ECG -Chapter 83 I Want to Sign This Girl

“Green are the mountains high, blue are the streams;

The girls of Alishan are as beautiful as the water!

The boys of Alishan are as strong as the mountains—”

Yang Qianyi’s mouth fell open, and she immediately turned her head to look at Qin Ruoyun.

“I’m going to sign her!” Yang Qianyi said decisively!

Qin Ruoyun was also extremely surprised and nodded repeatedly. “Amazing! Absolutely amazing! This voice, this presence! Qianyi, this girl is definitely going to become a huge star!”

Yang Qianyi also kept nodding. Because she was so excited, her delicate cheeks looked as though they had been brushed with a layer of rouge.

At this moment, Bai Zhitao had already started singing the second verse. Many people in the audience had already stood up; gradually, more and more people rose to their feet, swaying along with the rhythm and clapping to the beat. The entire venue was immersed in a sea of joy.

Wu Xiaozhou’s face was full of delight. He knew Bai Zhitao had made it. Even if she didn’t get the gold award, she was definitely guaranteed a top three spot!

After Bai Zhitao finished singing, she bowed politely. Everyone was still unsatisfied, and someone shouted for her to sing another song. One person shouted, then another joined in, and soon the competition had turned into a concert. Thousands of people were calling out for another song.

Even Yang Qianyi and Qin Ruoyun stood up and put their hands around their mouths as they shouted, “One more song!”

The competition organizing committee had never expected something like this to happen. They hurriedly sent a leader-like person onto the stage. He took the microphone from Bai Zhitao’s hand, then smiled and gestured for her to return backstage.

“Students and parents, no one expected that the competition would actually turn into a concert. Even I couldn’t help shouting for another song just now!”

The audience burst into laughter.

“But after all, this is still a competition. Time is limited and there are many tasks ahead. If everyone likes this student’s performance, I believe there will be more opportunities in the future. Please understand, alright?” After saying that, he bowed.

Although there were waves of boos from below, everyone still sat back down.

The host hurriedly went back on stage to continue.

Yang Qianyi had already lost interest in continuing to listen. She grabbed Qin Ruoyun and headed outside.

When Lin Hao received Yang Qianyi’s call, he had just finished class. This class had been about analyzing works, and through this course, he had learned about many piano masterpieces from the great masters of this world.

As the saying goes, having more skills never hurts. Recently, he had also become increasingly interested in film and television acting.

In his previous life, he had worked as an extra in Hengdian for more than a month. It had been for the sake of a female confidante of his. That was his only experience with acting, and in the end, it had concluded with him being sent into a detention center.

Originally, he had been wondering whether he could choose film and television acting as an elective major, but after checking online, he realized that electives were not without restrictions. He couldn’t study courses from other majors, much less cross into another major entirely.

Although the Art Academy had some public elective courses that students from any major could take, after attending twice, Lin Hao discovered that none of them were things he was interested in.

As for the courses in the film and television acting major, he could attend them as a listener, and there was no problem with that. But he still wanted to have a professional teacher guide him. He figured the only way was to ask Fan Gang and see if the teacher could help him get a special arrangement.

He walked out carrying his books. A big-eyed girl clearly wanted to talk to him, but his phone suddenly vibrated. Lin Hao could only say “sorry” and pick it up.

“Lin Hao, I just finished watching the competition. This song, The Girl of Alishan, is so good! I want to sign this girl!” Yang Qianyi’s excited voice came from the phone.

Lin Hao laughed. He had already expected this result. It seemed this President Yang really had good luck. She had been able to attend this competition and accurately find the right direction—that was her fortune.

“President Yang, how is this big gift of mine?” Lin Hao joked.

Yang Qianyi laughed. “It’s definitely a super big gift package! Thank you! Thank you so much!”

“Don’t rush to thank me yet. Bai Zhitao is still a student, after all. As for how to sign her, I’ll have to talk with her after I return and discuss it first.”

Yang Qianyi froze. Only then did she remember that the girl was still a student. She felt a little frustrated and said, “Could you help me persuade her? I want to meet her.”

