HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 102 [102] Li Bingbing's sister: I want to be Qi Yuan's manager
July 5th, Taiwan.

Qi Yuan is back.

On the way back to the company from the airport, as the vehicle passed through the downtown area, Qi Yuan heard his song "Dang" and Liang Yongqi's song "Coward".

Leung Wing-ki's record sold very well, and Kei Yuen gained a wave of exposure in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The media and female singers in the industry discovered that Qi Yuan was not only self-sufficient, but also that the solo songs she wrote for other female singers were also hits, and huge hits at that.

Strictly speaking, the duet version of "Loving Too Late" and "Good Hearted Breakup" don't count because Qi Yuan participated in the duet, so they weren't songs written specifically for someone else.

If Jung Joong-ki's "Heart Like a Knife" and "Freaks" made Qi Yuan a hot commodity among male singers...

So "Coward" made Qi Yuan a hot commodity among female singers.

Male and female singers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China sent Warner Music requests to write songs for them, but Zhou Jianhui rejected them all.

We at Warner Music don't even have enough singers to go around with Ah Yuan's output, where would we get any surplus for you? Can't you see how hungry Dai Pei Ni is?
Zhou Jianhui wished he could lock Qi Yuan in a dark room and force her to write fifty new songs a week.

Qi Yuan wants to return to Warner.

Zhou Jian greeted him with a smile: "With the huge success of 'Coward,' female singers wanting to commission songs from you are everywhere. There's Wang Fei, Karen Mok, Li Wen, Amy Chang..."

Zhou Jianhui only mentioned popular female singers; there are too many second- and third-tier female singers to count.

Although their record company knew that the chances of Qi Yuan writing songs for them were slim, sending a song request cost nothing.

What if? What if Qi Yuan is in a good mood and actually agrees to write songs for their company's female singers? Wouldn't they make a profit?
Beside Zhou Jianhui was a girl with a small face, delicate features, and a lively and charming appearance, wearing jeans and a white T-shirt.

She is Dai Peini, whom Zhou Jianhui signed in Singapore.

Among female singers, her looks are definitely in the top tier, and she bears a resemblance to Lin Chih-ling.

In Qi Yuan's memory, her appearance at 20 and 40 years old didn't change much; her prime lasted quite a long time.

“Dai Pei-ni, you can also call her Penny. She is a Malaysian Chinese, and she is the third generation. She speaks Mandarin very well and is skilled at playing the guitar,” Zhou Jianhui introduced.

Afterwards, Zhou Jianhui asked Dai Peini to play a song for Qi Yuan. She played the guitar quite well, better than Qi Yuan.

Later, many of Dai Pei-ni's songs were composed using the guitar.

Qi Yuan hesitated for a moment, then asked in return, "Can you play the piano?"

“I can play music, and I can even play a little drumming.” Dai Peini’s voice was a little weak.

"It's enough that you can play. Let me think about it, and I'll compose a song for you with the piano as the main instrument." After pondering for a long time, Qi Yuan finally chose a song called "In My Song".

This is a good song, but unfortunately the person who sang it is a terrible person.

Qi Yuan copied this song now, so that Qu Wanting wouldn't have to post long essays on Weibo every year to act like a filial daughter.

The trick of Jay Chou writing a song in ten minutes was already used with Chen Huilin last time, so doing it again would be cliché.

This time, Qi Yuan didn't do any live composition; instead, he told Dai Peini to let him know after he finished writing the song.

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Inland China, Hangzhou.

After working as a traffic reporter for over a year, Li Xue dragged her tired body back to her rented room after get off work.

As soon as I turned on the TV, I saw a shampoo commercial.

The film opens with Qi Yuan playing drums at home. The camera then focuses on a cake, and while he's playfully interacting with his friends, a slender woman smears cream on Qi Yuan's hair.

Upon seeing the woman's face, Li Xue's pupils dilated in shock. Wasn't this her sister, Li Bingbing?

When did her sister secretly go and film an advertisement with Qi Yuan? During the Chinese New Year, she mentioned to Li Bingbing that her new idol was Qi Yuan.

At the time, she even jokingly asked Li Bingbing to audition for the female lead in Qi Yuan's music video and get her autograph while she was at it.

Her sister didn't listen to Qi Yuan's advice and didn't go to film the music video with Qi Yuan, but she did film an advertisement with Qi Yuan instead.

She called Li Bingbing several times, but no one answered.

She continued watching TV. After one episode ended, she saw an advertisement for Lafang shampoo. She was brainwashed by Qi Yuan's phrase, "Love life, love Lafang."

Even though she had only recently bought the shampoo and it would last a long time, she still decided to go out and buy Lafang.

This is a shampoo that even her idol uses and raves about. How could she, as a fan, not support her idol?
After visiting several large supermarkets in Hangzhou, Li Xue finally managed to buy the Lafang shampoo she wanted.

When Li Bingbing rushed back to the rented room, she had been waiting at the door for a long time.

"Where have you been? I've been waiting for you for ages. I timed my arrival perfectly to coincide with your rest time," Li Bingbing complained.

Li Xue didn't answer, but instead asked Li Bingbing with a gossipy look, "Sis, when did you secretly go and film an advertisement with Qi Yuan without telling me? Why didn't you tell me? I didn't even remind you to get my autograph."

A flicker of surprise crossed Li Bingbing's eyes, but she quickly regained her composure. It seemed that Lafang's advertisement had launched earlier than she had anticipated.

After Li Xue opened the door and entered the house, Li Bingbing complained, "I told you, you'd follow me around like a puppy, wouldn't you? Don't you want to keep your job as a reporter?"

She was going to work, not to chase after celebrities; why would she bring her family along?

Also, what if she's worried that her younger sister will become completely infatuated with Qi Yuan in person?
Qi Yuan is indeed very charming. He is approachable, elegant, and talented, which is extremely attractive to girls in their early twenties.

"Did you get the autograph?" Li Xue asked.

Li Bingbing shook his head helplessly, took out a photo album of Qi Yuan from his luggage bag and handed it to her.

Seeing Qi Yuan's autograph and his words of blessing for her work, Li Xue lay on the sofa with a doting smile, clutching the photo album.

Then, she kept pestering Li Bingbing with all sorts of strange and unusual questions.

"Sis, isn't Qi Yuan handsome? As handsome as he is in the music video?"

"Handsome, handsome, handsome!"

"Sis, is Qi Yuan tall? I heard he's 180cm."

"High, high, high!"

"sister……"

Li Bingbing's head was about to explode.

Li Xue, instead of being bothered, uttered a bold idea that made Li Bingbing pause in surprise: "Sister, what do you think about me quitting being a reporter and becoming Qi Yuan's manager? If I become his manager, I'll let you film all of his music videos with him."

Li Bingbing was stunned; this was a path she had never imagined.

Li Xuezhen wasn't just daydreaming. Li Bingbing knew that her younger sister was intelligent from a young age, and that her academic performance and interpersonal skills were better than her older sister's. She also had her own unique insights into many things.

She would also discuss with Li Xue any work-related issues she was unsure about.

With her sister's intelligence, she might actually be able to make a living as a talent agent.

Li Xue possesses all the qualities of an excellent agent, such as resilience, accurate decision-making, and social skills.

Moreover, Li Xue has a strong learning ability and quickly mastered the job of a reporter. What if she were to switch to being an agent?
"Impossible, impossible! This plot is too outrageous!" Li Bingbing's rationality told her that this was absurd.

(End of this chapter)