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Chapter 1219: Chapter 1076: Theme Song (Please Subscribe!)
The next day.
It was the first day of the new school year.
Tang Qing boarded the airplane heading to Shanghai.
Different from her return, this trip included a few more passengers, Wang Yan and Li Kai, and Li Kai’s new girlfriend had also come along. As usual, Chu Lan’s father had taken her to the airport.
Last night.
Upon learning that his daughter would be taking a plane,
he had interrogated her thoroughly.
After getting the details, he didn’t say much else, only warning his daughter: Girls must learn to respect themselves and see people clearly. Everyone wants their child to hang out with good students, and Tang Qing fits every criteria of a good student to a T.
The top scholar of the National College Entrance Examination from years ago.
Now, the wealthiest person in China.
With assets exceeding a hundred billion RMB, she was by all accounts a good student. Although it was only with Tang Qing’s friend that she was in a relationship, anyone who could be a friend of Tang Qing’s shouldn’t be too bad in terms of character.
"Dad, I’m leaving."
"Call me when you get to school."
"I will."
Her father also gave Li Kai a fierce glare, his eyes full of threat.
Daughter.
They say she’s her father’s lover from a past life.
Li Kai had the audacity to woo his "little cabbage," and it infuriated him. Just yesterday, a few words from his wife were enough to test the waters, but now, seeing him in person, he felt like grabbing a stick and giving Li Kai a thrashing.
Li Kai, on the receiving end of such a stare,
could only offer an awkward smile.
"Son, what have you done to the girl?" Li Jianguo only just found out about this,
"I, I didn’t do anything," Li Kai said guiltily.
"Didn’t do anything? You think I’ll believe that?" Li Jianguo could clearly see through it.
Li Kai stubbornly replied, "Believe it or not, that’s up to you."
"Forget it, just be mindful of your behavior, learn from Tang Qing—focused and dedicated. If you dare to mess around and copy those rich kids’ antics, I’ll break your legs."
Li Jianguo warned.
Now that the family had money.
Haixuan Restaurant was a place for high-end consumption.
They met more people, and their status rose higher, expanding their horizons. The opulent lifestyles of those rich kids were something he couldn’t stand, and he wouldn’t allow his son to become like that.
"I get it," Li Kai said obediently.
"I’ll give you an extra five hundred a month."
"Why only five hundred?"
"What, you want five thousand? Be self-reliant. Look at Tang Qing," Jianguo’s gaze drifted towards Tang Qing not far away. In just a year or two, her assets had reached a hundred billion, a terrifying rate of growth.
"She has a good uncle."
"When you prove you’ve got the potential, I’ll invest in you too."
"Deal."
"You think I’m deceiving you for money?"
"Alright."
After bidding each other farewell.
Watching the kids walk into the airport.
"My name is Li Jianguo," he said, approaching with an easy smile.
"Chu..."
The two future fathers-in-law just like that got acquainted.
...
Once on the plane.
"Old Tang, you really know how to enjoy life."
"It’s alright."
"Can I take a peek inside the cockpit?"
"It’s about to take off; there’s nothing much to see inside except for some gauges, boring as hell," Tang Qing put down her luggage.
"You don’t understand, so of course it’s boring."
"Yes, yes, you’re right."
Tang Qing thought to herself that she had already flown in the skies but saw no need to show off.
Right then,
the announcement for takeoff played.
Ten minutes later,
the airplane was flying smoothly in the sky.
"Private jets are so convenient. I’ll take one next winter break. During the summer vacation, I plan to work in Shanghai. Speaking of which, Old Tang, do you have any internships suitable for me? I want to accumulate some experience as well."
Li Kai sipped his warm milk tea contentedly.
"You? Your family has a company, do you even need to work?" Tang Qing asked.
Li Kai rolled his eyes, "You have tens of thousands of employees, yet you still worry about company matters every day."
"You make a good point."
"Right? If I want to make the company bigger and stronger, I need to understand how excellent companies operate internally, their environment, their work, their departments, and everything. Of course, you’re an exception," Li Kai said enviously.
"If you want to understand a company, an internship is best. Sky Eye would be the most suitable," since Sky Eye serves companies. Professionally, no other company can compare.
"Deal, remember that, Lan Lan." Li Kai added.
Tang Qing laughed, "Together, but it’s just an auxiliary temporary position, with wages but no performance bonuses. Plainly speaking, it’s just being an assistant, so don’t come crying to me if you feel wronged later."
"I don’t mind, as long as there’s a wage."
