ECG -Chapter 85 Properly Date Me

Bai Zhitao knew that Lin Hao was just being polite. No matter how good her voice and appearance were, without suitable songs, everything would still just be an illusion!

For the past two years, she had constantly been troubled over choosing songs that suited her. Without these two songs from Lin Hao, she might not even have made it past the preliminary round.

“We’re about the same age. Four years of college will pass in the blink of an eye. There’s still a long road ahead of us. I don’t want anyone to leave behind any regrets. I think we should spend these two years properly enriching ourselves. I’ll also write more songs for you. After graduation, the sea will be wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky high enough for birds to fly!”

“Xiaowu, Taozi, I don’t want to waste these four years, but I also won’t force my own ideas onto you. I respect every choice you make!”

After Lin Hao finished speaking, he looked at the two of them seriously.

Bai Zhitao glanced at Wu Xiaozhou and smiled brightly. “Lin Hao, I understand what you mean. I really do want to become famous, but I understand that what you said makes sense. You’re doing this for my own good!”

Lin Hao nodded in satisfaction.

“So…” Bai Zhitao looked toward Wu Xiaozhou, a shy expression appearing on her fair face. “I’ve decided to properly enrich myself and finish college properly! Properly…”

Wu Xiaozhou wrapped an arm around her slender waist with a mischievous grin. “Properly date me!”

“Pervert!” Bai Zhitao’s pretty face flushed bright red. “I hate you!”

Wu Xiaozhou got even more excited. Since there was no one else around, he immediately leaned over with his big mouth…

Lin Hao hurriedly stood up. “Damn, that’s too much! A satisfied man like you doesn’t know how miserable a lonely man feels!”

After saying that, he quickly walked out, while Wu Xiaozhou’s arrogant laughter echoed behind him.

……

A few days later, the day after he received the express package sent from Yanjing, Phantom’s contracted singer Shen Zizhe arrived first.

Lin Hao went to the school gate to pick him up. After the two shook hands, they went straight to Fan Gang’s piano room.

Shen Zizhe was thirty-one years old this year. He was tall and thin, with a fair and clean face and a pair of very scholarly-looking glasses. He was polite and refined, without any airs of a celebrity.

Lin Hao wasn’t surprised. After all, Shen Zizhe had already passed his peak. Even if he had once been proud and arrogant, reality had beaten all that confidence out of him.

Shen Zizhe had heard Han Ying’s “Persistence” and “Wildflower,” but when he saw Lin Hao, he was still shocked by how young he was.

Because of their age difference, Shen Zizhe naturally looked down on Lin Hao a little, but he didn’t show it.

Time was tight and the task was heavy, so Lin Hao didn’t waste words. After entering the piano room and sitting down on the sofa, he immediately got straight to the point.

“Mr. Shen, I’ve listened to some of your previous songs. I’d like to hear you summarize the past three years of your career.”

It could be said that Lin Hao’s question was not polite at all. He was clearly asking Shen Zizhe to explain why his career had declined.

At this moment, regardless of Lin Hao’s age, his current identity was a songwriter contracted by the company. He was also the person President Yang had assigned to create new songs for him. With Han Ying’s successful example right in front of them, although Shen Zizhe felt somewhat unhappy, he couldn’t openly show it.

His singing career had already fallen to the bottom. Right now, he was simply a dying person making one last struggle. Whether Lin Hao was a miracle doctor or not, he had no way to refuse. He could only treat a dead horse as if it were still alive and try.

After thinking for a moment, he said, “The first reason is that I’ve gotten a little older. The second is that I haven’t had any good songs suitable for me.”

“That’s all?”

Shen Zizhe nodded.

Lin Hao shook his head. “Getting older isn’t a problem. As long as the positioning is accurate, every age group has its own audience.”

Shen Zizhe thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he nodded.

“Your voice is clear and delicate. It’s a great voice for singing love songs. But your biggest problem is that you’ve weakened your own strengths. Especially those two songs from more than a year ago—they really didn’t suit your voice.”

Shen Zizhe’s face immediately turned red. Lin Hao’s words had hit the nail on the head.

