After offending capital, my songs became more and more popular.

Chapter 135 Howl, I really want to howl!

"Gurgling..."

In a closed room with the curtains drawn, a group of people dressed in short sleeves and with the air conditioning on, sat around a copper pot of boiling water, eating and chatting in a harmonious and pleasant atmosphere.

"Shen Ming'en?"

Zhou Chujian, with a toothpick dangling from his mouth, raised his hand to pick at the mutton stuck between his teeth, and couldn't help but chuckle, asking in return:

"What's he doing here?"

Shen Ming'en is currently incredibly popular, but if I remember correctly, his only two jobs are on Hunan TV's "Peak Singer Challenge" and "Chinese Music Music Center: Red Song Season." Even his endorsements were canceled by his company because of his crazy behavior, and there's not a trace of any other work to be seen...

The biggest events in Beijing recently are the recording of the Olympic countdown and the opening ceremony. Shen Ming'en couldn't possibly be here to participate in Olympic-related activities, could he?
"What else could you be here for?" Agent Liu Wei said with a sneer, "To humiliate yourself, of course."

"puff……"

Zhou Chujian couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Back then, during CCTV's "National Language and Music" event, how much effort did he put in to get the chance to sing the theme song? How much of his blood, sweat, and tears did he pour into that song!

In order to pass the test smoothly, he even sent Liu Wei to personally talk to Shen Ming'en and even personally made Wei Zihan go over and bow down to him!

The results of it?
As a result, this guy didn't appreciate the favor. He took advantage of the situation and acted innocent. Not only did he not give me any face during the performance, but he also completely crushed the work that I had painstakingly prepared for so long with a song called "Rare Characters" at the audition!
Later, when the two songs were released, his work was completely crushed by Shen Ming'en, barely making a ripple...

And so, the feud between the two of them began.

Therefore, he not only prevented Shen Ming'en from participating in Olympic-related activities, but also none of the artists in his company were able to participate if it weren't for President Qin's intervention.

To be honest, Zhou Chujian's anger wasn't really about "Guoyu Guoyun" (a Chinese opera program), but rather about the Olympics...

It's important to know that even before the Olympic theme song was officially chosen as "Beijing Welcomes You," it was stipulated that it had to be a song performed by a group of Chinese pop stars. Since it's a song, it definitely has verses and choruses, build-up and climax...

Who the hell doesn't know that the chorus is the climax, the most eye-catching part?!

Zhou Chujian originally wanted to use the theme song of "Guoyu Guoyun" to compete for a chance to sing the chorus!
Shen Ming'en caused him to lose his identity as the composer of the theme song for "Guoyu Guoyun", so naturally he was no longer qualified to compete with those big shots for the chorus!
So even though Shen Mingen and his company's people weren't involved, Zhou Chujian was still furious. When he heard that Shen Mingen had come, Liu Wei even hinted that he was "bringing shame upon himself," and Zhou Chujian immediately understood.

"Cough cough..."

With a light cough, Zhou Chujian, sitting in the main seat, spoke, and the originally noisy and chaotic room quickly became quiet.

“A friend came over next door, I’ll go over and meet him for a bit…” Zhou Chujian waved his hand with a smile, “Everyone, keep eating, don’t wait for me, just keep eating…”

After saying that, Zhou Chujian made a move to leave the room.

Seeing this, his agent Liu Wei casually grabbed a wine pot and two small wine cups from the table for him. You have to admit, the way he was doing it really did look like he was going to offer a toast...

……

"Let me tell you, this old-style Beijing copper hot pot, with its sesame sauce, fermented bean curd, chive blossoms, and most importantly, scallions, cilantro, and chili oil..."

"Don't be fooled by this clear broth pot; you have to add some mutton tail fat and simmer it beforehand. Once the mutton fat comes out, the aroma will come out!"

"This is only in summer. If it were winter, with the charcoal fire burning, the mutton would be stewing, and you'd be dipping it in a generous amount of sesame paste..."

"Hey! Guess what?"

