The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 425: Was it intentional?

After completing his graduation thesis defense, Zhang Chen devoted himself to the preparations for the concert.

Having experienced it before, he knew very well that this was not something that could be accomplished overnight.

Besides, Liu Yifei also wants to participate this time.

For a rookie who only knew music theory but little about musical instruments, this was a big project.

"Who are you calling a loser?!"

After hearing Zhang Chen's complaints again, Liu Yifei gritted her teeth and looked at Zhang Chen viciously.

She knew that she wasn't as good at playing musical instruments as the other girls, but there was nothing she could do about it.

It's her fault for being lazy and sleeping all the time when she was little.

Zhang Chen has been getting up at six or seven o'clock every day to practice since she was young. Now she gets up at eight or nine o'clock every day to practice her voice. Now that she has graduated, she has not yet enjoyed the life that a graduate should have, but has directly started to practice her musical instrument for world superstars.

Although she said it was easy, the pressure in her heart was greater than anyone else.

If she fails to handle this properly, it won't just be her that will be in trouble. Zhang Chen's reputation may also be damaged because of her mistake.

If she were alone, she wouldn't mind losing any amount of heat.

For her fans, as long as she can show her face well, they don't expect her to achieve anything great.

Over the years, everyone who knows her knows how lazy she is. She is one of the rare stars in the entertainment industry.

However, if anyone meets a brother like Zhang Chen, it would be good enough if he doesn't act like a troublemaker and ruin the family.

Now, she starts to work hard with all her might just because she doesn't want to embarrass Zhang Chen and also hopes to receive blessings from Zhang Chen's fans when their relationship is exposed in the future.

As a result, Zhang Chen called him a rookie for several days.

This made Liu Yifei, who was already anxious about not being able to keep up with the progress, show signs of collapse.

"Look at you, you're anxious, aren't you?" Zhang Chen also keenly noticed Liu Yifei's mood, but he did not comfort her. Instead, he mocked her even more, "You're new. Either practice more or give up. My concert will not allow any flaws."

"Stop practicing!"

Zhang Chen watched Liu Yifei walk away quickly with her head down and did not chase after her. He just silently picked up the bass that the little girl had thrown aside.

"Leon, aren't you going too far?"

Avril looked at the direction where Liu Yifei left and said to Zhang Chen with dissatisfaction: "Liu has made great progress during this period of time. I don't think a musical genius like you can't see it."

"Hmm." Zhang Chen casually plucked the strings of the guitar and simply responded to Avril's dissatisfaction.

"Then why do you keep hitting her again and again?"

"Yes, boss. Liu has done a great job. She is so pitiful."

This time, not only Avril, but even Taylor Swift, who usually doesn't express her opinions, felt a little bit sorry.

On the other side, the two younger girls nodded repeatedly.

Lin Yoona and the other girl also felt that their boss had gone a bit too far.

If Liu Yifei really did a bad job, it would be understandable that their boss would mock her like this.

However, according to Liu Yifei's current learning progress, she will definitely be able to catch up with the concert which will be held in the second half of 07.

And they also realized that although Liu Yifei was not very knowledgeable about musical instruments, she had been influenced by the world superstar Zhang Chen since she was a child, so she had some knowledge of various instruments, but she was not so proficient in them.

To put it another way, compared to other instruments, bass is a relatively easy instrument to learn. For someone like Liu Yifei who already has a certain level of musical literacy, it is very easy to learn.

In addition, during this period, Liu Yifei had them practice together day and night, and would ask Avril, a master of musical instruments, for advice from time to time. Her progress was visible to the naked eye.

If they were in her place, they wouldn't dare to say that they could have made the same progress as Liu Yifei when they first started learning a musical instrument.

But even so, Liu Yifei still couldn't get any praise from Zhang Chen, but was instead ridiculed again and again.

Before, they didn't dare to oppose their boss's opinion, but after Avril expressed her own view, they also plucked up the courage to say a few good words for Liu Yifei.

“Leon, I think you’ve been acting weird lately.” Avril crossed her legs and sat in front of Zhang Chen, looking up at him, “Don’t you want Liu to go to your concert?”

