Chapter 16
The man was dressed in a neat suit, very formally, holding a stack of documents in his hands, with a formal smile on his face.
Walking up to Qin Mingchuan, he bent slightly and extended his hand politely.
"Hello, is this Mr. Qin? I am Mr. Su's lawyer."
Lawyer Zhou introduced himself to Qin Mingchuan in an orderly manner.
At this moment, Qin Mingchuan, who was standing opposite him, had a very explosive expression on his face.
In just one second, his eyes changed from joy to surprise, and then to disappointment.
In the end, all these emotions dissipated and were directly suppressed by the unwilling anger.
Qin Mingchuan never imagined that he had spent several days and put so much thought into organizing such a dinner that was comparable to a romantic date.
What came was Su Xingyao's lawyer...
Who the hell wants to have dinner and talk with this person here? !
Qin Mingchuan, who was on the verge of going berserk, suddenly clenched his fists, and blue veins left one hideous mark after another on his skin.
He took a fierce look at the man in front of him. He was so angry that he didn't want to say another word and left angrily.
"Boss Qin..."
The driver was surprised to see Qin Mingchuan coming out so quickly.
Aren't you going to eat? Why are you back so suddenly?
Qin Mingchuan was so angry that his eyes turned red, and he didn't hear what the driver said.
After slamming the car door, he lowered his head, took out his cell phone and started frantically dialing Su Xingyao's number.
The driver had never seen Qin Mingchuan like this before. Seeing that he was very angry, he was so scared that he didn't even dare to ask where he should take him. He just started the car aimlessly and drove steadily on a quiet and easy road.
When Qin Mingchuan made the call, Su Xingyao was drawing the design drawings.
The staff of "The Voice of China" confirmed the makeup for his performance with him yesterday. They have already prepared the voice-changing microphone, and the only thing missing is his performance puppet costume.
The program crew asked about his preferences and prepared to make him a set, but Su Xingyao refused. He designed the drawings himself and found someone to customize it.
He doesn't like to be disturbed when he is working, so he turns his cell phone to silent mode.
So by the time he finished and found that there was a missed call on his phone, Qin Mingchuan had already called him forty-six times.
Seeing that the same number kept calling her so persistently, Su Xingyao knew who was on the other end without having to guess.
When the next call came, Su Xingyao clicked to answer it.
"Why didn't you come today? Are you busy?"
Qin Mingchuan spoke immediately.
His tone was heavy and there was obvious disappointment in his voice when he spoke.
He was indeed very angry that Su Xingyao stood him up, but the moment the phone was connected, he suppressed all his emotions and even took the initiative to find an excuse for the other party not to come.
However, Su Xingyao, who was checking the design draft with her head down, did not notice Qin Mingchuan's depressed mood at all, and just told the other party calmly.
"Just talk to my lawyer about the termination of the contract. He's more professional."
Realizing that Su Xingyao was too lazy to even give him a perfunctory response, Qin Mingchuan took a deep breath and remained silent for a long time.
"At least let's have a meal together so we can have a good chat."
Qin Mingchuan lowered his voice, much gentler than usual, "Where are you now? I'll pick you up."
It was very tiring to be hypocritical with Qin Mingchuan. Su Xingyao didn't want to waste time talking to him, so she put down the design draft in her hand and prepared to hang up the phone.
"I've already eaten."
Realizing that Su Xingyao probably wanted to hang up the phone, Qin Mingchuan quickly stopped him.
"I have already replaced all the movie star guys."
His tone was very urgent, and he was eager to let Su Xingyao know what he had done for him during this period of time.
"I know everything they did to you in the past. It was all due to my negligence. I am sorry for you. But Xingyao, I really never thought of treating you like that..."
Qin Mingchuan spoke very anxiously, and his voice was a little louder than before.
Su Xingyao held the phone a little further away from her ear and waited for the other party to finish speaking before replying to him indifferently.
"I see."
Without any comment, he just said four words very briefly.
It was as if I had casually agreed to something as unimportant as having fried rice with egg this morning.
Su Xingyao didn't understand what had happened to Qin Mingchuan that made him tell him all this.
But he knew that these things were not important to him now.
Whether Qin Mingchuan changes players or not has nothing to do with him.
So there was no need for him to specifically tell me this.
Thinking of this, Su Xingyao felt that there was no need to continue chatting with Qin Mingchuan, and then wanted to hang up the phone.
