novelraw Chapter 951 - 949: Unwilling to Hold Him Back
Chapter 951 - 949: Unwilling to Hold Him Back
Upon returning from her trip abroad, Nuonuo devoted all her energy to the preparation of the album.As the boss’s assistant, Si Jun spent more than half of his time outside Xinying, but whenever he was there, he would listen in on the discussions between Si Han and Ning Yijia Hao. As he put it, the boss valued Si Han’s new album highly, thus instructing him to keep a close eye on the album’s progress.
Si Han, the leading lady of Xinying, was becoming increasingly popular, and Xinying Entertainment had developed at lightning speed over the past two years. The company’s artists had grown from initially just Si Han to dozens, each specializing in their field. Some focused on the big screen, some on television, some on variety show hosting, and others on music.
Of course, some were versatile, branching out into multiple areas once they achieved some success in their specializations, and Si Han was one of them.
However, the development path of other artists was mostly set by the company and their managers. Only Si Han decided all of her work and direction herself.
The company gave her a great degree of freedom, which made her think more deeply about her initial plan to release a love song album for Da Bao. Perhaps, besides singing for her brother, she could also create some songs for the vast number of girls to softly express love for their lovers.
With this mindset, she became more stringent and perfectionist about the quality and requirements of the songs.
For several pieces, she even invited her mentor, Teacher Fan, to accompany her on the violin.
Originally, neither Si Han nor Xinying intended to use Teacher Fan’s accompaniment as a selling point for the album.
But the media were always the professionals at digging up sensational topics to attract viewers’ attention. What was originally a deep teacher-student bond became, under the media’s sentimental words, a narrative of Si Han inviting her mentor to pursue a high-class, high-taste album. These topics lead Si Han’s album, which was entirely penned, composed, and sung by her, to top the music section’s hot search list before its release.
Teacher Fan, now a somewhat renowned violinist in China, being invited to accompany not only added prestige to Si Han but also elevated Xinying Entertainment’s status by several levels.
After all, the violin represents the elegance of classical music, while entertainment companies mostly follow a popular route, and being able to invite Teacher Fan as an accompanist elevated Xinying Entertainment from a common business to an artistic company.
Thus, what was originally a simple act by Si Han to pursue perfect song effects became a hot topic due to the media’s sensational hype, making Si Han, Teacher Fan, and Xinying Entertainment all popular topics. Not only was Si Han’s album eagerly awaited before its release, but Teacher Fan’s concert tickets also sold for nearly twice their original price during the summer.
Seeing the situation, Teacher Fan went ahead and booked Si Han’s schedule for some concerts held in major cities, where Si Han would appear as a special guest.
As soon as this news was released, the online pre-sale tickets for Teacher Fan’s concerts in major cities were sold out within twenty-four hours.
Preparing for both the album and the concerts kept Si Han incredibly busy.
Time flew quickly in busyness, and soon it was June, the movie "Double-faced Man" started its promotion period, and Si Han once again turned into a flying person, traveling around with the crew to promote.
But this time, traveling around with her was not Tian Fang.
A few days before the movie promotion, Tian Fang learned she was pregnant. In the early stages of pregnancy, both she and Zhao Hao were extremely careful, naturally unable to accompany Si Han on her travels.
On the day of departure, Da Bao took Si Han to the airport, and Si Han was curious about who the company would assign to accompany her on her city-hopping tours. Unexpectedly, it was Si Jun at the airport.
Si Han was somewhat surprised, while Da Bao, seeing Si Jun, showed no strange expression, just patted Si Jun on the shoulder and instructed, "These few days, please watch over Nuonuo."
"Don’t worry, Young Master Yu, I will take good care of Si Han."
The flight took off nearly two hours later than scheduled, and this time, Nuonuo sat with the crew members while Si Jun sat in the seat next to her.
After the plane took off, Si Jun considerately suggested Si Han take a nap, perhaps noticing the slight fatigue on her face.
More than two hours later, as the crew alighted, under Director Zuo’s urging, they hurried to the promotion venue because the flight delay left them no time for lunch.
On the bus to the promotion venue, Si Jun took out bread and milk from his backpack for Si Han.
Si Han was indeed hungry, but instead of eating immediately, she broke the bread in half, handing one half to Si Jun.
"You only have this one piece of bread, right? Keep half for yourself."
Si Jun did not accept it, "You eat it; you have the red carpet to walk later, I don’t."
Si Han laughed as she looked at him, "Are you afraid I’ll faint from hunger? Don’t worry, I’m not that weak!" Saying this, she again held the half piece of bread to Si Jun.
Si Jun still did not take it, "When you’re on the red carpet, I can find something to eat backstage."
Having been friends with Si Han for many years, Si Jun knew this girl from the Ji Family was pampered and couldn’t tolerate hunger.
Si Han could not argue with him and had to pull her hand back, drinking milk and munching on the bread.
Others could only watch as Si Han swallowed her food dryly, enviously saying, "Si Han, your handsome assistant is truly attentive."
Si Han proudly said, "Of course, he’s our boss’s top assistant!"
Si Jun had not been with Xinying for long, yet received unanimous approval from the company personnel. From what Si Han knew, several female artists even openly signaled their interest in him, but he seemed immune to others’ advances, showing no signs of reciprocation.
Si Han knew she shouldn’t meddle too much, but Si Jun was a friend she deeply cared for, so she didn’t want to give him any ambiguous thoughts.
"Si Jun, Little Fish seems quite fond of you, why don’t you respond to her?"
As there was still more than an hour’s drive to the venue, Si Han engaged in small talk with Si Jun.
The Little Fish Si Han referred to was a recently signed artist at Xinying, a talented young lady fresh out of Music College, pure and charming.
Si Jun glanced at her deeply, "No feelings!"
Si Jun was quite talkative when with Si Han, but at this moment, he put on a cool front.
Obviously, he was displeased.
His displeasure, however, wouldn’t stop Si Han from speaking, as she didn’t want to delay him.
"You and Little Treasure are always saying there’s no feeling. How will you know without getting along? Do you really believe in love at first sight?"