Li Kai said with a playful laugh. Chu Lan also quickly expressed her willingness.
"In that case, to avoid any other plans you might have by then, call me three days before the summer vacation starts, and I’ll arrange something for you." Who knew if the two would have other ideas in a few months?
"That’s very brotherly of you."
"Thank you." Chu Lan also hurriedly expressed her gratitude.
"By the way, Wang Yan, how’s your job going?" Li Kai brought Wang Yan into the conversation.
"It’s going well. I study music every day, listening to songs." Wang Yan smiled with pursed lips.
Li Kai said, "Old Tang, you’re not helping her out either. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Wang Yan on TV."
"That’s not it. Tang Qing has already taken very good care of me. I don’t want to take those commercial performances. Now I’m drawing a wage, but there’s not much work, and I have flexible working hours. It’s quite nice." Wang Yan quickly gestured with her hands.
For her, Tang Qing was too good to be true.
As an artist of the company, she could do whatever she wanted, control her own time, with no one to supervise her, no mandatory tasks, and still with a salary. But she had always been helping out in the TV and film department, recently learning about music scoring.
"Is that so." Li Kai nodded.
At that moment.
Tang Qing suddenly remembered something.
"Wang Yan, I’m planning to make a theme song for my mobile phone and shoot a MV for it. It’s not yet officially a project, but soon I’ll delegate the task to the company. I need your help with the theme song."
Mobile phone brand.
How could it not have a promotional song to be used as the default ringtone?
"Help out?" Wang Yan was confused.
"I have some melody fragments and ideas for the lyrics, but I can’t make a whole song out of them. You’re a professional, and I plan to hand it over to you to try it out. In two months, on May 15, I need it for the mobile phone press conference," Tang Qing explained.
"Me, can I do it?" Wang Yan hesitated.
Tang Qing waved his hand, "Whether you can or can’t, you won’t know until you try. Don’t worry, the part of the melody I’m sure about is the main part and doesn’t need to be changed. You just need to fill in some music before and after."
"Alright, I’ll do my best." 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝘤𝘰𝑚
Wang Yan nodded vigorously.
No matter what.
She had to complete the first task Tang Qing assigned to her.
"That’s the spirit."
Li Kai then asked, "Old Tang, is your mobile phone going to market?"
"The press conference is on May 15, but it won’t go on sale until mid-July," Tang Qing nodded.
"That’s great, I really want to see what it looks like."
"I’ll give you each one when the time comes."
"Hey hey, great. Why don’t you throw in a Comet Video lifetime membership for me too?"
"You’re scrimping on that little money?"
"Can’t help it, I have to support a wife. Home is lacking food and clothing, the basic necessities..."
When it came to being thrifty, Li Kai could reach an extraordinary level.
Tang Qing: "..."
"Oh right, what was that song you mentioned earlier? You can write songs?" Li Kai suddenly remembered.
Tang Qing shook his head: "How could I write songs? I just had a sudden inspiration."
"Sing it then," Li Kai encouraged.
After thinking it over.
Tang Qing agreed.
"Alright, just don’t leak it out. This is going to be the promotional song for my mobile phone, which will be released to the whole world. If someone plagiarises it beforehand, I’ll have to change the song, which would be very troublesome."
"Don’t worry, which one of us talks too much!" Li Kai assured.
"You."
"...?"
Tang Qing took out a few sheets of paper from his suitcase, "Wang Yan, these are the lyrics and music scores, missing an intro. You’ll figure out an intro, and also see if you can complete the lyrics. Roughly is fine."
"Okay."
Wang Yan took the sheets of paper and started looking at them seriously, with Lin Jiaxue peeking over too.
Li Kai glanced over.
He didn’t understand.
He could only stare at Tang Qing, waiting to hear him sing.
Tang Qing didn’t even need to clear his throat.
He just opened his mouth and sang.
"Looking back, I can still see the moonlight of my hometown."
"Darkness gave me black eyes."
"Yet I use them to search for light."
"Sweat condenses into time capsules."
"Alone, I pioneer through this destiny."
"Single-handedly, I drink with the world."
"...?"
This is Huawei’s "Honor," which Tang Qing shamelessly copied; it should be the first song he’s plagiarized so far, mainly because he thought it was really good. Next time, he planned to pay someone to make one.
This song used to be the default ringtone on his phone, which he heard every day, so he remembered it especially well.
But the ringtone only had the main part of the song.
He didn’t remember the intro and the rest of the lyrics at all.