That's the end of their relationship.
Once the contract is terminated, there is no need for any further contact.
But Qin Mingchuan on the other end of the phone was obviously unwilling to give up so easily.
He couldn't accept Su Xingyao's cold attitude throughout, so he continued to speak.
"I know it's useless to say this now, but I was the one who asked you to sign the movie star, so I have to be responsible for you. This matter is my problem, can't you just give me a chance to make it up to you?"
When saying this, the usually arrogant Qin Mingchuan's tone was almost begging.
This was the first time in all these years that he spoke to Su Xingyao in such a humble manner.
The attitude has sunk to the dust.
"We were friends after all."
The word "friend" made Su Xingyao silent.
He did not deny what Qin Mingchuan said.
They were indeed very good friends once upon a time.
As the campus idol of the aristocratic school next door, he never puts on airs in front of her, and can even be said to always protect her, an orphan without parents.
But these friendly relationships are all built on the premise that Shen Huaixi is not involved.
Su Xingyao also remembered it.
Not long after he returned home, Shen Huaixi asked him to go cycling together.
A young master like him who had been brought up in luxury actually didn't know how to ride this thing at all, and he rode it crookedly all the way.
After Qin Mingchuan made fun of Shen Huaixi's stupidity, he went to buy him some water, and then asked him to hold the bike for him from behind.
But an accident happened at this time.
Shen Huaixi accelerated inexplicably when going downhill, and this acceleration dragged himself who was supporting him from behind and made him fall to the ground.
Even his good arm was rubbed by the ground, and Shen Huaixi didn't hold the handlebars tightly, so he fell out directly.
After Shen Huaixi's hand was injured, it was his friend Qin Mingchuan who first came to ask him about it.
Why did you deliberately push Huai Xi?
Su Xingyao could no longer remember how she felt when she was misunderstood and accused by Qin Mingchuan.
Thinking about it now, apart from the pain from the abrasion that still made him feel uncomfortable, these injustices and misunderstandings were nothing easy to explain or worry about for him.
He has said goodbye to the past.
"Qin Mingchuan."
Su Xingyao calmly called out the other person's name.
"These are all things of the past."
A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I think what I just said is clear enough."
"If you have any further questions, please contact my attorney."
There was a busy tone in my ears.
Qin Mingchuan stared at the hung up phone for a long time.
When he came to his senses again, he found that the driver had driven the car to the vicinity of the Shen family mansion and was slowing down.
Seeing this familiar place, he couldn't help but frown.
"Why are you here?"
He remembered that he had not said he was coming here.
The driver knew that Qin Mingchuan was in a bad mood and did not dare to offend him, so he explained as usual.
"You didn't tell me where you were going, so I just drove randomly. Didn't you like coming here before? Maybe it was on the way, and I drove to Master Shen's house without realizing it."
Qin Mingchuan was not happy about the driver's words, but his brows were furrowed even more.
Because the name of Master Shen's family that the driver blurted out made him feel extremely harsh.
If it were in the past, he would not have thought there was anything wrong with this statement.
But now he didn't want to hear anyone say that at all.
This is obviously Su Xingyao’s home.
But it seems like no one ever knew.
Even his driver subconsciously felt that the Shen family only had Shen Huaixi as a son, as if there was no such person as Su Xingyao.
But Qin Mingchuan was very clear.
In fact, everyone knows about Su Xingyao's existence, but no one cares.
Everyone had already reached a consensus in their subconscious, and directly accepted that Su Xingyao was an unimportant marginal figure in the Shen family...
He doesn't deserve and doesn't need to be noticed or mentioned.
Six years have passed, and Qin Mingchuan found that he had only noticed this problem now.
The pale face of Su Xingyao when she fainted appeared in his mind again.
Thinking of what he said to him at that time, Qin Mingchuan punched the car window, feeling very uncomfortable.
*
Although Qin Mingchuan felt unwilling to accept what Su Xingyao said on the phone, he still managed to retain his last bit of dignity.
I called a lawyer to talk to Su Xingyao’s lawyer about the termination of the contract.
He had no intention of making things difficult for Su Xingyao, so the procedure went very quickly.
On the day of termination of the contract, the movie star kept his promise and deleted all the files about Su Xingyao in the company.
Since then, Su Xingyao has no longer had any connection with Movie Star Entertainment.
