Chapter 31: A Familiar Situation
Wang Weihan vowed that he would never have a bright future, and Zhou Mingrui's attitude was also that if he didn't join Golden Disc Entertainment, then don't want to make a difference in the music world, both of them are very sure.
In this way, if you want to slap them in the face, it is natural to prove that as long as you are willing to succeed, you can not only succeed, but also trample them all under your feet, and see who makes who can't turn over.
Originally, Zhang Yao had no plans to make his debut, because he still wanted to enjoy a peaceful college life, but the other party has always been aggressive, no matter how open-minded he is, his resentment has already reached MAX, and if he doesn't let go of his nirvana, he will really be looked down upon.
After following Zheng Xiaoyi out of the Youth Association Building, the two found a restaurant nearby, which was very ordinary, with no special name and style, and even the dishes were home-cooked.
Around six o'clock, it was dinner time, and the restaurant was also very lively, judging from the booming business, Zheng Xiaoyi's choice seemed to be correct, and he should go to a crowded place for dinner, and the taste could be guaranteed.
Zhang Yao doesn't pursue any grade when he eats, and most of the time in the past ten years has been done with fast food in box lunches, but Zheng Xiaoyi's image and temperament are not like people who will enter this kind of restaurant, and he feels a little out of harmony.
picked a small box and sat down, beckoned the waiter to order three meats, two vegetables and one soup, Zheng Xiao also asked for an extra bottle of wine, Zhang Yao said weakly: "Don't drink the wine yet, right?" ”
"Uh, forget you're still a student."
Zheng Xiao also leaned his body against the wall and said, "It doesn't matter, I can drink alone, I feel a little depressed, and I feel uncomfortable if I don't drink some wine." ”
In fact, I want to say that lonely men and orphans are easy to have sex after getting drunk, Zhang Yao muttered in his heart, and said: "It's better for me to drink with you, although I am only in my third year of high school, but I am also an adult, so it doesn't matter if I drink some wine." ”
Of course Zhang Yao can drink, and even drink heavily for a while, wine is indeed a good thing for lost people, and in a trance he seems to have found his shadow in Zheng Xiaoyi.
Soon the dishes came up one after another, Zheng Xiao also opened the wine and filled it for the two of them, and asked, "Zhang Yao, do you want to join my studio?" In fact, with your ability, you can write songs and submit them to major record companies without signing a contract. ”
Songwriters are actually more freelance, but in this case, there is really no need to join the company, Zhang Yao smiled: "Because I not only want to write, but also want to sing." If we can also succeed, it is not the same in any company, not to mention that we still have the same hatred. ”
"You can succeed in other companies, but it is different with me."
Zheng Xiaoyi smiled bitterly again, took the wine glass and drank it all, and then filled the wine glass before saying, "Up to now, I have listened to the four songs you wrote, and the piano song to Alice. ”
Zheng Xiaoyi's expression became a little bleak, and then said: "I'm actually very happy that such a talented young man like you is willing to join me, but I don't want to delay you, if the two of us are tied together, you may really not be able to turn over." ”
After Zheng Xiao finished speaking, he drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, although this cup could only hold seven yuan, but he couldn't stand drinking like this, Zhang Yao said: "Miss Zheng, drink slowly, let's talk while eating." ”
persuaded Zheng Xiaoyi, and after taking a few bites of food into the innermost, he said again: "Miss Zheng, if you want to say this, I don't think you are a person who will easily admit defeat." ”
Zhang Yao has traveled for so many years before, and his eyes are still a little bit, but Zheng Xiaoyi shook his head and said: "What's the use of persevering, I've been gritting my teeth and persevering for five years, and I'm not facing the desperate situation that the studio is about to close down." ”
"Five years, five whole years, I've gone from twenty-one to almost twenty-seven. I used to think like you, one day I'll succeed and I'll slap those mockers in the face, but ......"
Zheng Xiao didn't continue, and drank another glass of wine, her eyes were already moist as she spoke, Zhang Yao could completely understand this mood, she was not the same as she was unwilling to numb herself with alcohol before.
Seeing Zheng Xiaoyi like this, Zhang Yao felt inexplicably upset, perhaps because he didn't want to have the same encounter as before, he didn't persuade Zheng Xiaoyi again, but he also toasted.
"Miss Zheng, if you don't mind, I'll call you sister."
With the same illness and sympathy as his previous self, Zhang Yao felt a lot closer to Zheng Xiaoyi, and regardless of whether Zheng Xiaoyi agreed or not, he shouted directly: "Sister Xiaoyi, since you have already arrived at this field, why don't you fight for it?" They're waiting for us to collapse from now on. ”
"Zhang Yao, you listen to my sister first."
Zheng Xiaoyi not only did not object, but also regarded herself as a sister, and said: "Now my sister can't help you at all, and you can't help your sister either, did you know Wei Zhe before?" ”
"Well, a singer who has been in the limelight lately."
