ECG -Chapter 147 Her Wings Have Already Grown Stronger and Stronger

Yanjing.

Yang Qianyi was wearing a thin black silk nightgown, which accentuated her pair of long, jade-like legs that were smooth and snow-white. Holding a cup of coffee in her hand, she walked back and forth barefoot across the floor.

On the huge widescreen television, Han Ying’s interview program had just ended.

“Alright!” Qin Ruoyun’s lazy voice rang out. “It’s not like we just found out. Why are you worrying so much?”

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Yang Qianyi sighed. “After Han Ying’s contract expires, there’s absolutely no way she’ll sign with us again!”

Qin Ruoyun nodded. “You could already tell from the time she bought songs from Lin Hao. That girl is too opinionated, and her personality is extremely strong. Someone like that can’t be kept. Even if we force her to stay, it might not necessarily be a good thing.”

“Ah! Lin Hao is another troublesome matter!” Yang Qianyi sighed and sat down on the fabric sofa.

Qin Ruoyun thought for a moment. “How long does his songwriting contract have left?”

“Until November 12th!”

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“Then hurry up and buy more songs. After the contract expires, the chances of him renewing it won’t be high.”

Yang Qianyi gave an “mm” sound. “Whether the chances are high or not, we still have to do our best to keep him.”

“Our steps have been too small. I have a feeling…” Qin Ruoyun lit a cigarette and tilted her head back, blowing out several large smoke rings. “Maybe it’s only on the day we lose Lin Hao that we’ll realize how precious he is.”

Yang Qianyi let out another long sigh. She admitted Qin Ruoyun was right. During the past half a year, she had been constantly out of sorts because her divorce from Xiao Yang had left her physically and mentally exhausted.

She really had been too cautious. Since she was so certain of and admired Lin Hao’s talent, and they also had examples like Shen Zizhe and the others turning their fortunes around, she should have increased her efforts and quickly bought more good songs for the contracted artists under their company.

But she always wanted to wait and see. She wanted to wait until the three albums came out and look at the sales before deciding. She never expected production to take this long. Fortunately, they had already been released last week, and soon they would be able to see the first-week sales reports.

“Lin Hao once said that he wouldn’t sell his works to artists who weren’t of good quality,” Yang Qianyi said, remembering this and feeling even more troubled. This Lin Hao really was too troublesome. If he wanted to sell songs and make money, then just do that. Why did he care about what kind of character other people had? Seriously… sigh!

Qin Ruoyun chuckled. “What’s wrong with you? When you came back from Xuecheng last year, you wouldn’t stop praising him, saying he was both talented and had principles. Why have you changed now?”

“That was me speaking from a personal perspective. But from the company’s perspective, who would want to sign someone so troublesome?”

“It’s not like I didn’t remind Han Ying. I told her not to mention Lin Hao on the show, and the interview script was also faxed to me. There wasn’t this part in it either. She…”

Qin Ruoyun raised her hand and stopped her. “Back then, you made her hide Lin Hao’s contact information. This time, you wouldn’t let her release an EP, and you even bought five songs from her cheaply and insisted she make a premium album. Naturally, she would have opinions!”

Yang Qianyi didn’t say anything.

“Besides, we’ve more or less figured out what kind of personality Lin Hao has. The only reason he signed a songwriting contract with us is because he’s still in school right now. So while the contract is still in effect, hurry up and buy as many high-quality works as possible. A golden-scaled dragon could never be a creature trapped in a pond. As for anything else, don’t even think about it!”

Yang Qianyi let out a long breath. “Yeah, I didn’t expect this kid to be so cunning. The moment he heard you wanted to sign their band, he immediately changed the subject!”

Qin Ruoyun laughed. “I actually admire him more and more. This is what you call ‘not releasing the eagle until you see the rabbit!’ He’s waiting for the highest bidder.”

“We need to make two preparations next. First, buy songs as quickly as possible—the more the better!”

“Second, after the music festival, find a way to learn about the contract terms Giant Rock is offering Lin Hao and the others. No matter what they are, we have to offer something better. I refuse to believe we can’t sign this little fox!”

Yang Qianyi suddenly burst into laughter. “I think you’re just trying to have an old cow eat fresh grass, aren’t you?”

