Lin Luosang was completely unaware that Pei Hanzhou had, by chance, observed her performance. She simply waited anxiously for the results to be announced. She ultimately placed third, behind only two other musicians, earning her entry into the upper echelon lounge.
The rankings will change after each round of competition. One stage performance cannot represent anything. Her current position is still very dangerous and she faces the possibility of elimination at any time.
Her singing skills are considered good among young singers, but there is still some distance to go compared with her predecessors. Since she has only recently started arranging music, the company cannot afford to hire a particularly expensive teacher, so her songs are a little immature.
However, she herself was quite satisfied with the performance. After all, the program was positioned as an audio-visual feast, and excellent stage performances could make up for the shortcomings in other aspects.
Although this stage only took third place, it was the only performance on the spot that became a hot topic.
A music blogger posted a performance of this song and wrote a professional review. In addition, the program team kept selling the sentiment of "Fei Yan". At its peak, her name reached the 15th place on the hot search list.
The discussion was pretty good:
It was such a pleasure to watch this performance. It was actually original. The singer is really talented.
[When the official announcement was just made, I complained about her, saying that she would only rely on her husband to ruin my Bai Yueguang program. I'm sorry, I apologize orz]
[We can't ignore Pei Hanzhou just because he's so brilliant. She's also a very good singer-songwriter.]
"The publicity and promotion team is really smart," Yue Hui exclaimed after seeing the trending search, "They hired you just to promote the show, and now it's really taking off."
I just don't know if after the show has tasted the sweetness and become famous, it will ruthlessly manipulate the scenes and eliminate her.
Lin Luosang could hear Yue Hui's worry and shrugged, "Just adapt to the situation."
Anyway, as long as she still has a stage, no matter whether she will be eliminated after singing or not, she will perform with the utmost sincerity.
Yue Hui glanced at his phone and said, "Strange, do you still remember the termination of your contract with Wangmeng?"
Wangmeng Entertainment is Wang Meng's company and also Lin Luosang's original agency, but because she didn't want to stay in the company of Wang Meng, a wretched man, for a moment, she went to Nantian Entertainment with Yue Hui first, and then discussed the termination of the contract with Wangmeng.
Who would have thought that even with the evidence in hand, Wang Meng still gritted his teeth and refused to let her go. He asked for a sky-high termination fee and even said that he would sue her. Wang Meng is not a pushover.
"And then they suddenly told me today that Wangmeng agreed to a peaceful termination? Damn, what's wrong with that idiot Wang Meng?" Yue Hui scrolled down and suddenly realized, "Oh, so it's the stock price that's plummeting. Two of the stars of a key investment project were exposed in a scandal. It would be strange if the stock didn't plummet."
Lin Luosang glanced sideways: "What does the stock price drop have to do with me?"
"Generally, entertainment reporters can suppress scandals they find. If they don't, it's because they couldn't agree on the money, or someone else offered a higher price and bought the material. Wang Meng may be lewd, but he's an artist who is crucial to the company's success. How could they be reluctant to part with their money?"
Yue Hui appealed to his feelings and reasoned with him, "Don't you think this timing is great? Wang Meng's objection was before you and Pei Hanzhou got married. After you got married, the scandal suddenly broke out, the stock price plummeted, and then he suddenly agreed."
Hearing Yue Hui's subtext, Lin Luosang felt that he seemed a little abnormal: "You don't think Pei Hanzhou did this, do you?"
"Who else besides Pei Hanzhou would spend a fortune to win the smile of a beautiful woman?"
She felt that Yue Hui had some misunderstandings about this marriage: "Why don't you go to the bathroom first."
"What? Are you going to call your darling husband?" Yue Hui's eyes lit up.
"No, I want you to drink some cold water to sober up."
…
It was already late after the show was recorded, so Lin Luosang rested in Dang City for one night. He wandered around the area the next day and flew back to City G in the afternoon.
When she got home in the evening, she unexpectedly found that the light in the living room was on. She looked inside and saw the man sitting on the sofa watching the news.
The words "Why are you here" almost came out of her mouth, and it took her a few minutes to remember that this man seemed to be married to her.
