novelraw Chapter 133 - 130: You... You... You...
Chapter 133 - 130: You... You... You...
The door to the live stream room opened again.
Jiang Xiaobai cautiously poked her head out and looked around the main hall.
Seeing no one outside, she walked out, relieved. She didn’t forget to whisper back into the room, "Cheng, it’s clear. Let’s go, quickly!"
Chen Jincheng came out with an embarrassed expression and shot Jiang Xiaobai a glare.
’This girl is getting more and more out of hand,’ he thought. ’The office was one thing, but now she’s acting up in the live stream room too.’
"Cheng, let’s go!" Jiang Xiaobai immediately clung to his arm, pulling him as they hurried out of the company.
In the general manager’s office, Sister Hong watched this scene through the window and couldn’t help but shake her head.
’The boss is really getting wilder by the day,’ she thought. ’Good thing I had everyone leave work early.’
Before long, Chen Jincheng once again found himself following Jiang Xiaobai to her home in the Xilin District.
The moment the girl got out of the car, she happily trotted over to his side and pulled him into the building.
’So much for resisting. She still managed to lure me over tonight.’
Remembering Sister Sisi’s question from the live stream, she couldn’t resist testing the waters. "Cheng, they say feelings grow over time. Do you love me, even just a little?"
Hearing this, Chen Jincheng sighed and looked at her seriously. "I told you not to get carried away. Are you getting carried away again? In that case, I’m going home right now."
"Alright, alright, I get it!" Seeing him make a move to turn around, Jiang Xiaobai hurriedly pouted coquettishly, then pulled him upstairs and into her apartment.
After closing the door, she gazed at him, her eyes glistening as if about to overflow with tears. "Cheng, we’re inside now. Do you love me now?"
"Until we leave this room," Chen Jincheng grunted, then swept the girl into his arms and walked further inside.
...
「The next morning.」
Chen Jincheng left the girl’s place, got back into his car, and immediately pulled out his phone to check the song sales:
1. "Can’t Help Falling in Love," Sales: 3,165,024!
2. "Betrayal," Sales: 715,123
3. "Must Love," Sales: 714,125!
"Can’t Help Falling in Love" had already broken three million in sales.
This was a figure many singers could never reach. For instance, that Master Yu’s recently released song, "Hope," had only sold around two million copies.
Moreover, just as he had predicted, "Betrayal" had indeed overtaken "Must Love."
’I wonder if Li Yueling is regretting dumping that boyfriend of hers right now.’
This Li Cheng clearly had a talent for songwriting, as well as the ability to sing himself.
’Right now, he’s only writing songs for himself. If he ever starts writing for other women, and those songs become hits, Li Yueling will probably be so frustrated she’ll be drawing circles in a corner.’
Chen Jincheng put his phone down, then started the car and drove out of the residential complex.
By the time he arrived at Second-Life Star, the regular employees were already there. Some of the signed female artists had also arrived; they were either scrolling through videos on their phones or had already gone to the shooting rooms with the photography department’s staff.
Second-Life Star was now gradually getting on track. The planning department had hired a few people, as had the photography department.
When a new female artist was assigned to the planning department, they would call over people from photography to do a shoot as soon as a plan was ready.
Unfortunately, the planning department’s ideas were all rather conventional; no viral plans had emerged yet.
Chen Jincheng had just sat down in his office when Sister Hong came in to report. "The advertising fee from Rice Sockets has been transferred. After deducting Tiao Yin’s 5% commission, the reserved amount for taxes, and the union service fee, there’s 2.66 million left. It will be transferred to your account shortly. Also, the advertising fee from Luna Stockings is already being processed."
"Mm," Chen Jincheng nodded.
’With this payment, the money in my personal account will break the five million mark.’
’To be honest, among A-list online celebrities, I’m probably the poorest one at this stage.’
Sister Hong added, "Also, about Li Yueling. She tried to get on your good side first thing this morning. She reposted ’Can’t Help Falling in Love’ on Weibo and congratulated you and Jiang Xiaobai!"
Chen Jincheng took out his phone to check Weibo and saw that it was true.
’But this is normal. Only the thick-skinned can survive in this industry in the long run.’
Looking at the comments under her Weibo post, most of them were mocking her, but she was clearly ignoring them all.
He could understand Li Yueling’s current thinking. ’Since I can’t beat them, I might as well try to gain some benefit from this situation.’
After all, infamy is still a form of fame.
At the very least, her song was selling.
If it could reach the projected three million in sales, that would still be higher than Master Yu’s two million-plus, wouldn’t it?
Chen Jincheng didn’t pay her any more mind.
After all, they weren’t in the same league. Since she had backed down and made a gesture of goodwill, there was no need to make a mortal enemy of her.
One Li Yueling was nothing, but behind her was an entertainment company.
...
In the afternoon, not long after he had finished lunch, Chen Jincheng received a call from Lin Hao.
He answered, and the other man’s laughter came through the phone. "Lao Cheng, it’s time to go. Let’s meet up over at Wanxiang City. Their little car show is happening over there."
"Got it." Chen Jincheng hung up and left Second-Life Star.
When he reached Wanxiang City, he found a spot to park at an intersection and walked toward a small convenience store, intending to buy a pack of cigarettes.
He had left in such a hurry from that girl Jiang Xiaobai’s place that he’d left his cigarettes behind.
He was genuinely afraid that if he’d stayed any longer, it would have just made the girl greedier.
In private, in her apartment, that girl was truly unrestrained.
As he entered the convenience store, a familiar tune reached his ears:
"Is it that we’re in a hurry to prove I exist, or that we’ll be in a daze if we don’t love..."
It was none other than "Can’t Help Falling in Love."
’So, even small shops are playing this song now,’ he thought. ’That just goes to show how much it’s blown up.’
"A pack of Gutian, please," Chen Jincheng said to the female clerk.
The clerk immediately got him a pack. As she was ringing him up, she clearly paused for a moment, feeling that this handsome guy looked a little familiar.
Suddenly, she glanced at the music video playing on Penguin Music nearby, and then she froze.
The next moment, her eyes widened as she stared at Chen Jincheng in disbelief. "You... you... you..."