Chapter 42 Chapter 42 Love Rival Tracking Plan
"The car of Senior Zhu He's friend has been following not far behind." Song Chang looked behind and saw that the Mercedes-Benz was following slowly.
Quan Xingai sighed, feeling somewhat helpless, but not wanting to tell Song Chang who he was. "It's okay, don't worry about it. Just take me to the company. Thank you."
"How did you suddenly meet Senior Zhu He and bring him to the dinner together? I was shocked when he came in and thought you brought your boyfriend." Song Chang asked after looking at Quan Xingai's expression.
"I've known him before, and I just happened to run into him a few times at the gym lately," Quan Xingai said, his expression shifting mid-sentence as he glanced at him with a playful, teasing smile. "He was curious about who I was meeting for dinner during this pandemic, so he dragged me along."
Song Chang smiled like a puppy when he heard Quan Xingai's words. "You haven't forgotten me. I thought you had a new love after your trip to Japan. And why didn't you tell me about your trip to Japan? I didn't have anything to do during that time."
"To relax and meet friends in Japan." Quan Xingai shrugged and looked back at the Mercedes-Benz not far away.
"So who is senior Zhu He's friend? He said he came to pick up senior Zhu He, but actually he came to pick you up, Quan Xingai, who are you..." Song Kang saw Quan Xingai looking at the Mercedes-Benz behind her again, and felt that the mysterious "friend" was different from Che Yinyou, who had been rumored to have an affair with her and had a drink with her in private. This mysterious guy might be different to her.
"Puppy, you look like you're acting like a spoiled child. Why are you so anxious? Am I not in your car?" Quan Xingai blocked Song Chang's next words and joked.
"You just treat me as your puppy, right? I'll come whenever you call me." Song Cang pulled away Quan Xingai's hand that was covering his mouth.
"..." Quan Xingai looked at Song Jiang in silence. What she was thinking was, 'This sentence sounds so familiar. Zhilong also said it back then.'
"Okay, no more jokes. Why are you suddenly silent? It's very embarrassing, you know?" Seeing the girl suddenly looking at his words and becoming silent, he waved his hands and made an exaggerated expression to recall Quan Xingai who was lost in memories.
"Every puppy in the world is unique, and Song Cangxi is also unique." Quan Xingai smiled and pulled Song Cang's cheeks to both sides.
"Oh, you, you are definitely at the player level, huh... I really... forget it, I lost to you." Song Chang waved the other's hand away impatiently, not wanting to pay attention to her but unable to resist looking into her eyes.
"Oh my, we're here so soon - then I'll go back and write a song, a song dedicated to puppies? How about calling it Puppy Song?" Quan Xingai got out of the car neatly in the company's parking lot. Turning around, she saw Song Cang getting out of the car as well. The two leaned against the car, and Xingai spoke with a smile.
"Just try to coax me. Hiss, I always feel that you are born in 1998, four years younger than me, but why do you always look so mature, sophisticated and angry?" Song Chang stretched out his hands and squeezed Xing Ai's face together to tease her.
"I'm tired of it. Let go... Because I'm more mature. Anger is a kind of temperament and is not defined by age." Quan Xingai spread out his hands.
"You're so elegant, but you're just like a child. You just put whatever you like around you and ignore it. You just like to mark out your own territory." Song Kang curled his lips. He realized early on that this guy just liked to tease and flirt with people, and once he really came, he would run away faster than anyone else.
"I don't want to talk to you anymore. I'm leaving." Quan Xingai made a face, put on a mask, waved goodbye, and strode back to the company.
Seeing the girl's back disappear, the curve of his mouth slowly relaxed. He lit a cigarette and looked at the Mercedes-Benz that was also following him. After thinking for a moment, he walked over and knocked politely on the window. It was nothing, he was just curious about the identity of this mysterious person who had been following him all the way.
After a while, the car window slowly lowered, and then a face appeared that Song Kang never expected.
"Is it... Senior Quan Zhilong? Oh, sorry, I didn't expect it to be you. I just saw Senior Zhu He got on the car and followed him all the way, so I was afraid something might happen, so I came to say hello." Song Kang's eyes widened, and he quickly bowed on the spot to greet the senior.
"..." Quan Zhilong had a sour face. Seeing Song Kang's impeccable greeting, he really couldn't say anything impolite. He pulled the corners of his mouth to reveal a faint smile and said politely and unfamiliarly, "It's okay. I didn't mean to follow you. I just happened to be going this way."