The copper pot was bubbling away, but none of it seemed to have the same garrulous chatter as Feng Yucan's glib tongue. Shen Ming'en, chin in hand, looked helpless and casually remarked, "What's wrong? Did you get a whole pocket full of stuff?"

"go with!"

Feng Yucan's forehead creased with annoyance, he rolled his eyes and said, "You eat without making a sound, you know that!"

"I know you damn well!" Shen Ming'en picked up a large mouthful of mutton and threw it into the plate in front of him. Then he picked up the sesame sauce from the side, poured it on, and started showing off.

"Hey... Hey you... Hey! Have you not eaten for days?!" Feng Yucan was watching from the side, feeling a headache coming on.

That's so unrefined! Absolutely unrefined!

Shen Mingen's attitude toward this can truly be described as "scoffing". It feels like some people are really good at pretending. They just do whatever makes them comfortable. Life is too short to be bound by so many rules and regulations.
I can put whatever I want in it, and I can show off however I want. Nobody says caviar has to be paired with foie gras; it can be paired with plain steamed buns. So why can't we put Lao Gan Ma chili sauce on A5 Wagyu beef?

Screw your act!
A group of people loading goods!
Hetui!

The copper hot pot restaurants in old Beijing are actually best enjoyed in winter. After all, only in the cold winter can you be truly captivated by the aroma of charcoal fire. In summer, no matter how low the air conditioning is, it's useless...

But then again, it's not just the copper pot hot pot in old Beijing; copper pot hot pot all over the world tastes best when eaten in winter, right?
What's so special about the copper hot pot in old Beijing?
Haha, I'm not that sophisticated, I can't appreciate it. It's just a pot of clear broth with some mutton dipped in sesame sauce. Shen Ming'en thinks you can find this kind of thing anywhere in the North...

Your mom charges for the broth base even though there's nothing in it. Sometimes I really feel like eating hot pot is your mom's way of ripping you off...

When it comes to hot pot, if you really want to experience its unique flavor, you have to focus on the broth...

"Let me tell you, your hot pot isn't anything special..." Shen Ming'en said to Feng Yucan while eating.

"Old Beijing-style copper hot pot has no unique features?!" Feng Yucan's lips twitched, thinking to himself, "You've really gone mad!"
"Then what do you say is unique?" He wanted to hear what Shen Ming'en had to say.

"Hehehe..." Just thinking about what he was going to say next made Shen Ming'en want to laugh. He said, "Do you remember when I was on a food show before, I made a hot pot dish called..."

That beef offal hot pot is so unique!
The bottom of the pot wasn't red, it wasn't white, and it wasn't tomato-colored; it was damn green!
"Go away!" Feng Yucan's lips twitched with anger. "If you say that again, we can't eat this meal!"

"a ha ha ha……"

Shen Ming'en was overjoyed.

The two were laughing and chatting in the room. They hadn't seen each other for a long time and had plenty to talk about. Feng Yucan initially kept saying that one should not drink and drive, but as they ate, he ordered a bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor), mixed it with the Sprite in his glass, and gulped it down.

Shen Ming'en doesn't drink emo, but he can have a little bit of happy drink. The two of them had a great time toasting and drinking together.

Going out to dinner with a girl might make you look good, but when it comes to real enjoyment, it's still better to eat with your buddies. Women can never compete with that...

Just as the two were chatting animatedly and getting slightly tipsy, a "knock knock knock" sound suddenly came from the other side of the door.

"Come in," Feng Yucan blurted out instinctively. At that moment, they thought the people outside were waiters or waiters serving the food...

After all, sitting in the room is none other than Ming En, the "most popular" emperor in the Chinese entertainment industry. Who wouldn't want to take a photo with him or ask for his autograph?

The shop owner seemed to be a fan of Shen Ming'en as well. It's quite normal for him to come and give away vegetables or fruit platters, or ask for a photo to be posted at the shop entrance for promotion.

only……

When the person outside pushed the door open and entered, Feng Yucan's smile immediately vanished upon seeing who it was.

