"Uncle Zhou, I'm going out!!"
A black sports car sped out of the parking lot, but instead of driving straight down the mountain, it stopped in front of the old house. The person inside was dressed in a punk style, with his hair dyed yellow. However, the person got out of the car without being rude. He ran into the house and waved vigorously to the elderly butler.
"I left the cake I bought in your bedroom, remember to eat it!"
"But you can't eat too much; older people should eat less sweets!"
Uncle Zhou chuckled and agreed, thinking that although his young master had entered his rebellious phase, he was still the same obedient and well-behaved young master at heart.
He just likes to go against his brothers.
The youngest son of the Ji family is Ji Yan. After the passing of the Ji family couple, the eldest son, Ji Wei, took over the family business. The second son, Ji Yushi, and the third son, Ji Xuekong, also had their own careers to attend to. Only the youngest son, Ji Yan, lived the most comfortable and carefree life.
However, the young master did not grow up to be a spoiled brat. His relationship with the famous young men in the wealthy circle of City A was just average. At only 20 years old, he had already been rumored to be dating various celebrities and internet celebrities. Some people even thought about bringing a few people over to develop a relationship with the young master, but Ji Yan was not willing at all.
"They're not as pretty as me!"
Even though he went against Ji Wei during his rebellious phase and dyed his hair a yellow color that didn't suit the whole family's aesthetic, his face was still there. When he attended an event before, people who didn't know Ji Yan's identity stuffed several business cards into his hand.
There are even those who want to "patronize" him because he's good-looking.
He always looked angry when he talked about this with Uncle Zhou.
However, he would usually accept the business card offered by the other party, especially when Ji Wei was not away on a business trip. He would rush to Ji Wei's office, hint to Ji Wei to bring his phone over, and then do a series of operations to get Ji Wei to add the other party as a WeChat friend.
Ji Wei frowned at him: "Not again?"
Ji Yan grinned and said, "Brother, you're more experienced. Give him a piece of your mind."
Ji Wei glanced at him. He was known in the business world for being vengeful, so he was naturally very angry to see others treat his younger brother like that. As soon as any foul language came out from the other party, Ji Wei would go directly to them and introduce himself.
Hearing the other person apologize repeatedly on the phone, Ji Yan would come over and clap and give a thumbs up. Ji Wei, with his conspicuous blond hair, found it particularly annoying: "Can't you just dye your hair back?"
"Isn't it pretty?" Ji Yan tugged at his hair, his smile bright. Even at this moment, Ji Wei couldn't bear to scold him, because Ji Yan looked especially adorable when he smiled. His two younger brothers, Ji Xuekong and Ji Yushi, were both respectful and fearful of Ji Wei, but Ji Yan had always loved sticking close to Ji Wei since he was little. Not only was he not afraid of Ji Wei's cold face, but whenever Ji Wei was at the headquarters in City A, he would always sneak over to the company to bring Ji Wei some food and drinks and buy him some things.
The most outrageous time was when he brought Ji Wei a kitten.
Perhaps due to his constitution, Ji Yan wasn't very popular with cats, but he himself really liked them. He couldn't keep one himself, so he insisted that Ji Wei keep one, arguing that his office was large, giving the cat plenty of time to roam, and that Ji Wei had a secretary and assistant, so there was no need to worry about the cat going hungry.
Ji Wei glanced at him: "Why don't people do their proper work and instead raise cats for you?"
Ji Yan then used his own savings to increase the salaries of Ji Wei's secretary and assistant, as well as to buy cat food and snacks.
Ji Wei: "..."
He could hardly describe the expression on his secretary's face when she opened the door and saw a cat sleeping on his desk, but Ji Wei knew very well that from that moment on, his cold and noble image in his secretary's mind had completely collapsed.
In fact, less than two days later, the entire Ji Group building was buzzing with rumors that the CEO had a cat in his office.
Later, Ji Yan even tried to give Ji Wei a dog, but gave up due to Ji Wei's strong opposition.
...
As the youngest son of the Ji family, Ji Yan was not as ambitious as his two older brothers. Although Ji Yushi and Ji Xuekong did not enter the core of the Ji family, they still found a career for themselves.
As for Ji Yan... his biggest hobby is watching cartoons at home.
Ji Wei even offered to pay Ji Yan to invest and start his own business, but Ji Yan replied confidently, "The rich second-generation kids who wanted to invest all went bankrupt. I know myself well; I'm not cut out for that."
Ji Yan's bluntness stunned Ji Wei.
In fact, Ji Yan is not the kind of rich kid who throws money around. He only drives one sports car. He loves to eat good food and must eat it as soon as there is something delicious. If he is in a good mood, he will bring takeout for his family. He doesn't have many of the pastimes that other rich kids have. Although he likes to have fun, he only likes to play games and doesn't have any hobbies of playing with people.
Ji Wei is stricter with Ji Yushi and Ji Xuekong, but Ji Yan is the youngest brother after all. Since the other party is willing to live this way, Ji Wei doesn't want to put too much pressure on him. With the Ji family's assets, it's enough for Ji Yan to live a comfortable life until old age, even if he squanders it, it doesn't matter. Besides, Ji Yan is not the kind of person who likes to squander money.