"Okay, I won't bother you anymore, bye." Song Chang said goodbye and returned to his car. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that things would not be that simple. He had just met that Jeon Star Love girl when she was rumored to be having an affair with GD senior. Of course, they didn't appear in the same frame, but just liked some nonsensical social media posts. After that, GD senior would often like his posts from time to time, and then it seemed like there was no overt contact between them.
But just now... he clearly followed me to neon, but he said they happened to be going the same way. Then I thought about Xingai's expression when she was in the car looking at the car behind... Quan Xingai, so what is the story between you and GD senior?
The car window was closed again. Li Zhuhe couldn't hold back his smile. He buried his head in his arms and told his good friend beside him with trembling shoulders that he was really about to die of laughter.
"Mo, what's so funny? He really just sent Xingai back to the company. I didn't expect this guy to really come back to write songs." Quan Zhilong was in a good mood, and met with Song Kang very imposingly (self-proclaimedly). From his expression, you can tell that this guy should be able to guess the relationship between him and Xingai, so it's better to retreat!
"Your expression along the way just now was like a husband who caught his cheating wife. As soon as you found out it was the company's route, your expression immediately turned from cloudy to sunny. Zhilong, you're like this, why don't you confess to her and pursue her sincerely?" After laughing enough, Li Zhuhe sighed and gave Quan Zhilong serious advice.
"What are you talking about, Zhu He, you don't understand. Xing Ai and I... are a little complicated, but we agreed in Japan to start as friends and take it slow." Kwon Ji-yong was in a good mood and started the car again, heading towards Hannam-dong.
"Friends? Our Zhilong is now so patient that he can start a relationship with a girl as friends. Tsk tsk tsk." Li Zhuhe shook his head in disbelief.
"I'm currently in the process of switching companies, so public opinion might be volatile. Also... the new company's president is a very good senior. At least for now, I can't involve Xing Ai in complicated public opinion."
"Oh yeah, what's going on with your contract? After talking to President Yang, is he willing to let you go?"
Kwon Ji-yong smiled helplessly, his expression becoming cold again. He didn't say anything in the car until he got home and took out the wine and placed it next to himself and Joo Hyuk before speaking.
"The group contract remains with Waiji. The president... he said he hasn't given up on Big Bang and will continue to release songs for the group. Besides, the company also needs the golden signboard of Big Bang."
"Then he is willing to let you leave with a personal contract?" Li Zhuhe asked in confusion. In fact, he was already very surprised that Zhilong was willing to leave Waiji. A person who was so sentimental and nostalgic finally came to his senses and planned to leave.
"I didn't want to at first, but since before I was discharged from the army, he has been making up all kinds of nonsense rumors about me and even gave me a girlfriend. We even became some kind of New Year's couple. His purpose was just to market the junior group... It was probably at that time that I started to seriously consider leaving." Kwon Ji-yong drank the alcohol and stroked the cat with his hand from time to time.
"Later... later I met that senior again and she invited me to join her company. She said I could join them as a shareholder and own my own studio. There were no restrictions on my freedom, and no restrictions on whether I could release songs or not. In fact, when we were talking, I honestly told her about my exhaustion after leaving the army, and that I probably wouldn't release any songs or get any exposure in the short term..."
"The new company also agreed?" Li Zhuhe asked in surprise.
Quan Zhilong laughed sincerely, remembering President Wen's frank words:
"Zhilong might be wondering why I'm offering you such generous terms. Firstly, you deserve it, and secondly, it's because of RIOT DOLLS. Xingai has been devastated for years by the scandal. I'll never forget the press release Waiji released back then, the rumors and marketing they used to take advantage of the situation."
"I'm very vindictive, so I simply poached G from Waiji. This was just the first step. I was also concerned about Xing'ai's mental health issues, thinking your arrival could help with her depression, but I didn't expect her to come to her senses on her own... From watching the news, I guess you've already had some contact. Well, Xing'ai is only now showing her childish side after her recovery, and she's entered adolescence. She's also become a creative person. If she joins us, Zhilong, you'll appreciate her."
And in the end, the month he spent in Japan with Jeon Seong-ae made him completely determined to leave his previous comfort zone and start a new career as an artist in a completely unfamiliar place.