"Zhou... Brother Zhou? Brother Liu?" He stared blankly at Feng Yucan and Liu Wei, who walked in one after the other carrying wine pots and wine glasses, with a strange expression on his face.

Others might not know the relationship between Shen Ming'en, Zhou Chujian, and Liu Wei, but Feng Yucan, as a good brother, did. Because of this, Feng Yucan could naturally sense that these two had ulterior motives for coming over...

In the blink of an eye, Feng Yucan subconsciously glanced at Shen Mingen beside him and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

If you ask him who he sides with, he'll definitely side with his own brothers. But Zhou Chujian and Liu Wei are two people he can't afford to offend, so he's caught in the middle and in a bit of a dilemma.

But when he turned to look at Shen Ming'en, he found that after a brief moment of surprise, Shen Ming'en remained quite calm. Far from being flustered, he even had a playful smile on his face...

Shen Ming'en's "domineering CEO-style charming smile" seemed to reassure Feng Yucan, instantly calming him down.

"Hehehe..."

Just then, Liu Wei and Zhou Chujian walked over with chuckles. Zhou Chujian reached out and handed the hand to Shen Ming'en, saying, "Teacher Ming'en, it's been a long time."

His voice was loud and clear, indicating he practiced his voice regularly, and it was very distinctive. But for some reason, his voice and demeanor gave off a certain...

It feels really smug.

"You're showing off to your mother..." Feng Yucan thought.

Although he was internally complaining, Feng Yucan certainly wouldn't show it on his face. Most people are like that in reality; they might curse someone's ancestors for eighteen generations behind their back, but when they meet, they'll still be polite and friendly on the surface...

After all, harmony brings wealth, and you should give people some face, whether they are strangers or acquaintances.

To Feng Yucan's surprise...

Faced with Zhou Chujian's gesture of extending his hand to shake hands, and Zhou Chujian's attitude, which, though smiling, was ultimately still quite warm...

Shen Ming'en not only showed no intention of shaking hands with the other party, but also looked at Zhou Chujian with a mocking expression.

This resulted in Zhou Chujian's words going unanswered, leaving them hanging in the air...

His hand, hanging in mid-air, remained untouched; no one seemed to know which order to put it in!

"..."

The private room had just become inexplicably lively because of the arrival of Zhou Chujian and Liu Wei; but as Shen Ming'en did not respond to Zhou Chujian's words, it quickly fell into an eerie silence.

Zhou Chujian still had that seemingly "enthusiastic" smile on his face, but it was beginning to visibly stiffen and become awkward...

laugh?
His smile was uglier than his mother's crying!
He never expected Shen Mingen to be so disrespectful!

Liu Wei, standing behind him, hadn't expected Shen Ming'en to embarrass Zhou Chujian in public. His eyes darted around, his brain practically overheating, and he couldn't think of a way to smooth things over for Zhou Chujian...

No...

How can someone be turned away right away?

This is too embarrassing!
The key issue is that Zhou Chujian shook hands with Shen Mingen, not that Shen Mingen acknowledged him first...

That's so incredibly embarrassing!!!
These two are ridiculous. Although they came to "kick someone when they're down," they've probably been "respectable" too much. They always try to use seemingly "friendly" tones and "smile with a knife" to "insult" or "sarcastic" others.

Even knowing that their relationship with Shen Ming'en had almost reached the point of irreconcilable conflict, they still tried to feign harmony while subtly provoking others. We're just saying...

Are you two pretending to be your mother?

Shen Ming'en's comment about Feng Yucan pretending to eat was probably just friendly banter between brothers, but when he said Zhou Chujian and Liu Wei were pretending, Shen Ming'en was being sincere!
That's some serious pretense!

I was wondering why I couldn't see you two. Turns out you'd all hidden yourselves away!

You two are such idiots!

"cough……"

In the room, there was still that "good guy" among them. Shen Ming'en was seen as lacking in social skills by others, but Feng Yucan was not like that. Seeing that things were getting awkward and he couldn't even button his clothes properly if things continued, Feng Yitong stepped forward, raised his hand, and shook Zhou Chujian's hand, smiling and trying to smooth things over:

"Brother Zhou, it's been a long time! What brings you two here? Are you also having dinner nearby?"

