I am a Big Player
Chapter 135 - 134, Album complete! (First update)_1

Chapter 135: 134, Album complete! (First update)_1

The moment Ren He signed his name on the authorization document, Zhou Wumeng finally breathed a sigh of relief. The deal was now halfway done.

He had his concerns before coming, worried that Ren He might change his mind. After all, what most people wouldn’t have the awareness to do, how could one expect a middle school student to grasp it?

And it was no small sum of money.

Now that the contract was signed, it had legal effect, and Zhou Wumeng knew this very well.

The reason he dared to make a contract with Ren He, without needing to communicate with his guardian, was entirely because it was clearly recorded in the current domestic law: those who mainly support themselves with their own labor income are considered fully capable of conducting civil acts.

A teenager who could earn thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions from writing already possessed full civil capability; thus, anything he signed himself was legal.

In fact, Ren He thought this was a very reasonable law.

Zhou Wumeng was busy too, so he hurried back to deal with a series of follow-up work for Qinghe Fund. He even planned to use his power at Capital Journalism Group to expand the sales channels for the Three Character Classic.

That way, the revenue share of Capital Journalism would increase, and the funds for Qinghe Fund would be more abundant.

When leaving, he repeatedly told Ren He to hurry up and write something new, even if it was just to write the second part of Classic of Mountains and Seas. Ren He could only agree first and then slowly drag his feet.

Right now, his priority wasn’t writing books, but to complete Yang Xi’s album. In a little over a month, he’d face the middle-school examination, and after that would come a new journey.

Before going through security, Zhou Wumeng suddenly remembered something, saying, "Come to Capital during your summer vacation to attend Kunlun’s talent audition. After all, you as the author know better who to choose for the roles. Of course, whether we use them or not, we’ll discuss that. In principle, we respect the original author’s wishes."

After thinking about it, Ren He found it wasn’t much of a challenge, so he agreed, "How about after two weeks past the middle-school exam? In two months?"

"That works. I originally planned to start the auditions soon, but it got delayed waiting for you. Now, well, I need to get Qinghe Fund on the right track first," Zhou Wumeng said jokingly, continuing, "Alright, you go back. We’ll see each other in two months. I’ll have someone send regular updates on the progress of Qinghe Fund’s work since you’re now my boss."

Ren He couldn’t help but smile bitterly—who in the world would dare be Zhou Wumeng’s boss? He had no intention of getting involved in Qinghe Fund.

However, it was good to keep track of the progress, at least to know where the Hope Primary School he donated to was being built...

As for the Kunlun auditions, he might as well treat it as a bit of fun. In his two lifetimes combined, he has never visited a film set.

Just as Zhou Wumeng had left, Ren He received an unexpected call from An Si, who regretfully said, "You should’ve told me in advance about playing downhill road cycling. We could have shot another video, and with that extra achievement, you could’ve increased your endorsement fee."

Ren He had already considered this issue, laughing as he said, "If we’re going to play, we play big, to avoid letting foreigners think the Chinese are just amusing themselves. Don’t worry, after a while I plan to go to Heavenly Gate Mountain’s 99 bends to play downhill road cycling, and I’ll notify you in advance. If we play, we play big, right?"

An Si took a sharp breath on the other end of the phone, "Actually, you’re already amazing for daring to speed up to 110 on a road with curves. There’s no need to push that hard. Are you really planning to take a trip on Heavenly Road at that speed?"

"As for the speed, we’ll decide at that time, but it’s definitely going to be thrilling enough, you can count on me!"

After finishing their conversation and hanging up, Ren He also contemplated this matter. If it was downhill road cycling, perhaps the 99 bends of Heavenly Gate Mountain were indeed his target for a challenge at present. However, once the bends increased, the speed would inevitably be affected, since his limit for entering a bend was 68 kilometers per hour. He would have to consider carefully how to play by then.

The filming team was likely to be Liu Erbao and his group again. It was said these artistic youths had stopped taking jobs recently and started acting like a band, not caring whether they sounded terrible or couldn’t write songs, and seemed to be quite into it, enjoying themselves.

A few days ago, Liu Erbao even bragged to him on the phone, howling a couple of lines like some sentimental online song...

After the middle school exams are over, I need to meet up with them in Capital, they’re all wonderful people.

The most peculiar thing about their team wasn’t their temperaments but their profit-sharing model, no matter how much money they made, all team members would split it evenly.

Any smaller team would’ve collapsed long ago, but they somehow made a tremendous amount of money, so no one ever got less than they deserved.

Liu Erbao once said that he took on four jobs in a single month, with a commission starting at 3 million per job. Ren He had always known commercial photography was expensive, but he never expected it to be quite so extravagant.

So-called one hundred thousand yuan for a single photo means it could be enlarged one hundred times without any blurring, and their post-production could make it so you couldn’t see a single pore even when magnified a hundred times, everything perfectly processed.

Ren He wondered if he could hire Liu Erbao and his team for Yang Xi’s music videos in the future. He had heard they were too proud to do that kind of work, but he didn’t know if he could persuade them.

He currently felt incredibly relaxed without a single task on hand, but he also needed to start preparing the remaining two songs for Yang Xi. Besides, he had his own plans and tasks to do, striving to achieve a Perfect Level rating and its corresponding rewards. Even without a Perfect Level rating, completing two tasks would certainly earn him a directed reward.

He hadn’t thought of it before, but now it seemed vital; the reward was crucial for whether he could carry out subsequent plans.

Ren He began to organize his thoughts. The previous eight songs were: Go to Dali, South of South Mountain, Wonderful Ability Song, Prague Square, The Brightest Star in the Night Sky, Easy to Ignite and Explode, Eating Fried Chicken at People’s Square, Ms. Understanding.

So, what should the ninth song be? Honestly, the direction of the previous songs was somewhat folksy, and though they were extremely popular within certain circles, they weren’t the most widely appealing.

Should he select another two songs that were explosively popular? What would be a good choice?

Ren He pondered which songs by female singers who had once been wildly popular would be suitable for Yang Xi. Most of the biggest hits belonged to pop divas, and many of the songs didn’t quite fit with what Yang Xi could sing.

Wait... Ren He seemed to have thought of a female singer who had also been extremely popular and had countless loyal fans!

Sun Yanzi!

Speaking of Sun Yanzi’s fans, they were an odd bunch; in their eyes, as long as someone else liked Sun Yanzi, that person was good.

And now, there were two songs by Sun Yanzi that would suit Yang Xi: Encounter and My Love.

Compared to "Encounter," "My Love" might be slightly less popular, but it was still enough!

Encounter was just perfect for a girl sitting there with a guitar, narrating her love and melancholy.

"Hearing, winter, leave."

The very first line of that song was perfect for catching people’s ears, and the melody was incredibly beautiful and touching.

But that wasn’t the most important part; the most crucial thing was that it was exceedingly catchy and could be called a karaoke hit.

Back in 2006, if a song was suitable for singing in KTV, it usually caught on faster than one might imagine.

With that, the ten songs for Yang Xi’s first album were all selected, a major accomplishment complete!