Chapter 53: A Different Path

When Cui Zhenlong took a taxi to the agreed place, he saw Kwon Zhilong standing in the shade of the tree from a distance, his usual hip-hop style dress, which was particularly conspicuous in this sparsely populated riverside park.

"Brother, you're here~" Quan Zhilong quickly stepped forward and took the bag in Cui Zhenlong's hand, bowed and greeted.

Cui Zhenlong nodded, looked him up and down, and found that although the other party had some foundation on his face, he couldn't hide the tired tired face and deep dark circles under his eyes. I always feel that when men wear makeup, there is always a smell of fat powder, anyway, he himself has no intention of putting these messy industrial products on his face.

The two found a vacant lot in the riverside park, and then Cui Zhenlong Mali took out a tablecloth from the bag and spread it on the lawn, then took out a variety of snacks, and finally took out two large canned beers from another bag, took out a can, opened the pull ring and handed it to Quan Zhilong, and then broke a can himself and took a deep sip.

The snacks were bought in the supermarket on the way to Cui Zhenlong, and the beer was moved from home, minors are not allowed to drink alcohol in South Korea, and the store will not sell alcoholic beverages to them.

Both of them drank the beer in their hands in a dull manner, and neither of them spoke first, but in the end, Cui Zhenlong couldn't help it and took the lead to break the deadlock: "Tell me, what's wrong?" ”

Quan Zhilong didn't reply immediately, but raised his head and drank a can of beer in one go, then squeezed the can in his hand hard, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I terminated the contract today!" ”

"Huh?" Cui Zhenlong was a little dazed for a while, terminated the contract? What do you mean?

Seeing Cui Zhenlong's confused look, Quan Zhilong opened his mouth and explained: "It's that I terminated the trainee contract with S.M Company, and I'm no longer a member of the company... Brother, I'm feeling so confused and uncomfortable now, I don't even know what to do..."

Cui Zhenlong patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do you remember what I said to you last time?" Quan Zhilong nodded silently, he was very impressed by the conversation between the two last time, which contributed to his move to terminate the contract today.

"I said last time that S.M Company is not suitable for you, and now you have taken the initiative to terminate the contract and have not been hindered much, which shows that you have not received enough attention in S.M Company, in their eyes you are just an ordinary trainee who grabs a lot of money, and your withdrawal is not much loss for them... At this moment, you feel lost and uncomfortable, but because you have received harsh and intense training from S.M for many years, a kind of inertial force has formed that drives your body to not adapt to it. Speaking of this, Cui Zhenlong picked up a rubber band at his feet, put it on the two fingers of his left and right hands and pulled it away, "Now you are like this rubber band, you are stretched straight, you have to learn to relax yourself now, slowly let the rubber band return to its original state like this, and let your body have a good rest." ”

"But—" Kwon hesitated.

"There's nothing but, what you want now is to rest, you look at yourself, the dark circles under your eyes are so heavy at a young age, do you want to collapse your body? Besides, I'm not saying that you should completely relax and give up music completely, you can take advantage of this time to read more books and study, write songs if you are inspired, even if it is a melody, you may use it one day in the future, you have to remember an idiom 'accumulate and develop'! ”

Seeing Quan Zhilong's ignorant look, Cui Zhenlong felt discouraged for a while, children who didn't study hard would end up like this, and it took a lot of time to explain the meaning of the idiom "thick accumulation" to Quan Zhilong.

"Come, Zhilong, it's a rare opportunity to drink, the two of us are going to drink all of this today!" Cui Zhenlong raised the beer in his hand and said.

"Okay, brother, I respect you" After speaking, Quan Zhilong also took the wine in his hand and touched Cui Zhenlong with each other, and then both of them drank it all at the same time.

Quan Zhilong, who temporarily put down his worries, was quite able to drink, and more than half of the two beers he brought went into his stomach, but after all, it was the age that was there, and the amount of alcohol was not good, and finally the whole person became drunk and talked non-stop like a chatter, Cui Zhenlong finally cleaned up the mess on the ground, and then forcibly pulled the half-drunk and half-awake Quan Zhilong into the taxi... Well, causing this qiē can be regarded as Cui Zhenlong's self-inflicted goods!