Both of them were mingling in the Beijing entertainment circle, and Feng Yucan was well aware of Zhou Chujian's influence, so he naturally respected him. Perhaps it was because he had been exchanging pleasantries too much, but his way of changing the subject was incredibly smooth.

"Oh, hehe..." Zhou Chujian laughed awkwardly and said, "I just happened to be next door. I heard that Teacher Ming'en was here, so I came over to say something."

This is the Chinese culture of toasting. If you hear that a friend from next door or the same hotel is here, it's best to come over and offer a toast. Otherwise, you might worry that others will hear that you know they are here but didn't say a word, which could cause resentment.

It's a disgusting thing...

"Oh, I see..." Feng Yucan said with a smile, "Then please sit down, both of you, and eat together!"

He was indeed enthusiastic and well-versed in the art of polite conversation, but...

"Haha, never mind, we're still waiting over there too," Liu Wei, the agent behind him, pointed to the direction next door and said, "We'll just come over to say hello and then we'll be on our way."

“Yeah,” Zhou Chujian chuckled and glanced at Shen Ming’en, ​​casually adding sarcastically, “After all, it seems like some people don’t welcome us.”

His words inexplicably angered people, and Feng Yucan understood this, but he seemed hesitant to refute them...

But at that moment, Shen Ming'en, who hadn't spoken until now, suddenly said:
"Knowing you're not welcome, why don't you hurry up and go back to where you came from?"

In a word...

It's inexplicably arrogant and excessive!
Sophisticated people?

What kind of nonsense is this? Shen Ming'en doesn't need it!
It's the same sentence...

"..."

This caused the atmosphere in the room, which Feng Yucan had previously eased, to become awkward once again.

"Shen Ming'en!"

Zhou Chujian, that old tyrant, could tolerate it a little, but his manager, Liu Wei, had truly reached his limit and angrily pointed at Shen Ming'en, shouting:
"Brother Zhou came over personally to greet you, so don't refuse a polite invitation and end up suffering the consequences!"

Shen Ming'en wasn't buying it at all. He scratched his head, looking exasperated, and said, "You two bastards know exactly what you're doing here. Stop spouting nonsense, okay?"

What I hate most is this kind of thing: we're clearly sworn enemies, we're practically mortal foes, yet you still come here under the guise of "greeting" to "kick someone when they're down."

If you're going to come here and laugh at someone, just come at me directly. Why are you pretending?

You actually think you're here to be toasted by others?
You're all ancient foxes, what are you talking about, some kind of ancient Chinese ghost story?!

Shen Ming'en directly insulted Zhou Chujian and Liu Wei, calling them "dogs" in his face. These two had probably never been so insulted in their lives. Their circle was known for its high standards of "civility," so they didn't know how to respond to Shen Ming'en's blunt and angry outburst.

Shen Ming'en didn't care about any of their nonsense, repeatedly saying, "Didn't you hear me tell you to get lost? Are your ears plugged?"

"you……"

Liu Wei was so angry that he almost rushed over and smashed the guy with the wine jug in his hand.

"Eh……"

Fortunately, Zhou Chujian raised his hand and stopped him at that moment.

Compared to Liu Wei, Zhou Chujian, though equally angry and with his lips twitching, managed to keep a relatively composed expression. He grinned and continued speaking in that sarcastic tone:

“Teacher Ming’en, ​​this is because she holds a grudge against me…”

"They feel that because of me, they didn't participate in any Olympic-related activities, and they have a problem with me!"

"It's okay, I understand. If it were me, I'd probably be even angrier, haha..."

He started laughing out loud as he spoke.

It's no exaggeration to say that this was a joke meant for Shen Ming'en!
To be honest, this week Chu Jian is quite the old fox. Even after Shen Ming'en insulted him to such an extent, using such vile language, this guy still didn't get angry and even remembered to tease Shen Ming'en. He's truly a talent...