“No!” Lin Hao refused very straightforwardly. “President Yang, don’t ever try to persuade Bai Zhitao to give up her studies. If she wants to become famous, there will be plenty of time in the future. But if she gives up these four years, she’ll never get them back. Do you understand what I mean?”

Yang Qianyi was secretly shocked by Lin Hao’s ability to predict things before they happened. She could only say, “Alright then, I’ll wait for your news. Oh, right, the contract will be sent to you this afternoon! You should receive it in about a week!”

“Okay!”

After saying that, Lin Hao hung up the phone. Thinking that it would take about a week to receive the agreement, he felt a headache coming on. The express delivery service at this time really was too slow.

Qin Ruoyun stood nearby, and she had more or less understood the conversation between the two just now. Looking at Yang Qianyi, whose mood had turned somewhat gloomy, she said, “If you ask me, this girl might be Lin Hao’s girlfriend!”

Yang Qianyi also nodded. That possibility was indeed quite high.

Qin Ruoyun continued, “I really want to meet this amazing kid. I’m getting more and more interested in him!” After saying that, she deliberately licked her lips.

Yang Qianyi burst out laughing. “You pervert!”

Qin Ruoyun rolled her eyes at her. “You’re not?”

The two had only joked around for a few moments when they saw several students’ parents and children walking over from not far away.

“Hey! Isn’t that Qin Ruoyun?”

“Looks like it really is!”

“Qin Ruoyun!”

“……”

At this moment, Qin Ruoyun wasn’t wearing a mask, so those people recognized her at a glance.

At such a close distance, Qin Ruoyun couldn’t possibly leave, so she could only put on a warm and friendly smile and start signing autographs for them one by one.

After finally getting rid of those fans, Qin Ruoyun hurriedly put on her mask, grabbed Yang Qianyi, and left.

Inside the car.

“Qianyi, have you decided?”

Yang Qianyi nodded without hesitation. She had completely given up. She didn’t want to continue like this with Xiao Yang anymore.

“Alright, leave it to me!”

“Okay!”

……

Two days later, in the evening, Lin Hao decided to treat everyone to drinks at Hu Da Ma Shao Stewed Cuisine Restaurant opposite the Ferry Bar to celebrate Bai Zhitao and Wu Xiaozhou’s triumphant return.

In the largest private room.

Lin Hao, Wu Xiaozhou, Bai Zhitao, Fatty Meng, Cui Gang, Boss Gao, Yan Xiaoqi, and Chu Xiaomei—eight people—sat around together.

Lin Hao raised his glass and said, “Come, let’s all raise our glasses together and celebrate Bai Zhitao’s successful victory in winning the gold medal in the professional solo category of the first [Chinese University Student Campus Singer Competition]! Cheers!”

The eight glasses of beer collided enthusiastically, and quite a bit of beer spilled into the dishes.

The gold medal had not been unexpected. Everything had been within Lin Hao’s predictions.

First, considering the remote location and conservative atmosphere of Long Province, he had not chosen any songs about romance or love for Bai Zhitao. After all, this was a university campus singer competition, and at that time, universities still did not allow students to openly date. Therefore, songs about love were not very suitable.

That was why he chose “Love of a Small Village”. The song expressed homesickness and longing for one’s hometown, so there was nothing inappropriate about it.

The second song was the finals song. He had racked his brain over it. Considering that the competition was being held in Yanjing, and Yanjing’s openness and inclusiveness were far greater than Long Province’s, he boldly chose the relatively cheerful song “The Girl of Alishan.”

Although the song was about the love between a man and a woman, its content was positive and uplifting, and its lively melody was also very suitable for a competition.

In the end, just as expected, Bai Zhitao won the gold medal.

What pleased Lin Hao even more was that the professional group’s chorus team, the “White Feather” group, won the silver medal.

The only regret was that Han Youdong did not win any award. She didn’t even receive awards like Best Stage Performance or Best Potential Award.

But thinking about it, that was normal. After all, the professional solo gold medal and the chorus silver medal had already both gone to Long Province. They had to spread the opportunities around fairly; it was impossible to give the limited number of awards to Long Province again.