I became financially independent right after entering college.

Chapter 72 Sea Butterfly
The next morning at around nine o'clock, when everyone else was still in military training, Bai Chou was still sleeping soundly in the dormitory. It was impossible for him to get up early.

A strange phone call woke Bai Chou up.

There was a woman on the other end of the phone. She could tell that Bai Chou might have just woken up, so she politely said, "I'm sorry to disturb your rest." Then she introduced herself, saying, "My name is Grace, and I'm the suite butler assigned to you by the Ritz-Carlton Hotel."

I'm calling to ask how you would like the 9999 roses at the hotel to be arranged, and to confirm your exact time of arrival in Jinling, your check-in time at the hotel, and whether you require a shuttle service.

"As for the roses, you can arrange them as you like. I'm staying at a hotel with my girlfriend tonight, so it'd be best if they were arranged in a romantic way. As for whether I need a pick-up..."

Bai Chou roughly calculated the time.

The evening party program has been released. It will start at 20 o'clock. There are less than 10 programs in the whole evening party. It will be almost o'clock by the time he and Li Xue finish their performances.

"Around 10 o'clock this evening, please send someone to pick me up at Gate 3 of Nanchuan Fangshan Campus. Then call me."

Compared to the real top tycoons, Bai Chou is undoubtedly a homeless person. He has never experienced many things: the presidential suite of a top luxury hotel, the accompanying butler service...

Why not try it? Whether you like it or not is another matter. If you have money but don’t experience something you have never been able to experience before, then the money is meaningless.

The person on the other end politely said "OK" and hung up the phone.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Bai Chou, who was still playing games in the dormitory, suddenly received a call from his counselor Tan Xuan.

"Hey, Bai Chou, I just went to the rehearsal room to look for you, but why didn't I see you and Li Xue?"

"I've practiced everything I need to practice. I didn't want to put too much pressure on Li Xue before the official performance, so I didn't continue practicing today."

"Oh, okay. Where are you now? Can you come to ING Plaza? I have something important to discuss with you."

"I'm in the dormitory, I'll be there soon."

"Okay, then come find me at ING's Luckin Coffee."

What can the counselor ask me for?

Bai Chou, feeling a little confused, washed up casually, put on the Versace suit he wore for the evening performance, and quickly went downstairs to Luckin Coffee in ING Plaza.

"here."

Tan Xuan, who was sitting in the corner by the window, stood up and waved to Bai Chou. Today, Tan Xuan was still dressed in the style of a young working woman. She was intellectual and generous, yet youthful and charming.

After Bai Chou walked over, he discovered that there was another middle-aged woman sitting opposite Tan Xuan. She was probably in her early thirties, wearing a professional outfit made of all big brands and a pair of frameless glasses with light gold lenses.

Nodding at Tan Xuan, Bai Chou casually sat down next to Tan Xuan, glanced at the middle-aged woman opposite, and then looked at Tan Xuan in confusion.

Who is this?
"Hello, I'm Zhao Lin, an agent from Haidie Entertainment."

Without waiting for Tan Xuan to introduce her identity, the middle-aged woman smiled politely, took out a business card from her purse at her side and handed it to Bai Chou, then looked up and down at Bai Chou's facial features, figure, and outfit.

The white business card was designed to be ordinary. Apart from the company name, address, Zhao Lin's position and contact information, nothing else was printed.

"Manager Zhao came to the school yesterday and asked if you were a student of Southern Buddhism. He said he wanted to sign you as a contracted artist on behalf of Ocean Butterflies Entertainment. The school has confirmed Manager Zhao's identity. Because this matter is very important and concerns your future, and because they contacted the school directly, and you are still very young, the school arranged for me to accompany you to meet with Manager Zhao."

Tan Xuan briefly introduced the whole story, and there was uncontrollable excitement in her tone and expression. That was Haidie.

After Tan Xuan finished her introduction, Zhao Lin on the opposite side said, "Student Bai Chou, I watched your video online, and I think you very much meet our company's signing criteria.

You may not know Haidie very well, we are..."

"no need."

Bai Chou raised his hand to interrupt Zhao Lin who was about to give a detailed introduction: "I know Haidie, and I know it in great detail."

How could Bai Chou, who once thought of becoming a singer, not know Haidie?
When it comes to record companies and music groups, the top three are undoubtedly Universal, Sony and Warner. Their business scope covers the whole world, and they have achieved dominance in artist resources, music production, music copyright and other aspects. The three together are equal to about half of the world's pop music market.

But if we only focus on Greater China, Ocean Butterflies' strength and influence are not much worse than the Big Three. Like the Big Three, Ocean Butterflies is a full-coverage music company from brokerage to production, copyright, distribution and promotion.

Just mention a few singers under Ocean Butterflies, or singers who have worked with Ocean Butterflies, and you will know how powerful this company is: Xu Song, Xue Zhiqian, JJ Lin, A-Du, Jeff Chang...

Of course, in addition to these top Chinese singers (who were once considered top singers), Ocean Butterflies has more singers who are not very popular and most people have never heard of them.

But no matter what, the contracts that Ocean Butterflies has or has had with several top musicians are enough to prove its strength.

"It's good that you know Haidie."

Zhao Lin smiled confidently, not surprised by this. How many people who study pop music in Greater China don’t know Haidie?

Zhao Lin then continued, "I saw the video of you singing in KTV. Your singing skills are probably above average among singers of the same age group. You are already qualified to participate in our Ocean Butterflies artist auditions.

More importantly, your voice and image are both excellent, to a rare degree. This God-given rarity makes it possible for you to become a signed musician of our Ocean Butterflies without the need for auditions.

Do you want to be a professional singer, a top pop musician like Xu Song, Xue Zhiqian, or Lin Junjie?

Zhao Lin just casually mentioned a few names, which made Tan Xuan, who was sitting next to Bai Chou, excited. They were Xu Song, Xue Zhiqian, and JJ Lin.

Among the young people in China, who doesn’t know them?

"Sorry, I don't want to be a professional singer or artist now." Bai Chou said calmly, my musical dream has been buried under the monthly pocket money of more than 8 million.

"Uh."

"what?"

Tan Xuan and Zhao Lin were both stunned.

Tan Xuan knew that Bai Chou was no longer interested in entering the music industry, but she thought that was just because he had no interest in joining a small company.

She felt that with Haidie's agent sitting opposite her, Bai Chou would definitely hesitate and weigh the pros and cons again. After all, this was one of the best music companies in Greater China.

(End of this chapter)