"Yes, my new president has some conflicts with Waiji, so he deliberately poached me." He said with a smile.
"It seems like a strong company. As long as they can handle the public opinion about you, I'll be relieved." Li Zhuhe nodded. "When will it be announced? The entire industry has been dead lately due to the epidemic. If the news of you not renewing your contract comes out, it will probably cause a stir."
"As for Waiji, they'll probably release news next week. As for the new company, it probably won't be announced so soon, probably until mid-April."
"So...what about your teammates? Have you met them?" Li Zhuhe paused and asked.
"Oh, teammates? I went out for dinner with Yongbae and Daesung before the final meeting with the president a while ago."
"What about them? What do they say?"
"They seemed really surprised. They didn't expect that I would be the first one to say I wanted to leave. But I also said that the group contract is still there, and if Big Bang releases a song, I will go back. But everyone's expressions seemed to show that they don't believe it." Kwon Ji-yong's eyes dimmed again. He dared to say that he was the one who loved the group the most, but now he really felt that he could not see the future of Big Bang.
"Actually, when we talked about contract renewal at the end of last year, the president kept comforting me by saying that the music festival would return. But I only found out a while ago that the music festival had been cancelled long ago due to the epidemic. Maybe this is God's will." Kwon Ji-yong was helpless.
He used to be unable to make up his mind about the contract because of old friendship and attachment to the team, but the disintegration of the company made him realize that the big family he missed was no longer there. Perry disappeared, Brother 7 and Sister Spider left, the old producers left one after another, and Cai Lin, the only familiar one among the younger generation, was gone. It seemed that he was the only one who was still stubbornly staying.
"Since it is God's will, then leave. In the new company, you can completely produce the music you want and work with the people you want to work with." Li Zhuhe patted Quan Zhilong's shoulder heavily to comfort him.
"That's right. In the new company, I might produce new songs in an unexpected identity and way." Shaking off the past, Kwon Ji-yong thought of the songs he produced with Star Love under the new name JY, and couldn't help but smile with anticipation.
"Now I'm really curious about what your new company is."
"Ha, Zhu He, you'll be so scared when that happens."
“Tsk tsk.”
*
Quan Xingai returned to her exclusive production studio, washed her face and sat in a daze for a while. Thinking of Quan Zhilong, whom she had not seen but was right next to her, she sighed deeply.
He was no longer the little golden retriever she once was. Over the years, they had both changed. Quan Xingai couldn't disturb his life for her own selfish desires, making him constantly think of himself, who had already passed away. It was meaningless and of no help to either of them.
She doesn't want to think about Kwon Ji-yong now. The best relationship for the two of them is to not meet each other. The most important thing for her now is to produce the demo of the new song as soon as possible. She is not the big star she used to be. She is just a female idol now. She has to start from scratch in music.
This was actually a good thing. In her previous life, she had always wondered whether her fame was due to her status as a celebrity or the music she created. Now she could truly verify it.
"Why have you been coming to the company every day these past two days? Did you know that a new boss was coming, so you were prepared for danger?" Mike pushed the door open when he saw the lights on in Xing Ai's production studio, and teased the girl when he saw her diligently composing and recording songs.
"New boss? Our company is going to have a new boss? What about President Wen?" Quan Xingai had never heard of this news, so she quickly pulled Mike and asked in surprise.
"you do not know?"
Quan Xingai shook his head, and then Mike continued, "It's said that this is a senior in the industry that the boss has been looking for for a long time. He's super awesome. I don't know who he is, but the boss is very sincere and even gave him shares. He can become the new boss of the company. I thought you wanted to show off your skills to the new boss."
"I'm just a low-level idol. How can I have any say in the company's affairs... A senior in the circle? The new boss of the company? Oh my, could it be that sister has poached the stupid former boss Li Xiuman? A super senior who can be the new boss and also control the circle..." Quan Xingai made an inexplicable guess.
"Don't make blind guesses. It will probably be mentioned at the company meeting next week. How about the new song? Play it for me." Mike shrugged. He didn't care about the new boss or the old boss. Anyway, his identity as a producer would not change.
"Oh, yes, I won't be the boss anyway - Mike, listen to my new arrangement, it's country music combined with slow rock dance music..." Quan Xingai blinked and put the matter of the new boss behind her and continued to discuss the songs she had composed with Mike.
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