SAG -Chapter 165 Can Uncle Zhang Write Songs?

Zhou Min was somewhat curious.

She knew Qian Li, Zhang Siyan’s close friend. Back when they were in university, although Qian Li was not from their school, she often came over to hang out with Zhang Siyan.

Later, when they had visited a few times, because of Sun Ermin, it had always been Qian Li who helped receive them. Every time, Qian Li was the one running around and taking care of everything.

“Did you forget the rumors inside the company? And do you really think Yanyan getting connected with Prince Haiman was a coincidence?” Qian Li asked.

“Uh… I really don’t know. Could it be because of Siyan’s young-looking father?” Zhou Min became even more curious.

Qian Li nodded and said, “That’s right. It’s because of Uncle Zhang.”

“Uncle Zhang and Prince Haiman are good friends. Not ordinary friends, either. Their relationship is like ours with Siyan.”

“Do you know? When Uncle Zhang introduced Prince Haiman to us, he didn’t have that proud expression on his face at all.”

“And that’s not all. Let me tell you…”

Qian Li told Zhou Min everything she knew one by one, making Zhou Min increasingly shocked.

She had never expected that her university roommate’s biological father, who had been missing for so many years, would have such an impressive background.

Zhou Min quickly thought of something.

“Is Uncle Zhang the person who played games with Prince Haiman?”

She had not thought too much about it before, but after Qian Li repeatedly mentioned how close Zhang Ran and Prince Haiman were, she suddenly remembered this matter.

“Yes. That game was developed by my brother’s company,” Zhang Siyan admitted openly.

“Damn, Uncle Zhang and Prince Haiman are really that close?”

No matter how Qian Li had explained it earlier, Zhou Min had actually been somewhat skeptical.

But once the matter of playing games with Prince Haiman was mentioned, Zhou Min believed it.

At the same time, she was secretly shocked. It seemed that her good friend’s father truly was an extraordinary person.

…

While Zhang Ran was feeling proud and happy for Susu, the parents of Susu’s kindergarten classmates were having headaches.

Ever since they picked up their little brats, the children had been endlessly asking for magic calabashes. At first, the parents were all somewhat confused.

Only after seeing Teacher Mu Xi explain the entire situation in the group chat, along with the assignment she had arranged, did they feel both happy and troubled.

They were happy because this could train their children’s abilities.

They were troubled because where were they supposed to find magic calabashes?

…

The next evening, Zhang Siyan brought Qian Li and Zhou Min home as guests.

Zhou Min looked Zhang Ran over curiously. She was becoming more and more curious about him. However, gradually, she also discovered that Zhang Ran did not seem much different from other elders. He only looked much younger.

“Big Brother, Sister-in-law, are you free on the tenth?” Zhang Siyan asked while feeding Susu.

In truth, Susu had long been able to eat by herself, but this was Zhang Siyan’s way of expressing her guilt for not being able to spend much time with Susu lately.

Susu was also very obedient and did not refuse her mother’s kindness.

Liu Lu thought for a moment and said, “I don’t have anything going on. My work is very relaxed now. It’s basically no different from a normal nine-to-five job.”

Because Ning Qing had spoken to them, the head nurse no longer arranged shifts for Liu Lu. Every day, she now went to and left work at normal hours.

Although everyone was envious, Liu Lu usually knew how to conduct herself well and had a good relationship with the others, so no one said anything.

Besides, with this arrangement, Liu Lu also earned less. She would not take a single extra cent in wages.

“I’ll have to check my situation. Why, is something going on?” Zhang Sicheng asked curiously.

Zhang Siyan said, “Nothing much. It’s just that on the tenth, Heavenly King Fang is holding a concert in Shanghai. I’m planning to invite everyone to go together. After all, he’s part of our youthful memories.”

When Liu Lu heard this, she also became interested.

“Did you manage to get tickets?”

Very few people born in the 1990s disliked Heavenly King Fang. Even if they did not particularly like him, they would not hate him.

If this had been the Liu Lu from before, she definitely would not have considered it at all. After all, back then, concert tickets would have been an astronomical expense for their family.

But things were different now.

Although Liu Lu was still very frugal in many areas, she was now willing to spend money on things she liked.

Zhang Siyan nodded and said, “I’ve already asked someone to buy them. If everyone is free, we can go together. It can also count as a family activity.”

Originally, Zhang Siyan had not planned to invite her family. But Zhang Ran’s actions yesterday had made her start reflecting on herself, so this time, she was preparing for the whole family to go out together.

At the same time, she also wanted to introduce her good friends to her family. She did not want what had happened in the past to happen again.

She now cherished these friends very much.

Seeing that Liu Lu looked very interested, Zhang Sicheng immediately said, “I’m free. We’ll go together when the time comes.”

“Good. Then it’s settled.”

After that, everyone began chatting casually. But as they talked, the conversation drifted to work, especially Zhang Siyan’s job.

“Have you run into any difficulties at the company recently?” Zhang Ran asked.

Zhang Siyan said, “No. Everything has been going smoothly. The only thing we’re working on now is the spokesperson issue.”

“That’s right. I contacted the agents of some popular traffic stars today. Do you know how much they quoted? It was terrifying,” Zhou Min said.

“If that money could invite someone like Heavenly King Fang, we’d accept it. But their asking prices are so high, I feel the company won’t agree.”

“How much?” Liu Lu asked curiously.

“Nearly two hundred million for three years!”

This figure shocked both Liu Lu and Zhang Sicheng.

Although they knew celebrity endorsement fees were high, they had not expected them to be this high.

At this moment, Zhang Ran suddenly said, “Is this Heavenly King Fang you’re talking about called Fang Hua? A celebrity from Hong Kong?”

“Yes. Back in the 1990s, he was the most popular singer and actor. Many female fans even threatened to jump off buildings if he got married, which caused him to keep his marriage hidden for many years,” Qian Li said, clearly a fan of Heavenly King Fang. The moment she mentioned him, her face became excited.

“Siyan, do you want to invite this Heavenly King Fang to be your spokesperson?” Zhang Ran asked Zhang Siyan thoughtfully.

Zhang Siyan first nodded, then shook her head.

“That’s basically impossible. Heavenly King Fang hasn’t accepted endorsements for many years. And he’s said before that he doesn’t want to accept endorsements.”

Hearing her say this, Zhang Ran did not say much. He merely nodded.

Qian Li, however, noticed Zhang Ran’s expression from the side. A thought suddenly flashed through her mind, and her eyes showed a hint of surprise.

She suddenly asked, “Uncle Zhang, can you write songs?”

Zhang Ran froze for a moment.

“Write songs? How would I know how to do that? I don’t even know how to read staff notation. How could I write songs? Why?”

“Nothing. I was just curious,” Qian Li said.

Hearing Zhang Ran’s answer, a trace of disappointment appeared in Qian Li’s eyes.

It seemed she had guessed wrong. It probably was not Zhang Ran.