Lin Chudong rolled his eyes. "What are you talking about? Just eat, and stop trying to pick up girls!"
Jia Lu realized she'd said the wrong thing and quickly lowered her head, her face flushed red.
She was just overthinking things. Seeing Tian Yingxiong's attitude, it was clear he was trying to flirt, and before he even made a move on her, she'd already revealed her hand.
Tian Yingxiong's gaze fell on Jing Feifei again. This girl looked like she was having a great time, so she'd probably be easy to pick up.
"Hey, what instrument do you play?"
"Rock keyboard!"
"Wow, there aren't many girls who play rock, are there?"
"Cut the crap! Let's play the finger-guessing game!"
Jing Feifei stood up, one foot on the bench, and started playing the finger-guessing game with Tian Yingxiong in a very forthright manner.
After a while, they were winning and losing in turn. Jing Feifei had drunk a lot, but she didn't show any signs of it.
Tian Yingxiong's ears were red from drinking, and he whispered.
"What's this girl's deal? She's my type."
Lin Chudong patted his shoulder and said.
"Don't even think about it. Be careful, her dad might buy your company and fire you."
"..."
After a few rounds of drinks, Lin Chudong said,
"Tian Yingxiong, you must have other resources, right? Hook me up."
Tian Yingxiong shook his head, "Cut the crap. I'm already on my last legs. What resources could I possibly have?"
Lin Chudong laughed, "You're being modest, aren't you? I heard your uncle's in the film industry?"
Tian Yingxiong was taken aback, "You know about that? You've been doing your homework, huh? Haha, nothing much. He's done a few TV dramas, only in the tens of millions range. Not even a hundred million, just average."
In the entertainment industry, there were tons of TV drama companies with tens of millions in assets. Having assets didn't mean they could spend tens of millions on a movie.
They only had that much money, and they couldn't go all in. If they lost, the company would go bankrupt.
If such a company were to make a TV drama, they could only spend three to five million at most.
Seeing how serious Lin Chudong looked, Tian Yingxiong said, "What's this? Thinking about breaking into the film and television industry?"
Lin Chudong smiled. "Nah, just asking around. Your uncle WeChatted me something. I'm going to put myself forward and write a theme song for his TV series."
Tian Yingxiong wiped his hands. "That's actually a legitimate thing to do. Alright, I'll help you make a connection!"
If he hadn't had a few drinks, Tian Yingxiong wouldn't have revealed this much.
Lin Chudong added him on WeChat and said hello, then continued eating.
It was really too difficult to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry just relying on music.
Previously, Lin Chudong was only restricted by the system. Now that he was free from the system's constraints, he could do whatever he wanted and dabble in various fields.
Increasing his popularity would also help the band.
They were still too fragile, even though they had gained a bit of popularity. They wouldn't survive a storm.
Tian Yingxiong continued to play rock-paper-scissors with Jing Feifei, and after a few rounds, he passed out. He ended up sleeping in Lin Chudong's dorm for the night.
The next day, Lin Chudong opened his eyes and made a hearty breakfast.
When Tian Yingxiong came out, he was immediately shocked by the spread of food on the table.
"Your band's meals are like this? I'll pay some money, let me come and eat."
"Don't even dream about it. I'm still short a rhythm guitarist. If you play guitar for me, then I'll let you eat."
"Damn, you don't sound sincere at all."
Wang Zhi got up, and the three of them had a simple breakfast.
"Old Tian, find me a rhythm guitarist, someone cheap and obedient."
Tian Yingxiong scoffed, "You get all the good things. Find one yourself."
"Damn, you're cold-blooded when you're not drinking."
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"..."
"Don't leave today. Give my bassist some special training. If you run, I'll release what you did to Feifei yesterday, and have the richest man hunt you down!"
"You're a bit despicable, Lin!"
"I'm doing you a big favor. Write me a song when you have time. I want a duet, like the one you wrote for Zhang Yao and Li Dan."
Zhang Yao and Li Dan are famous celebrity couple, and the song Lin Chudong wrote for them made Tian Yingxiong jealous.
"Write a duet for you? You're single, who are you going to sing with?"
"That's not your concern, I'm going to create a couple."
"Alright, just make sure you focus in your bass lessons, and I'll think about it."
Tian Yingxiong was forced to stay at the music store and tutor Wang Zhi for a whole day.
This guy started out as a bassist, and his fundamentals were incredibly strong. Plus, he had a lot of relatives in the entertainment industry, so he had plenty of resources.
Otherwise, how could this guy have won the Golden Melody Award!
Lin Chudong had to squeeze everything he could out of him, since he was here.
In the evening, they went to Black Forest to perform as usual, treating it as a band rehearsal.
The video of Da Fei singing in the bar was already starting to spread online.
Sun Jie brought the short video to Shen Jianbin's office. "Bin-ge, look, Da Fei's even reduced to singing in a bar. Although "Chengdu" is popular, it hasn't brought him any benefits."
Shen Jianbin narrowed his eyes and said, "Da Fei has been collaborating with us for three years, and it's only now that I realize I don't know anything about him."
"When did he write this song "Chengdu"? Does he have any other songs? Do you know?"
Sun Jie shook his head. "I basically have zero interaction with him privately, you know that."
Shen Jianbin slammed his hand on the table. "Damn it, he's been hiding things from us for so many years. It seems he already had ulterior motives. I was right to fire him."
Sun Jie said, "Exactly, if this song was ours, we could have made a lot of money."
Shen Jianbin said, "Forget it, he's just a bar singer. We don't need to pay attention to him."
"Tell Wu Bo to prepare well. This Music Festival is his first time on stage. He needs to perfectly take over for Da Fei."
If Lin Chudong were fired, he'd keep a low profile. He wouldn't have anything to worry about.
But now, this guy was appearing on variety shows and getting hit songs. He was a little worried that Wu Bo wouldn't be able to handle it.
"Lin, I've arranged the Music Festival for you. But since your band isn't famous, your ranking is pretty high. The appearance fee is 50,000, for two songs. It's a good price. I won't take a red envelope. Just treat me to a meal later."
"The Music Festival organizer's boss is surnamed Meng. I had to down three shots of baijiu before he agreed to let you come. Aren't you going to call me godfather?"
Lin Chudong held the phone, and hearing Tian Yingxiong's good news, he also smiled.
"I'll treat you to a meal another day. Goodbye."
Liang Yin immediately got excited, "Yay! We're really going to the Music Festival, I'm so excited! There must be tens of thousands of people in the audience, right?"
"Around that many, several thousand, dozens of times bigger than a small bar."
Liang Yin said, "I have to go and get busy with the costumes. I'll get you guys some decent performance outfits. I'm off, bye!"
Jing Feifei shouted, "Boss Lady, I want a studded leather jacket!"
Chen Jianguo said, "Little Lin, this time we're going head-to-head with Da Fei's band. What song are you planning to use?"
Lin Chudong smiled, "We'll definitely sing 'Chengdu', but I'm planning to put it second."
"As for the first song, I'll give you a score later. The bar is still small potatoes; the Music Festival is my first performance since my comeback."
"We have to get the crowd fired up, Old Chen, I'm counting on you then."
Chen Jianguo patted his chest. "Don't worry, I'll stick around to the very end with this old frame of mine!"
"You youngsters are full of vigor, so it's good to have an opponent. No matter who they are, Old Chen will fight this battle with you!"
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