Start with hooves

February 2013, 11.

The second season of "The Voice of China", a reality show jointly launched by Penguin Video and Dragon TV, has successfully entered the blind audition stage in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

The four mentors are all well-known veteran singers, including Jay Chou, Hong Jie, Xianqi Ge and Zhang Hanshao.

The program is more than halfway through recording and the atmosphere is intense.

A young man dressed in hip-hop style, wearing jeans with chains and a cheap Ultraman mask, walked onto the stage with a guitar in his hand.

The audience subconsciously thought that he was ugly and therefore too embarrassed to face others, so the response was mediocre.

Without much self-introduction, he asked the staff to bring a stool. After sitting down, the "Ultraman Man" tested the sound, then started playing the guitar and sang:
"Blue bricks with tile paint
White horse steps on new mud

Mountain flowers and banana leaves dyed red in the evening
Raindrops on the eaves

Smoke rises

Where are you who have been wasting time?

look for
desolate
The moon sets and the crows cry. The crescent moon falls into the lonely well.

bits and pieces
Bit by bit
There are flowers in the dream and green grass in the dream

Long hair creates ripples

White cloth exhibition Shiji

Kappa paddles a long boat to cross the ancient city
Raindrops sprinkle from the eaves."

When Jay Chou heard this, he immediately pressed the button and turned around.

Zhang Hanshao seemed to realize something, with the word "surprise" clearly written on his face, and he immediately turned his chair in panic.

Only Sister Hong and Brother Xianqi, who are good at singing high notes, sat on their chairs unmoved.

After singing "Sheng Sheng Man", "Ultraman Man" stood up with his guitar, looking around, as if he was looking at something.

When it came to the instructor's review session, Sister Hong took the lead and said:
"To be honest, I really like this song, but Jay Chou and Han Shao turned their chairs first. Besides, this contestant's lyrical style is not suitable for my team. He has basically reached the level of a professional singer. Now I still hear the words 'searching, searching, desolate and lonely' in my mind. It has a special magic."

Jay Chou smiled, pointed at his ears, and said:
"Everyone should know that I am very sensitive to voices. I have studied the songs of a superstar many times. If I heard correctly, you are not a new singer, and you are also very good at singing English songs? If we were to select a few of my favorite male singers, he would definitely be on the list. But why would the Godfather of Pop, who is so busy, come to this stage to tease us instead of preparing for his own global tour?"

After hearing these words, Zhang Hanshao became more certain of his guess, and his heart was in his throat.

However, before she could speak, Xianqi, who had sung "Heart Too Soft" next to her, asked in confusion:

"The Godfather of Pop? His voice sounds very young to me. This contestant doesn't seem to be very popular. Although this song is good, it hasn't reached that level yet."

Including Jay Chou and Zhang Hanshao, everyone looked at Brother Xianqi in shock, leaving him completely confused.

Zhang Hanshao decisively picked up the microphone and interrupted:

"Brother Xianqi, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. If it's really that person, you may only be able to perform under the overpass in the future."

Xianqi was even more confused and smiled awkwardly: "Can you please take off your mask, contestant? I really can't guess who you are."

The "Ultraman Man" was very obedient. He took off his mask immediately and asked with a smile: "Some people say that I'm not famous enough?" Hundreds of people at the recording site instantly burst into thunderous applause.

The cameraman was very considerate and gave Brother Xianqi a close-up. He opened his mouth wide enough to fit an egg in it, and waved his hands in panic:
"No, no! Boss Su, I have nothing to express my gratitude for your visit. How about I kowtow to you?"

Su Rui just raised his hand and said jokingly:
"Stand up, no need to be polite."

"I just happened to come here to discuss some business, and was invited by the director to be on stage. This show is very well made, and the ratings have already exceeded those in the United States."

"I actually quite like the song 'Sheng Sheng Man' that I just sang. It's been a long time since I've felt the pain of being told that I'm not popular. It really makes me miss it."

Brother Xianqi was too embarrassed to face anyone, so he fell on a chair and pretended to be dead, covering his face in front of the camera.

Suri temporarily added a role for herself, preparing to sing an English song adapted from a Russian "Lullaby" on the spot, clearly intending to prove herself by showing off her skills.

He originally wanted to release this song at his concert, but today he released it early for the show effect.

After some arrangements.

He stood on the stage with a microphone in his hand. The audience felt that his aura was so strong that it was suffocating just by thinking about the fact that Su Rui controlled a terrifying fortune of trillions of RMB. Even Jay Chou had to stand aside.

The unique melody of "Russian Lullaby" is enough to be the title song of Suri's new album, and the live effect is definitely amazing.

After the song was over, Brother Xianqi clapped louder than anyone else at the scene. After all, he really couldn't afford the consequences of offending Su Rui.

In fact, Suri didn't take it seriously at all. Instead, she found it very interesting.

After a brief chat, he stepped down and took a car to inspect the land around Shanghai. He was ready to invest hundreds of billions of RMB to build a "Never Sleeps" cultural and tourism city project.

The entire project will integrate the aesthetics of the Tang and Song dynasties and invest in the construction of a neo-Chinese style classical town, which will be used as a satellite town in the future and is expected to accommodate a total of more than 20 people.

No matter how housing prices will trend in the future, with Surrey’s ultra-low entry price, there is almost no possibility of losing money.

There is nothing much to say about getting the land.

It will take at least ten years for the project to be fully completed.

It can only be said that there will always be brave men when there is a big reward. On the fifth day after Su Rui arrived in Shanghai, he heard news from the shipyard that his "Netflix Entertainment" yacht would be delivered next month. The entire construction period was shortened to two years and eight months. He found several companies to cooperate in building the interior, which was completed half a year ahead of schedule.

The yacht is about to be acquired. The Shanghai Central Building, the world's second tallest building, has also started to install glass curtain walls after the topping-out ceremony. It is expected to take three to four years before it can be officially put into operation.

Calculating the interest lost during the period, it is a huge loss. However, matters of face cannot be measured by money.

With the Shanghai Central Building as a billboard, and the ability to make back losses with interest from other places, Su Rui's wealth is in a period of accelerated expansion. Even if he had doubled his net worth a few years ago, it would only be a few billion US dollars. This year, his total wealth has increased by about 40%, and the total amount is as high as to billion US dollars.

What’s even more terrifying is that this snowball will continue to roll.

After a trip to Shanghai, they continued to wait patiently for the baby to be born. Suri already knew the gender in advance, Daddario was also pregnant with a little girl, and Jiang Jiaya was pregnant with a boy.

To him, boys and girls are the same. He never thinks about relying on anyone to inherit the family business. It is good enough to live happily.

(End of this chapter)