Ji Yan is not stupid.
He is very sincere to his family and friends, but he knows very well who treats him well and who doesn't, and he won't be easily fooled by anyone.
...
One day, when the family was having dinner together, Ji Yan suddenly announced to the whole family in a very serious manner that he had something he wanted to do.
He wanted to compose music.
Ji Wei: "...Composing?"
Ji Yan studied veterinary medicine in college. That's right, while finance and management were the most popular majors among the second generation, Ji Yan went to study veterinary medicine. He loves animals, especially cats, although he is often disliked by them. His family discussed what he should study for a long time, but he himself declared that he wanted to study veterinary medicine. This major left his older brothers completely confused. Ji Yushi couldn't help but suggest that since Ji Yan likes to choose unpopular majors, why not study cultural relics or archaeology? He could help out at the family museum after he comes back.
But in the Ji family, Ji Yan's brothers would generally agree with any decision he made.
After graduating, Ji Yan opened a pet clinic.
The most frequent customers at a pet clinic are, of course, cats and dogs. Ji Yan's clinic is small; he mainly wanted to interact with cats and dogs and didn't intend to expand his veterinary business. Unfortunately, he underestimated his tendency to be disliked by cats. Cats were reluctant to visit his clinic, and the cats might have even formed an alliance (that's what Ji Yan privately thought). In short, Ji Yan's business was dismal every day.
He felt his skills were good enough to graduate from his apprenticeship.
After all, he wasn't joking about studying veterinary medicine. He diligently completed all the courses during his four years of university. Since it involves the health of small animals, Ji Yan is very cautious about such matters and was not joking.
However, his clinic never did well and closed down after a short time.
Actually, with his financial resources, there wouldn't be any problem for him to continue running the business. However, while he is quite popular as a human, he is not very popular with cats as a two-legged creature.
After some thought, Ji Yan finally closed the clinic, settled down to be a carefree slacker, and began to quietly contemplate life.
The older brothers, including Uncle Zhou, were used to Ji Yan in a deep thinking state, so his sudden announcement that he was going to start learning composition surprised them.
They initially thought Ji Yan was joking.
But from that day on, he actually started doing this thing diligently.
Buying books, buying musical instruments, taking classes... When Ji Yan decides to get serious, he will completely get rid of that lazy, laid-back state. Although Ji Wei and the others think that if Ji Yan is interested in music, he can go into the entertainment industry and become a singer. They can find the best composers in the country to write songs for him, and just start a company to make him famous.
But Ji Yan wasn't interested in such public exposure.
He really just focused on writing songs. At first, his songs were very simple, but he didn't get discouraged. Gradually, he probably did have some talent for composing. He tried submitting his songs to record companies. The record companies didn't accept his first few songs, but later, some of his songs were actually selected by the record companies.
Then Ji Yan started submitting articles to the "Blue" studio.
Ji Wei only learned from Uncle Zhou later that Ji Yan had been particularly obsessed with a band called "Blue" for a while. Ji Wei naturally knew about "Blue" as well, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that their songs were incredibly popular throughout the country. If "Blue" was the catalyst for Ji Yan's decision to compose music... that's quite possible.
“But I remember, this band writes all their own songs, right?” Ji Wei asked him. “What do you do if they don’t want the songs you submit?”
"I'll give it a try," Ji Yan said, not discouraged at all. "Who knows?"
He felt that even if others didn't use it, he had at least made some effort to get closer to his idol, while if others did use it... he would have taken a big step towards his dream.
Ning Wei is my idol!
Duan Yiran is my male god!
Du Jian, my idol!
While staying at home, he listened to all of Blue's albums. He felt that every song Blue wrote touched his heart, and he just inexplicably liked them.
He had been to the "Blue" concert and stood in the VIP section with the best view. At that concert, he was probably the person closest to Ning Wei.
Ji Yan couldn't describe how he felt at that moment.
But inexplicably, he felt he should have met this person much earlier.
In short, Ning Wei gave him a very familiar feeling, as did the songs she wrote—although he was hearing many of them for the first time, Ji Yan had a strong sense of familiarity with their melodies.
He couldn't explain why either.
Recently, he sent a song called "The Song of the Little Panda" to the "Blue" studio. It was a song that Ji Yan had been thinking about for a long time. When he finished writing the song, he had a magical feeling, as if this song should appear in one of "Blue's" albums, and it would be very suitable for Ning Wei to sing it.
After sending it out, Ji Yan didn't think much of it and continued to conceive new songs. He knew Blue's style very well, so he didn't expect Blue to use the songs he wrote.
Having expectations doesn't mean they will definitely come true.
But a few days later, one morning, Ji Yan received a new email from the "Blue" studio. It said that "The Little Panda Song" had been adopted by the "Blue" band, and Ning Wei liked the song very much. He hoped that Ji Yan would have time to go to the "Blue" studio to discuss it in detail.
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