ECG -Chapter 164 Yu Huai’s Fury

After Lin Hao and Zhu Xiaolan returned and took their seats, Lin Hao asked Yang Qianyi, “President Yang, are the three people Luo Ke and the others planning to release an album or a single?”

“A six-song quality EP for each of them!”

Lin Hao nodded.

Seeing that they had finished talking, Zhu Xiaolan began introducing the other two artists. “This is Zhu Yitao, and this is Que Yun!”

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Then she briefly went over the two people’s backgrounds. Zhu Yitao had not graduated from a professional music school; he had spent these years performing at night venues. Que Yun was a bit unusual—she had graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy and only started singing two years ago.

Lin Hao looked at the two of them. They were around the same age, both about twenty-two or twenty-three. Zhu Yitao was not very tall, probably around 172 centimeters. He had thick eyebrows, monolids, and a slightly angular face.

Que Yun had a slim figure, was tall and graceful, and her brows and eyes were exceptionally delicate.

“Que Yun?” Lin Hao repeated her name and asked, “Is that your stage name?”

Que Yun looked a little nervous. She first glanced at Zhu Xiaolan, and after seeing her nod at her, she said, “No, it’s not a stage name. This surname is quite rare. According to my father, our surname comes from the name of a bird. Both the Han people and the Lisu people have this surname.”

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Lin Hao nodded and said he had learned something new. Que Yun’s face turned red again.

Zhu Xiaolan asked the two of them to sing a song without accompaniment. Zhu Yitao went first, and after he finished, Que Yun also sang a song.

Yang Qianyi had been secretly observing the expression on Lin Hao’s face. While Zhu Yitao was singing, Lin Hao kept a smile on his face, and his expression did not change in the slightest. However, when Que Yun performed, his eyes clearly lit up.

After Que Yun finished singing, everyone in the meeting room looked toward Lin Hao.

Both of them had sung pop songs. Zhu Yitao’s voice was deep and powerful, and his pitch and sense of rhythm were excellent. However, he lacked his own personal style. This was also a common problem among people who performed at venues—they loved imitating the original singers and gradually lost their own style.

Compared to him, Que Yun was much better. Her voice was bright and grand, her singing was passionate and powerful, and what was most rare was that there was a vast, clear grassland-like feeling in her vocal style.

Lin Hao asked her, “Are you Mongolian?”

Que Yun shook her head. “My family is from Hohhot, but I’m Han Chinese.”

“Oh!” Lin Hao was just about to say something else when they suddenly heard a loud “bang.” The meeting room door was pushed open.

Everyone in the meeting room was stunned and all looked toward the entrance.

A middle-aged man strode in. He did not have much hair left, and the ponytail hanging at the back of his head was very thin.

This man was not tall, at most around 170 centimeters. His thin, bony body was dressed in a set of branded casual clothes. His long, narrow face had small eyes that flashed with sharpness and arrogance.

“Oh my, Teacher Yu, what brings you here?” Yang Qianyi stood up first, her face full of smiles. She quickly shot a sideways glance at Jin Yongnian.

Jin Yongnian also felt extremely wronged. How was he supposed to know this guy would come running to the company?

Yu Huai completely ignored Yang Qianyi’s welcoming smile. With an icy expression, he shouted, “President Yang, don’t you think you’re being a little too unreasonable?”

Without waiting for Yang Qianyi to speak, he continued, “I spent half a year writing five songs for Zeng Yuer. I stayed up night after night, and my hair fell out by the handfuls. But is this how you do things? You actually returned three of them to me. Hahaha…”

He raised his head and let out a dry laugh several times. Then he pointed at everyone sitting around the table.

“Your Phantom Entertainment has become too poor to afford them? Or are you damn…”

“Old Yu!” Qin Ruoyun stood up and looked at him coldly. “Has the alcohol from last night still not worn off? Use your brain before you speak or do anything! Is Phantom the place where you can throw a tantrum?”

“Uh…” Yu Huai immediately shut his mouth.

Only then did he remember that the true owner of Phantom was the woman standing right in front of him—Qin Ruoyun. And everyone in the industry who had been around long enough knew exactly how much weight Qin Ruoyun carried. Forget someone like him; even looking across the entertainment industry, there wasn’t a single big shot with any real status who dared to act so recklessly in front of her.