Without the constraints of the agency contract, Su Xingyao returned to being a free man.
He had just terminated his contract when the contract for the "The Voice of China" program was sent to him. After carefully reading the contents of the contract, he signed a notice for the program he wanted to be on for the first time.
Xiaoli had actually been in contact with Su Xingyao a long time ago.
But because he had not responded, by the time it was finalized, the program had actually been almost prepared and was about to be held.
Su Xingyao is also the last confirmed contestant in this program.
Soon after he signed the contract, the program team began promotion and warm-up.
"The Voice of China" is a music variety show.
Different from traditional singing programs, it is more like a talent show.
However, the contestants participating in the show are not trainees from major companies, nor are they the well-known and famous singers.
Instead, the directors of the program team scouted the entire Internet and invited various folk masters to participate in the competition.
These contestants are unfamiliar new faces to the general audience. Although they can bring a strong sense of freshness, they have a very big flaw in the early stage.
That's the lack of appeal.
If a show can’t even attract viewers when it first airs, it’s hard to become a hit even if it’s a great show.
What’s more, this program is a music variety show that is not as popular as dating variety shows and talent shows.
It is naturally inferior to those two programs in terms of topicality and attention.
Song Yingming, the chief director who had organized talent shows and dating variety shows in his early years and each of them was a hit, certainly knows this drawback.
Therefore, knowing this well, he continued to use the same model that he used when organizing talent shows.
We invited four highly talked-about mentors and a superstar guest to top the show.
With the participation of these five stars, even if the contestants are not very popular in the early stages, they can still make the show interesting.
Soon the program team announced the lineup of mentors on the official Weibo account.
The first officially announced mentor of "The Voice of China" is Sheng Yan, who debuted as the center two years ago and is now a top idol in the limelight.
Immediately afterwards, the powerful singer Wen Yun and musical talent Xu Beizhou were officially announced.
These three are well-known in the music industry and are well-known to the audience.
Even the popular singer Sheng Yan is quite talented and has many widely circulated representative works.
Therefore, after "The Voice of China" officially announced these three people, everyone was looking forward to the final lineup of mentors.
However, the name of the mentor was not officially announced until the day before the program started recording.
The fourth mentor was somewhat unexpected.
The program team invited Shen Huaixi.
A popular star who has fans for his acting skills, singing skills, and good looks.
Perhaps because the contrast between Shen Huaixi and the previous three mentors is too great, after the revelations of "The Voice of China", Shen Huaixi's name immediately lived up to expectations and was immediately sent to the hot search.
So before the show officially started, the popularity of "The Voice of China" was hyped up because of the lineup of mentors.
*
The ups and downs on the Internet have nothing to do with Su Xingyao.
He is now worrying about the two sets of doll costumes he received.
The reason is that these two sets of doll costumes are dog and cat costumes designed by him based on the images of Sunset and Coral.
He is going to go for a live recording tomorrow, but Sunset and Coral, who have always had a good relationship, started fighting because of the clothes he is going to wear tomorrow.
Of course, the cats and dogs didn't really fight, but neither of them gave in. They all sat in front of their doll costumes, staring at Su Xingyao without blinking.
"How about you two play rock-paper-scissors?"
Su Xingyao, who didn't want to offend either side, gave a warning when he saw that they were at a stalemate.
Luo Ri always responded to whatever Su Xingyao said. It seemed as if it understood what Su Xingyao said and immediately lifted its feet twice as if it was ready to fight.
Coral squinted her eyes and glanced at it speechlessly, looking at it as if it were a fool.
It raised its paw and licked it with its tongue.
What a joke, when it stretches out its two claws, what else can it produce except cloth?
Rock-paper-scissors didn't work, but Su Xingyao soon figured out a solution.
He took out a dice and used the simplest and most primitive method.
Whoever throws the highest number gets to wear that person's clothes.
Having made a pleasant decision, the two animals immediately carried it out.
Although Sunset is much bigger than Coral, the number of points he grabs with his claws is five points smaller than the other.
So in the end, the petite Coral threw a six with her strength, and successfully let her headgear accompany Su Xingyao to the first stage of "The Voice of China".
After Su Xingyao selected the cat cover, she placed it in front of her and began to examine it carefully.
In order to facilitate singing and holding the microphone, the doll costumes are specially customized.