After not seeing each other for seven or eight days, the atmosphere took a while to adjust from unfamiliarity to familiarity. The two did not communicate much. Lin Luosang peeled an orange on the sofa on the other side, ate two cherries after that, and then went to wash his hands.
When she came out after washing her hands, Pei Hanzhou also stood up. The man took his coat from the hanger and said to her, "Let's go."
"Where are you going?"
"Have a meal."
She quickly realized that it must be her great-grandmother calling them to eat that was why Pei Hanzhou came to pick her up.
She said that this time the man did not confirm with her in advance, which made her a little scared and wanted to say that she would not be there tonight.
…
As she closed the car door, she realized her thoughts had wandered. She coughed twice and guiltily covered it up with nonsense: "Did my great-grandmother invite us to dinner?"
"Um."
The man answered and said nothing else. The air in the car was still for a long time.
Just when Lin Luosang was about to jump out of the car due to the silence, the man finally showed some kindness and said, "She mentioned your performance to me yesterday."
She withdrew her hand from the car window: "What did you say about me?"
"That you're good at ogling the camera."
“…”
Lin Luosang put his hand on the car window again.
Her husband was such a good chatterbox that he wanted to jump out of the car.
She defended herself with professionalism: "That was a stage performance. It was just a normal look. There was no such thing as seductive glances."
After he finished speaking, his mind became active again. "You didn't reply with anything weird, did you?"
The man frowned at her and said, "What weird thing can I say?"
She cleared her throat: "...It's okay if there is none."
When they arrived at the restaurant, the old man had not arrived yet. There was a display screen on the wall of the private room. Lin Luosang turned it on out of boredom and saw that the content inside happened to be her performance yesterday, which was being replayed on TV.
She wasn't so conceited as to enjoy her own show with a picky man, so she turned it off when she saw the part where the playing cards were conjured up.
When she turned around, Pei Hanzhou was looking at her thoughtfully.
It was obvious that the man had seen her magic trick, but he also remembered that he didn't know her personal skills well. "Show me?"
She knew many people were interested in magic, so she asked, "What do you want to see?"
The man glanced at the display in front of him and said, "Make this cup disappear."
His tone was calm and casual, as if he was talking about what to eat in the evening.
Lin Luosang looked at him with a look that made it difficult to communicate, and politely reminded this man who was said to have a good brain—
"It's magic, not sorcery."
Pei Hanzhou: “…”
She propped up her chin and said, "If you can provide me with magic props, I can make the cup disappear, even the money in your pocket."
Of course, if I knew your bank card password, I could show you right now how to take away all your money.
——She held back this sentence because she might go to jail if she really did it.
The magic question came to an end, and the great-grandmother finally arrived. After some warm greetings and elder-like concern, the old woman once again expressed her great wish to hold her great-grandson.
Lin Luosang dealt with it vaguely.
She always believed that reproducing in a loveless marriage was irresponsible and torture to the children. If she had a choice, she thought they didn't need children, and Pei Hanzhou probably didn't want them either. The bedside table was full of small umbrellas in case of accidents.
After finishing their meal, the two headed home. Lin Luosang looked at the row of lollipops in the car, which had been redesigned. He suddenly remembered the question Yue Hui had asked earlier and asked indirectly, "That thing about Wang Meng..."
Pei Hanzhou raised his head from the magazine and frowned: "Hmm?"
Looking at his expression, Lin Luosang understood that the man was probably really unaware.
"Nothing. It's just that my former boss harassed me on the cruise ship. His company has a scandal. My agent said it might be you, and I said it's unlikely..."
The man paused and said, "Oh, I told Li Mu to do this."
Lin Luosang: ...???
"It's not my job to clean up the trash around you. They don't have to report to me after their investigation. Just go ahead and do it."
She stammered, "That's not your fault."
"Not really?" The man raised his eyebrows indifferently. "I signed the crucial funding approval."
OK! You have the money! You are the boss!
Looking at the man in front of her who even had an air of invincibility and superiority at the end of his eyebrows, she couldn't help but blurt out, "Then aren't you saving the country in a roundabout way?"
After she finished her verbal attack, the car fell into an eerie silence.
After a few seconds, Pei Hanzhou glanced at her lazily: "Thank you for the compliment. I don't have your song."
The more Lin Luosang thought about it, the more he felt that this man might be hiding something behind his words.