He had been desperate too. A person couldn’t keep relying on past achievements forever. When he truly had no new songs, he had rushed to try anything and ended up singing two songs with a military theme. However, the response had been extremely poor, and from then on, his career had completely declined.

Lin Hao stood up and walked over to the grand piano. After sitting down, he said:

“Come, listen to this song.”

After saying that, he began playing the intro…

“Did I promise you too much…”

“Or maybe what I originally gave you just wasn’t enough……”

Standing behind Lin Hao, Shen Zizhe listened to his delicate voice and felt as if waves of cold wind were blowing across his scalp.

That voice sounded far too much like his own. If he closed his eyes and listened, it was almost as if he himself was singing.

“How could I bear to blame you for making mistakes,
It was me who gave you too much freedom……”

Shen Zizhe’s face flushed red with excitement. He had originally been standing there with his arms crossed, but now both of his hands were trembling uncontrollably. He didn’t dare say anything, afraid that he would disturb Lin Hao.

At this moment, tears of excitement had already flowed down his face.

This was his song.

Whether it was the lyrics or the melody, everything felt so familiar and so intimate, as if it had been tailor-made just for him.

When the song ended, Lin Hao turned around and immediately saw the tears on Shen Zizhe’s face.

He stood up, walked to the door, pulled a tissue from the coffee table, and handed it to him.

Shen Zizhe took it and wiped his tears, feeling a little embarrassed.

“Teacher Lin, what is this song called?”

He himself hadn’t even noticed that, without realizing it, he had already changed the way he addressed Lin Hao.

Lin Hao smiled. He decided to test his intuition.

“What do you think?”

Without hesitation, Shen Zizhe answered:

“Overdone!”

“Clap, clap, clap!”

Lin Hao applauded, smiling as he gave him a thumbs-up.

“How is it? Do you have confidence now?”

Shen Zizhe nodded repeatedly.

“Come, let’s sit down and talk.”

Lin Hao sat back down on the sofa.

“First, I’ll give you a clear positioning. At your age, you should present the image of a man with a story. Those sweet, honey-like love songs from before are no longer suitable for you!”

“So, the direction I’m giving you is: tragic love songs!”

After hearing this, Shen Zizhe fell into deep thought.

He had debuted by singing love songs and had once become popular. If he continued singing love songs now, would the change be too small?

Tragic love songs?

What was that?

There had never been such a concept before, nor had there ever been such a term!

He repeatedly weighed it in his heart. In the end, he hardened his resolve.

As the saying went, a dead pig wasn’t afraid of boiling water. Anyway, he was already in this situation. If he couldn’t make it through this time, he would only be able to switch to working behind the scenes.

Lin Hao knew exactly what he was worried about, but he didn’t say anything more. He waited for him to figure it out himself.

“Alright, Teacher Lin, I’ll listen to you!”

Shen Zizhe raised his head and spoke to Lin Hao seriously.

Lin Hao stood up.

“Then let’s get started!”

……

Three days later, Shen Zizhe returned to Yanjing. At the same time, he took back the completed songwriting contract signed by Lin Hao, as well as the copyright agreement for the song Overdone.

One day later, Lin Hao received a call from Yang Qianyi.

On the phone, Yang Qianyi repeatedly thanked him. Lin Hao knew that she must have heard Shen Zizhe’s a cappella performance and realized that this song would definitely allow him to make a comeback, which was why she was so excited.

On the evening Lin Hao sent off the second female singer, he saw an entertainment news article on Houlang.com.

It reported that Yang Qianyi, general manager of Meiying Music Culture Development Co., Ltd., and director Xiao Yang were going through a divorce dispute.

The next day, Houlang’s entertainment headline read:

“Director Xiao Yang publicly accuses his wife Yang Qianyi of having an ambiguous relationship with famous singer Qin Ruoyun.”

A large number of photos were uploaded as well.

The photos were very clear. They were pictures of Yang Qianyi and Qin Ruoyun together at various occasions.

Although Qin Ruoyun was wearing sunglasses or a mask in most of the photos, compared with the pictures where she wasn’t covering her face, it was indeed the same person. In some photos, the two of them were even holding hands.

For a moment, all the major forums and Houlang blogs exploded. Everywhere was filled with news about Qin Ruoyun coming out of the closet.