"How is that possible? It's free labor, why not use it?" Zhang Chen smiled and denied Avril's speculation.

"Then why did you deliberately discourage Liu's enthusiasm?"

"No, don't you think pointing out her shortcomings will help her improve faster?"

"You call that pointing out deficiencies?!"

"Clang——" Avril hit the cymbal of the drum set in dissatisfaction, making a harsh noise.

Zhang Chen covered his ears in annoyance and said impatiently: "Practice your instruments well and don't worry about other things!"

After saying that, without waiting for Avril to continue, he stood up and walked out.

"Avril, what happened to the boss?"

After Zhang Chen left, Taylor Swift dared to come forward and ask carefully.

The atmosphere just now was too depressing.

This was the first time she saw her boss get angry.

That expressionless look was so suffocating.

Now that the boss was out, she dared to speak.

Although she was valued by her boss and wrote many songs that are now popular all over the world with his help, she achieved achievements that are unimaginable to others.

However, since I joined the company late, I don’t often come to the China headquarters to see the boss.

She also has the filter of growing up listening to her boss's songs and being a fan of her boss herself, so she has a natural awe of her boss Zhang Chen.

Unlike Avril, I have known Boss since his debut and his career was on the rise, and I heard that there is some unclear relationship between the two of them.

So Taylor Swift was not surprised at all when she saw Avril dare to get angry at her boss.

Given the current situation, is this band, which was established not long ago and may only exist for about a year, facing disbandment?

I just feel a little sorry for the two girls who are going to form a band with Liu.

I wonder if after this incident, Liu is still interested in following her boss's idea and forming a girl group to make her debut.

Taylor Swift glanced at Yoona and Choi Sooyoung who were huddled in the corner like two frightened rabbits.

It seems that compared to them, I am quite brave?
"Actually, with Liu gone, it's just a standard band with guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards." Avril sighed, "It's just that a private band can't play songs with more complex arrangements."

"So Avril means that Yoona has to switch from rhythm guitar to bass?" Taylor Swift actually started thinking seriously about the situation of Liu Yifei's absence at the end of the month.

"Let's prepare for the worst!" Avril waved at Lin Yuner, "Can Yuner play bass?"

"Yes, I first learned the bass." Lin Yuner trotted forward and looked at Avril with some admiration. She thought the way Avril talked back to her boss was so cool. Lin Yuner looked at Avril with sparkling eyes, patted her washboard and promised: "Leave it to me!"

"Your boss asked you to learn bass?" Avril looked at Yoona strangely.

"Yeah!" Lin Yuner nodded and asked curiously, "Any questions?"

"It's okay." Avril frowned and thought about it, but couldn't figure it out. She shook her head in annoyance and said, "We don't know if Liu will still play with us."

"Yeah." Lin Yuner hung her head and muttered dejectedly, "I thought that after the boss's concert, I could form a band with the boss's wife."

"Boss lady?!" Avril looked at Yoona with a smile.

"Isn't it?" Lin Yoona asked curiously, tilting her head.

"Hmph! I guess so."

Lin Yoona scratched her head in confusion, looking at Avril who seemed angry, somewhat bewildered, not knowing what she had said to offend this big sister.

"You." Avril patted Lin Yuner's shoulder in a condescending manner, "Avril has been secretly in love with the boss for many years, you can't mention this in front of her."

"Taylor!"

"Hey! Here I come!"

Taylor Swift saw Avril glaring at her with dissatisfaction not far away. She stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and trotted to her seat.

"Sister Avril has a crush on the boss?" Lin Yoona whispered to herself and quickly returned to her seat.

On the other side, Choi Soo-young, who had not dared to speak, was watching in the corner the whole time, her eyes rolling around, and no one knew what she was thinking.

There are a lot of melons today!

It's a pity that I can't share it with outsiders
Although he has been studying and living in China since entering the entertainment industry, he did stay in SM Entertainment for a few days when he was in South Korea, and he knows how terrible the methods of powerful people are.

Moreover, she had heard about her boss's glorious deeds from her classmates, and she didn't want to ruin her future and lose her freedom just because of her momentary gratification.