However, since he didn't do it himself, he still found some minor problems in the details.
Especially the mouth area is too heavy and not conducive to singing.
So he dismantled this place again and made a small hole, and replaced it with a thinner black gauze that prevented you from seeing anything inside.
While I was sewing, Lu Jiuxu came over.
These days, Su Xingyao was drawing blueprints and making doll costumes by herself, so she squatted beside him and watched him do these things while talking to him.
"How do you have so many skills?"
In addition to these, he also made an animal bus for Lu Zhiyun a few days ago. Even the entire appearance of the bus was painted by him personally, which was lifelike and very exquisite.
Because Su Xingyao is beautiful and has fair skin, people often feel that he has never been involved in women's activities since he was a child.
So when Lu Jiuxu saw that he knew so many things that ordinary people didn't know, he couldn't help but feel a little curious.
After Su Xingyao sewed the last piece of gauze, she clapped her hands in satisfaction.
He raised the corner of his mouth slightly towards Lu Jiuxu and said with some pride.
"I learned this from my sister when I was a kid."
After his adoptive mother died, his adoptive father became a gambler and alcoholic.
Because the family had little income and often couldn't even get enough to eat, my sister started making a lot of handmade gadgets to supplement the family income since junior high school.
When Su Xingyao was a child, she felt that the most enjoyable time was when she took the time to make handicrafts after school and on weekends when she went to sell pancakes with her sister.
Whenever there is no one around, the two of them will quickly make some beautiful and exquisite things, and then set up a stall at the night market in the evening.
At the beginning, because he was young, he just watched his sister do it alone.
But later he learned it by watching, and his sister saw that he had a strong desire to participate, so she took him along.
Life was actually very hard back then, and those handicrafts couldn’t be sold for much money.
But as long as I can do these little things outside with my sister, I don’t have to go home and face my abusive adoptive father.
These times are extremely precious and hard-earned for Su Xingyao.
When Lu Jiuxu heard Su Xingyao mention her sister, his eyes moved slightly, as if he had thought of something.
After a while, he spoke again, "You have a sister too?"
Su Xingyao didn't notice his abnormality, nodded and spoke softly.
"Yes, there are."
"But she's dead."
Seeing the forced smile on Su Xingyao's lips, he realized that he had mentioned his sad story.
Lu Jiuxu quickly apologized to him and didn't ask any other questions.
"Feel sorry."
"It's okay. It's okay."
Su Xingyao immediately smiled, picked up the doll costume and turned on the camera on her mobile phone.
"Mr. Lu, what do you think?"
After saying that, he held the doll costume in his right hand and waved to Coral and Sunset.
"Why don't you take a picture for us as a souvenir?"
*
Early the next morning, Su Xingyao took a taxi to the recording site of "The Voice of China" alone.
But because the recording venue was newly built, he happened to meet a driver of a sports car on the first day.
So the other party successfully ran to the wrong place and made Su Xingyao get off the bus at the next stop.
Helplessly, after checking the real-time positioning with the staff, Su Xingyao saw that the place was not far away, so he walked over by himself.
The distance didn't seem far, but in fact it took him nearly twenty minutes.
After arriving there, Su Xingyao discovered that "The Voice of China" was very wealthy, and the recording venue was also built very, very large.
The entrance B he was going to enter was still separated from him by a very long square.
Su Xingyao had been walking for more than twenty minutes and was tired and thirsty because he was wearing a headgear.
Looking at the last section of the distance, he decided to stand there and rest for a while before going over.
However, he had just stood there for less than a minute when he heard a noisy sound behind him.
Then a large group of uniformed men rushed past him.
Among these people, one was walking in a hurry and bumped into him hard.
Su Xingyao was already a bit clumsy in her doll costume, and she almost lost her balance after being hit so hard.
He shook his arms in the air again and again, and it took him a long time to finally steady his body.
Su Xingyao felt a little uncomfortable after being bumped into for no reason and not receiving an apology, as well as the other party's rudeness.
So he frowned and looked up, wanting to see who these people were and why they walked so domineeringly.
As a result, when he looked up, he saw that the group of people suddenly stopped and walked towards him again.
The man who was surrounded in the middle quickly came in front of Su Xingyao and stopped.
"Sorry, did I just push you down?"
Through the doll's hood, Su Xingyao could clearly see the face of the polite man in front of her.
It’s Fu Qingyan.
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