Qin Ruoyun recalled her trip to Xuecheng this time. She stroked her chin with a calculating expression. “Don’t say that. This kid really does have extraordinary charm!”

……

The program was a great success. When the camera cut to a few shots, Lin Hao had already noticed that it was a recorded broadcast.

After turning off the television, he picked up his phone and simply stared at it.

Ten seconds, twenty seconds…

“Ring—”

The phone rang.

“Hello?”

“Lin Hao, this is Han Ying.” Han Ying’s voice came from the other end of the phone.

“I just finished watching the program. Thank you!” Lin Hao said softly.

“Mm, I forgot to call and remind you beforehand!” Han Ying’s voice was calm, but there was a hint of happiness in it.

“Han Ying.”

“Hmm?”

“I wrote five songs for you. Make a truly high-quality album!” Lin Hao said.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. Then Han Ying’s slightly choked voice came through.

“Thank you!”

“Mm! I’m still in Shanghai. Wait until I go back, then I’ll mail you the scores.”

After hanging up, Lin Hao got out of bed and walked to the window to light a cigarette.

He understood very clearly what Han Ying meant. Regarding those two things that had made him uncomfortable, she herself would not feel good about them either. As the saying goes, people in the world have no choice but to bend with circumstances. Especially when she still had no say in the matter, how could he possibly nitpick over it?

Han Ying had come from the countryside and reached where she was today with great difficulty. While watching the program just now, he could feel her sincerity.

Her publicly thanking him on the show meant that she had officially pushed him into the public eye. For ordinary people, the first thing they cared about was whether the song sounded good, then who sang it. As for who wrote the lyrics and composed the music, unless they were people in the industry, very few ordinary people would pay attention.

Han Ying must have also endured pressure from Phantom. After all, he still had a songwriting contract with Phantom, and Phantom would definitely want to renew it. If Lin Hao’s reputation continued growing, renewing the contract would become very troublesome!

At the very least, the price for each song would rise. Those were exactly the things Phantom did not want to see.

Han Ying was his fellow villager, and meeting her on the train was fate. Since she had done this on the program, she had done it for him to see. That was why he guessed that after the show ended, Han Ying would definitely make this call.

If Lin Hao hadn’t watched it, she would remind him of the rerun time. If he had watched it, then he would naturally have to show some response.

He didn’t mind helping Han Ying. On the contrary, he even admired this little bit of scheming from her. Although it was still somewhat immature, the fact that she dared to do this while she still had a contract was already something worthy of respect!

This woman was extremely independent. She didn’t want to be restrained by anyone. Her wings had already grown stronger and stronger. After her three-year contract with Phantom expired, she absolutely would not sign with any company again.

He knew Han Ying definitely hadn’t figured out what she would do after leaving Phantom. When that time came, he wouldn’t mind helping her again.

Lin Hao stubbed out the cigarette in the ashtray. He knew that next, Phantom would increase their efforts to buy songs from him.

He secretly laughed. Although Phantom admired him a lot, women really weren’t bold enough when doing things. Perhaps all shrewd businesspeople were like this—they never wanted to take too much risk. That was why Phantom’s second purchase only included nineteen songs, and those albums were all bought for the sake of Shen Zizhe, Zhao Ni, and Wang Xiaonan.

Why buy them this way?

Because it was safe. These three people had already turned their fortunes around because of one of his songs, so Phantom dared to invest boldly in them. In fact, their trial experiment had already succeeded. The second time, they completely shouldn’t have been this cautious.

Even Yang Qianyi had tried to bargain with him over the phone. All of this showed Phantom’s cautiousness. Or rather, Yang Qianyi herself wasn’t bold enough. She wanted to proceed step by step, but why didn’t she think about the fact that he and them only had a one-year contract?

He had been waiting for this day for a long time. That was why he had been crazily writing songs and applying for copyrights, even writing until midnight every night after finishing rehearsals.

At present, he already had more than three hundred songs with copyrights secured. That was completely enough for now. Now it all depended on how much Yang Qianyi and Qin Ruoyun were willing to spend!

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but want to laugh loudly toward the sky.

He was going to make money again, haha!

Sleep!