Zhang Yao nodded, he had heard the songs of these people when he was making up this time and space song recently, but because of his previous thoughts, he would not treat these strange singers as idols, so he didn't care too much about the singers themselves.
"Wei Zhe was discovered by me before, and I put more effort into him than I did."
From the confrontation with Zhou Mingrui in the afternoon, Zhang Yao was able to guess some, but he didn't know the details, Zheng Xiao also continued: "I found Wei Zhe who was singing on the street, took the initiative to sign a contract with him, and spent countless efforts to package and build him, but it turned out to be a wedding dress for Golden Disc Entertainment. ”
"It's been so many years, and they still refuse to let me go, and they still don't want to let me go, and they even have to come to a small activity at the local level like the Qingxi Youth Association."
Zheng Xiaoyi held the table with his left hand to support his forehead, and picked up the chopsticks with his right hand to take a bite of food, but he put it down again in the middle of the way, and then raised the wine glass again.
"Sister Xiaoyi, did you have a grudge with Zhou Mingrui before Wei Zhe?"
Zhang Yao couldn't help asking, and Zheng Xiao also preached to him: "I used to be a signed singer of Golden Disc Entertainment, and I also won the Best Newcomer Award at the Gramophone Annual Ceremony in the year of my debut. ”
This Ai Xiaoqi said before, but people don't know that Weishenme suddenly had no news when she was the most popular, and when she heard this, Zhang Yao had already thought of a word, Xue Zang.
Snow hiding means that the development of the artist who is hidden will be stopped from everything, including releasing albums, giving interviews, attending events, etc., until the end of the contract can escape fate.
It's just that the record company and the artist generally sign a long-term contract, and the new singer has no room for bargaining.
"I just rejected Zhou Mingrui's pursuit, and I was hidden by him, and I didn't even have the opportunity to appear in public for three years, let alone make a announcement."
Zheng Xiaoyi's words verified Zhang Yao's guess, but he really didn't expect that it would be such a reason, although the entertainment industry in this time and space is not so dirty, and the unspoken rules are not so taken for granted, but no matter how bright the place is, there will be darkness.
Speaking of these previous encounters, Zheng Xiaoyi's tears finally flowed out irrepressibly, she was now drunk, but she still raised her wine glass and continued to drink.
"I didn't give in even after being hidden in the snow for three years, and after my contract with Golden Disc Entertainment expired, I used my previous savings to set up Daybreak Music Studio. Because of such an experience, the contract was also very lenient when he signed a contract with an artist, but what he got was Wei Zhe, who had been painstakingly cultivated, breaking the contract and jumping ship. ”
"Daybreak Music Studio?"
Zhang Yao was very surprised to hear this name, Zheng Xiao also nodded, his hands were on the table, he seemed to be a little unable to hold on, and his face was already full of redness.
"I went to Daybreak Studio to record a song before, but I didn't expect it to be opened by you, Sister Xiaoyi."
Zhang Yao didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, Zheng Xiao also said: "Naming the studio Breaking Dawn is to break through the darkness and usher in the light, but you have already seen the result." ”
"I'm not good at creating, and I'm long gone under the ban of Golden Disc Entertainment, and what I got from Wei Zhe was only hundreds of thousands of liquidated damages. Most of the people hired by the studio have already left, and now they are barely operating by renting out recording studios. ”
It's really miserable for a studio to get mixed up to this point, and if she wanted to buy the copyright of "To Alice" before, and participate in the song collection of the Youth Association, it is already a zuihou fight, no wonder she will die.
If he hadn't come to this time and space, Zhang Yao would still be struggling with whether to persist in the end. Give up, reluctant, that's a dream, it's impossible to say let go after so long of hard pursuit.
If you don't give up, you can't see a way out, and you can't do anything is just as painful.
"It's not that I'm cowardly and want to bow my head, it's just that I really can't hold on anymore."
When the drunkenness hit, Zheng Xiao also put aside his worries, vented his emotions, the expression on his face was extremely painful, and he grabbed his hair with both hands and said: "Zhang Yao, my sister doesn't want you to end up with me, so I don't want you to join my studio, that will only hurt you." ”
"No, Sister Xiaoyi, you are wrong."
Zhang Yao shook his head and said firmly: "Although Golden Disc Entertainment and Tianyin Records will spare no effort to ban us, I am also confident that I will overcome all obstacles, not only me, but also Sister Xiaoyi, you can also regain your previous glory." ”
"Sister Xiaoyi, haven't you succeeded in building Wei Zhe? He broke the contract and jumped ship, but I won't. ”
Zheng Xiaoyi looked at him stunned when he heard this, his face was full of pear blossoms, and asked, "Zhang Yao, do you really think so?" ”
"Of course, the more difficult the counterattack, the more advantageous it is, isn't it?"
Zhang Yao smiled, but Zheng Xiao didn't respond again, and lay directly on the table, and at this time it was already the beginning of the lanterns.