For the rest of the journey, Lin Luosang braved the cold wind and kept reminding himself, "Life is more important, don't jump out of the car," and only then was he able to reach his destination safely.
After changing into slippers, she found that the man had also come in. Her heart jumped: "You staying tonight?"
He adjusted his watch strap. "No."
Lin Luosang immediately smiled with genuine emotion and said with great joy, "That's good."
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Hanzhou's dark gray pupils stared at her motionlessly.
“…”
She then realized that her resistance was too obvious and she still had to put on a facade: "No, I mean it's such a pity. Wouldn't it be lonely without you? Actually, I still really hope you can stay."
The man nodded: "Okay."
Lin Luosang took two steps out before realizing what he had said. He turned around and stared at him in confusion for a full thirty seconds.
Only when her eyes were tired did she grit her teeth and go into the bathroom.
When she came out of the shower with a tragic look on her face, the man had already left.
After discovering that the documents on the desk were missing, she realized that he had come back to get the documents.
So, all that was just a joke on her?
After spending a peaceful night, Lin Luosang received new work assignments the next morning.
That small hit performance brought her a lot of collaborations, and she was also invited to join the "Zhongcaobu" APP.
"Zhongcao Book" is a platform for sharing and socializing through videos or texts. It is now normal for female celebrities to share their favorite things on the "Zhongcao Book" app. However, only they themselves know how many of them are genuine recommendations and how many are paid promotions.
After all, third- and fourth-tier artists can earn millions a year. Everyone has their own standards for whether female artists who make a living by their looks would apply dozens of dollars worth of cream on their faces every day.
She is not opposed to promotion, but she will only promote things that she actually uses. Occasionally, if a brand she likes comes to her, she will publish some articles on the topic.
Yue Hui said: "My boss asked me why I was so picky, and I said I was being responsible to my fans and didn't want to make a lot of money."
"Partly, but mainly..."
Lin Luosang thought about her account balance and her husband working hard to earn money. She had already adapted to her current status. "I'm not short of money, am I?"
Yue Hui was silent for a moment, then looked at the crocodile leather Hermès in her hand and said, "Okay, fuck your mother."
In fact, she wasn't a materialistic person. The bag in her hand was also delivered by the assistant arranged by Pei Hanzhou. At that time, she was writing music in the moonlight in the study on the second floor. When she came downstairs, she found the assistant standing in the cloakroom and said simply, "I packed some daily necessities for you."
She wanted to see how simple it was, and when she opened the cabinet, she was dazzled by the diamond-encrusted Cartier Blue Balloon.
Next came the line-up of dresses, not to be outdone, from the luxurious and noble Elie Saab to the ethereal Zuhair Murad, all of which were red carpet kings that female artists were proud to wear.
The "Cure All Diseases" team was very impressive and presented a new LV model, a Chanel diamond-quilted classic model, a Dior pink sheepskin Princess Diana bag, and a Birkin.
The high heels are from CL and are also inlaid with diamonds.
After a while, Lin Luosang put on a proper smile: "... Really simple."
Thinking of this, she regained her composure and listened to Yue Hui complain, "How strange! The upcoming episode of 'Audio-Visual Feast' has a theme. I see other artists have received topics, but I haven't received a response after asking several times."
"After all, I'm just a runner-up, so it's impossible to expect them not to suppress me," Lin Luosang was already prepared. "Let's wait and see how they suppress me."
There is a high probability that the runner-up will not survive more than three rounds, so shouldn’t we start preparing for the second round?
While waiting for instructions from the program team, she received the postnuptial agreement brought by Pei Hanzhou. They were in a hurry to get married at that time and the lawyer did not have time to draft it, so it was delayed until now.
After reading the agreement, she thought it was reasonable and quickly signed her name.
Perhaps out of consideration for this plastic marriage and respect for her, there is a clause in the agreement that she can file for divorce at any time without giving any reason.
After signing, she pointed to that item and asked him, "Why don't you have this?"
Pei Hanzhou glanced at her and then looked away: "I won't ask for a divorce."
"Why?"
Outside the window, seagulls flapped their wings in the square, and circles of light circled around the stairs.
The man tilted his head and said casually.
"trouble."
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