But now he had already put himself in a difficult position. He could stop making threats, but he absolutely couldn’t just leave with his tail between his legs.

At this moment, he regretted it. He had been too impulsive. Given his relationship with Qin Ruoyun, this matter could have obviously been resolved privately. How had he gotten so hot-headed that he actually ran to someone else’s company to make a scene?

If word of this got out, it would truly be humiliating!

His little eyes darted around as he tried to think of an excuse to smooth things over. He could just invite Qin Ruoyun out alone later. Phantom was such a huge company; surely they wouldn’t care about this little bit of money, right?

With a quick glance, he noticed a stranger sitting beside Yang Qianyi, so he gave a sly smile.

“Oh? Director Yang got herself a boyfriend?”

“Pfft!”

Zhu Xiaolan finally couldn’t hold it in anymore and burst out laughing.

Just now, she had found it hilarious watching Yu Huai get scolded by Qin Ruoyun until he didn’t dare say another word. Now that this big-mouthed guy had started spouting nonsense again, she really couldn’t hold back.

Qin Ruoyun’s face darkened like water. She felt utterly helpless.

Yu Huai really did have talent—there was no denying that. It was just that his personality was truly a headache. He was greedy and lecherous, not to mention shameless and unreasonable. Today she happened to be here, but if she hadn’t been, Qianyi and the others would have had no way to control him.

Yang Qianyi’s pretty face turned red. She cursed inwardly, What an old scoundrel, and quickly explained, “Don’t misunderstand. This is Teacher Lin Hao, Teacher Lin!”

The moment she said this, she regretted it.

After all, people in the same industry were often rivals, and Yu Huai was extremely arrogant and proud by nature. What was she supposed to do now?

“Lin Hao?” Yu Huai froze when he heard that. Then he immediately reacted. “The lyricist and composer of ‘Wild Flower’?”

When Yu Huai entered, Lin Hao had already recognized him. Although he had never met him personally, Yu Huai was an extremely high-profile person. There were countless interview videos and photos of him online.

Yu Huai, 45 years old, from Jilin Province, was a famous lyricist and composer. He graduated from the Composition Department of the Huaxia Conservatory of Music. Over the past twenty-plus years in the industry, he had created songs and film/TV tracks for countless popular artists. He had many representative works, and at present, he was also the highest-paid lyricist and composer in the country.

Seeing Yu Huai staring at him with those sharp little eyes, Lin Hao didn’t even stand up. He simply grinned.

“Mm, that’s me.”

Everyone in the conference room was secretly surprised.

Their impression of Lin Hao had always been that he was extremely polite. Qin Ruoyun and Yang Qianyi especially knew that he was the type of person who rarely offended anyone.

Normally speaking, Yu Huai was a senior, and Lin Hao had always paid close attention to such things. But what was going on today?

After Yang Qianyi introduced him, however, Lin Hao’s butt seemed to have been glued to the chair. He sat there as steady as a mountain.

Seeing Lin Hao sitting there so arrogantly, not even offering the most basic greeting of “hello,” Yu Huai’s anger suddenly flared up again.

He raised his head and laughed loudly.

“I see. So Phantom is planning to throw away the mill after the donkey has finished its work? Now that you have this kid whose hair hasn’t even fully grown out yet, you want to return my songs?”

“Old Yu!”

Seeing that he was becoming more and more unreasonable, Qin Ruoyun called out to him again.

Usually, she and Yu Huai were fairly close. They weren’t exactly best friends, but after getting along for the past few years, their relationship had been rather harmonious.

The smile on Lin Hao’s face instantly disappeared.

Yang Qianyi had already introduced who he was, yet this guy still openly insulted him!

Today, Yu Huai left an extremely bad impression on him. He was practically disgracing all lyricists and composers. This person relied on his talent, was arrogant beyond reason, and had no idea how high the sky was or how deep the earth was. He was truly unpleasant.

It seemed he really needed to teach him a lesson.

Lin Hao didn’t like making enemies easily, but thinking about the things he needed to do next, he felt that using someone like this—someone whose character didn’t match his talent—as a target could actually kill several birds with one stone if handled properly.

Lin Hao already had a plan in mind.

So he grinned and smiled…