cup competition really becomes a ring competition for major entertainment companies as Xiao Xiaoyang said, what role will Boda Pictures play in this ring?

Although Xiao Xiaoyang and Zhang Shaoyu have been communicating online for so long, he doesn't know Zhang Shaoyu's character very well. The words he said to Zhang Shaoyu on the surface of the Xiangjiang River tonight vaguely lacked a certain threat. He didn't know that Zhang Shaoyu had never eaten this set. If Xiao Xiaoyang uses soft kung fu to start from the aspect of personal emotion, Zhang Shaoyu may also try to consider communicating with the senior management of Boda Pictures to see if there is a chance to cooperate with the ideal era, but now, Zhang Shaoyu has completely dispelled this idea, and his current idea is that he would rather give up the Xiaoqiang Cup than go to the side of the Ideal Era Records Co., Ltd.

From the very beginning, Zhang Shaoyu did not participate in the Xiaoqiang Cup with any utilitarian mentality, although after rounds of selection, he has reached the finals of the top 50 into the 32nd, but he did not regard this opportunity as a turning point in his life path or career, at most he just regarded the Xiaoqiang Cup as a process of exercise.

The reason why he feels a little depressed now is not because he thinks about Xu Xincan's threat to him during the game, he just thinks that the relationship between him and Xiao Xiaoyang has changed because of business interests.

The car was driving at high speed on the flat and uninhabited avenue, and Zhao Jing had been watching him silently beside him and did not speak.

Slowly, Zhang Shaoyu's mood calmed down, and the speed of the car slowed down because of it.

"Figured it out, figured it out?" Zhao Jing suddenly said.

Zhang Shaoyu was stunned for a moment, then glanced sideways at Zhao Jing, nodded silently, and said, "Do you know what I'm thinking?"

Zhao Jing smiled: "It's not because of this meeting between you and Xiao Xiaoyang that you are a little disappointed." ”

Zhang Shaoyu sighed and said: "Alas, sometimes it is really difficult to say between people, I thought that Xiao Xiaoyang was a lover, but who knew that he was also the kind of person who pursues commercial interests as the ultimate goal." You say, is it possible that Xiao Xiaoyang put forward his opinion on the evolution of the Xiaoqiang Cup?"

It can be seen that Xiao Xiaoyang is an old fritter who has a very thorough understanding of the entertainment industry. Zhao Jing nodded and said: "His point of view is not wrong at all, the current Xiaoqiang Cup has been transformed from a competition to a business model, once the competitive competition is combined with commercial interests, the variables that exist in this are no longer measured by the competitive strength of the players." ”

Zhang Shaoyu turned the car to the side of the road, found a place where he could park, stopped, turned around and looked at Zhao Jing with some surprise, and said: "Crazy girl, I really didn't see it, if I hadn't heard your argument just now, if someone else told me that it came out of your mouth, I wouldn't believe it." ”

"Damn, am I so naïve and mentally retarded in your mind?" Zhao Jing glanced at Zhang Shaoyu charmingly, and said with a smile: "You won't think about it too much, Miss Ben can be photographed by Hunan Satellite TV, is it just a little interpersonal relationship!"

"Hehe, it seems that I really have to look at you crazy girl and take it seriously. Zhang Shaoyu said with a smile.

"Shaoyu, if you believe me, how about I be your behind-the-scenes planner and agent in this competition?" Zhao Jing said seriously: "The further the Xiaoqiang Cup develops, the stronger the pressure and competition faced by the players, the packaging of personal appearance, the momentum of the family and friend group, and the peripheral hype must all keep up, otherwise, there will definitely be no play!"