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Time flies, August 27th is the day agreed between Cui Zhenlong and Quan Baoer, and it happens to be Sunday, Cui Zhenlong went out with a huge sports backpack after having lunch at home, although the popular ballad of SBS TV station will not be officially broadcast until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, but as the singer of the day, he must have arrived at the performance stage early, and it takes a lot of time for artists to make up, be familiar with the program process, and rehearse the program. Kwon Bo Er must have arrived at the SBS studio hall and waited.

When Cui Zhenlong arrived at SBS TV station by subway, it was almost 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and he took out his mobile phone to call Kwon Bao'er's assistant, "Hello, I'm Cui Zhenlong... Inside, I've arrived... Okay, I'm waiting here at the door, I'm wearing a light beige shirt and carrying a sports bag..."

Not long after the call ended, I saw a young man wearing black-rimmed glasses walking out of the side door of the TV station and looking around, his eyes lit up when he saw Cui Zhenlong, and he waved his hand to him.

"Are you Cui Zhenlongxi?" The young man asked.

"Hello, I'm really sorry for you today!" Cui Zhenlong bowed politely, and then took out a can of coffee from his backpack and handed it to the other party, Cui Zhenlong is quite careful in these small details, don't look at the other party is just an artist assistant, but as the saying goes, the king of Hades is easy to see, and the little ghost is difficult, if he himself wants to continue to meet with Quan Baoer in the future, if these staff who have been with Quan Baoer all the year round make him a trip, it will be a trouble.

Cui Zhenlong followed the young assistant into the building, his eyes kept looking at the surroundings, compared to the KBS he frequented, this TV station of the same level is not bad in all aspects, people come and go seems to be very lively, occasionally see one or two familiar faces on TV walking by him, but Cui Zhenlong does not have any special feelings, and he is naturally accustomed to seeing more.

Speaking of which, today is Quan Baoer's debut stage, and newcomers like her have no special treatment, and the waiting room arranged for her is the most ordinary kind, sharing a waiting room with other newcomers who perform on the same stage or artists who are not well-known.

Under the leadership of the young assistant, Cui Zhenlong followed in, only to see that there were many people crowded in the small room, several men and women who looked like artists were nervously doing their own preparations with the cooperation of others, and Quan Baoer was also sitting on the chair at the moment with her eyes closed and motionless, allowing the makeup artist to apply makeup on her face.

Cui Zhenlong didn't bother the other party, but greeted the others present and served coffee under the introduction of the young assistant, until a middle-aged couple caught his attention, they stood in the corner and didn't keep busy like the others, just looked at Quan Bao'er without squinting, and the light of love and concern flashed in his eyes from time to time, looking at their somewhat similar faces to Quan Bao'er, Cui Zhenlong immediately guessed their identities.

"Hello uncles and aunts!" Cui Zhenlong stepped forward and bowed.

"Are you??" The middle-aged man asked suspiciously.

"Inside, my name is Cui Zhenlong, I am a friend of Bao'er Nuna, today is her debut day, and I came to cheer her on."

"Oh~~" The middle-aged man suddenly realized, "You are Zhenlong, Bao'er mentioned you to us when she was at home, saying that she was her best male relative!" It's a pleasure to meet you today! ”

Saying that, the three of them chatted, and Quan's mother was even more problematic, what kind of family and learning made Cui Zhenlong really tired of coping, fortunately, it didn't take long for Quan Baoer to finish painting makeup, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the three of them, happily threw herself into her parents' arms and sprinkled them, and the whole person looked very amazing after putting on makeup, and in that moment, Cui Zhenlong had a feeling of heartbeat, and I had to admit that the same person was really different before and after makeup. Three points of appearance and seven points of dress still very reasonable.

Quan Baoer is very excited and very happy at the moment, not only because today is the big day of her debut, but even her parents, who are busy with work on weekdays, also took time out of their precious time to come to the scene to cheer her up, which is what she cherishes the most. Quan Bao'er calmed down her mood a little, leaned out of her mother's arms and said to Cui Zhenlong, who was in a daze: "Brother Zhenlong, I am very satisfied that you can come to the scene to support me today!" ”

"Nuna, how could I not be on the stage of your debut," Cui Zhenlong, who came back to his senses, said with a smile, while opening the zipper of his sports backpack to reveal the contents to show her.

"Moh? What is it? … You... You really bought it?! Looking at the album in the backpack, Quan Baoer was really shocked, and the rest was full of emotion.

"20 albums, oh, I'm Cui Zhenlong, but I'll do it when I say it, hehe~~ Nuna, remember to sign it later, and I'm going to give it away."