Thinking of the experiences of her predecessors in South Korea, Choi Soo-young couldn't help but shudder.

It's too awful.
But if this person is their boss
It doesn't seem to work?
"Xiuying! You just played a few wrong notes!" Avril knocked on Choi Xiuying's head with a drumstick in dissatisfaction, "Be serious. Taylor and I, two queens, are practicing with you two rookies. How dare you be distracted?!"

For Avril, today's happiness may be learning a new Chinese word from Zhang Chen.

“Oh, I was wrong! Senior Avril.” Choi Sooyoung shrank her head and coughed dryly in embarrassment, “I’ll get back to my normal state right away!”

Having said that, Choi Sooyoung quickly gathered her wandering thoughts and became serious.

"Okay, let's start!" Avril picked up the drumsticks again helplessly.

After three sounds of drumsticks hitting each other, the accompaniment of Zhang Chen's classic old song "The Wind Rises" sounded in the music room again.

The sound of music followed the half-open door forward, passed through the corridor and living room, climbed up the spiral staircase and continued forward.

Finally, it reached the ears of Zhang Chen, who was leaning on the balcony handrail and looking at the Forbidden City in the distance.

"Has Lin Yuna replaced the bass?" Zhang Chen listened for a moment and breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon, he turned his attention to the scenery in the distance.

In the evening of late July, the Second Ring Road of Yanjing was filled with a bustling atmosphere, and the lights that kept turning on illuminated the dim sky.

Zhang Chen, who was sitting in a high-rise building in the busy Second Ring Road, looked at the cars stuck on the road rushing home and the faint sound of horns. With the cool evening breeze blowing, his originally irritable mood calmed down a lot.

He has contributed to this prosperous scene.

The high-end luxury residential building under his feet and the most eye-catching building towering over the downtown area of Yanjing at night were all invested and built by his Morning Glory Group.

The current prosperity of Yanjing is just like what he originally remembered it to be about 10 years ago.

He invested more than 10 billion US dollars for this prosperity.

This includes the construction site of the Olympic Main Stadium, which can be vaguely seen here and is brightly lit even at night.

08 is coming soon.
Zhang Chen withdrew his gaze and looked at the only dark window in the house.

That is Liu Yifei's room.

He came here directly after he came out just now, and did not go to Liu Yifei's room to comfort the little girl.

Because he didn't know how to explain his abnormal behavior to Liu Yifei.

In fact, at the very beginning, he didn't think that Liu Yifei would be able to persist until the day of the concert after joining his band.

According to this girl's personality, she will probably try it for the first time and then start to beg for mercy when she feels it's troublesome.

After all, when filming "Sugar", Liu Yifei's bass music was recorded in advance.

After what happened to the manager that time, Zhang Chen didn’t think this girl could hold on.

At this time, he can make a substitution.

There was no place for Liu Yifei in the original arrangement.

At least she will not be in his concert, nor should she be.

Zhang Chen has always positioned Liu Yifei as the lead singer, just like him.

But it was her own band.

Now that there are two members, Yoona and Choi Sooyoung, he also asked Xue Yining to find the other member.

The band at Zhang Chen's concert includes Avril Lavigne on drums, Taylor Swift on guitar, Yoona Lim on bass, and Choi Sooyoung on keyboard.

This was a decision Zhang Chen had made a long time ago.

It was only because of Liu Yifei's involvement that there was an extra position for a consonant guitarist.

If it was another time and the little girl wanted to make a fuss, he would definitely be happy to accompany her.

But this time it was too dangerous.

Zhang Chen squinted his eyes and looked towards an invisible location in the southwest direction.

It won't be safe there in a year.

Compared with the prosperous Yanjing, although Zhang Chen also invested a lot in that place, his investment direction was fundamentally different from that of Yanjing.

In Yanjing, the main focus is on economic effects.

In the place thousands of miles to the southwest, safety is the priority.

Various schools and shopping malls with the highest security levels, as well as a large number of standard stadiums, are spread across every city.

This is not prepared for him.

　Lay the groundwork, lay the groundwork hard!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)