Upon hearing this, agent Liu Wei quickly realized that they had come to "kick someone when they're down," not to be scolded...

How did I end up being led by the nose by Shen Mingen, almost getting "kicked out" after being scolded a couple of times?
What the hell...

"Hehe, yeah, yeah, I understand~"

Liu Wei also started mimicking Zhou Chujian's tone, speaking in a sarcastic and mocking manner, saying something like:
"Our teacher Ming'en is so popular, such a prestigious title as the spokesperson for revolutionary songs, yet he wasn't even included in the biggest official event. Who wouldn't feel indignant and angry about this?"

These two have really gone this far; they've already torn off all pretense of civility, so they're not afraid to say anything harsh...

Actually, they didn't intend to say anything so blunt and harsh. Zhou Chujian even wanted to say something sarcastic like, "Oh, it's all my fault. I'll definitely help Teacher Ming'en make arrangements next time."

But who told Shen Mingen to be so shameless, refusing to listen to reason and ultimately suffering the consequences?

At the dining table, Shen Ming'en, sitting in front of the bubbling copper pot, was not angry at all; on the contrary, he seemed quite calm...

Why?

To put it simply, if Shen Ming'en was truly tricked by those two idiots and genuinely didn't participate in any Olympic-related activities, then Shen Ming'en would definitely be provoked by their underhanded tactics...

The question is, did Shen Mingen really not get involved?
All three theme songs were written by Shen Ming'en, as was their group song "Beijing Welcomes You." With these foundations, others' attempts to "kick someone when they're down" seem rather... in Shen Ming'en's eyes.

How ridiculous, hahaha...

Shen Ming'en wanted to scream, he really wanted to scream!

Not intending to refute them, Shen Ming'en was already convinced they were right. Everything would be clear on the day of the actual performance anyway, so further discussion was pointless. He was about to kick them out...

"I said, you two..."

Feng Yucan, who had just been politely trying to smooth things over, suddenly seemed to have reached his limit and said:
"We're eating, what's wrong with you guys? We told you to get lost, what are you still doing here?!"

When he said this, Feng Yucan's body was actually trembling slightly. It was not hard to see that he was also a little excited and... scared.

Yes, I'm scared.

Shen Ming'en could say those hurtful things to Zhou Chujian without any restraint, after all, the two already had a deep-seated grudge, and besides, Shen Ming'en wasn't afraid of him at all...

The problem is, Feng Yucan doesn't have the resources or confidence to speak to Zhou Chujian like that!

He made this decision out of loyalty to his brothers and out of a surge of passion...

To be honest, this is what true character looks like.

"you……"

Zhou Chujian clearly hadn't expected Feng Yucan to treat them like that; the old bastard's face turned green with rage.

"Get out of here!"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Shen Ming'en burst into laughter and shouted loudly:

"We've already told you to get lost, do you want others to hear it too?"

The restaurant was packed with people, both inside and out, and there were also many customers in the private rooms next door. This group of people were, after all, respectable individuals. If they made a scene here and it got heard and seen by outsiders, attracting a crowd, and then someone took pictures and posted them online, they would truly lose all face...

Shen Ming'en and Feng Yucan can afford to lose face like that, but Zhou Chujian and Liu Wei can't!
"Fine, we'll see!"

Zhou Chujian gritted his teeth, opened the door as if fleeing, and quickly escaped the scene before anyone could hear the commotion and come to watch. Liu Wei followed closely behind.

"call……"

As soon as the two left, Feng Yucan slumped into a chair like a deflated balloon, feeling as if all his strength had been drained away.

"Hahaha……"

Shen Ming'en stood beside him, laughing and mocking him, saying he had no guts and no ambition...

Although it was mockery, to be honest, Shen Mingen was quite touched.

Because he knew how much courage Feng Yucan had mustered to do what he just did...

He knew even more that with a brother like this, Shen Ming'en couldn't let him down!
Zhou Chujian...

Row.

Let's wait and see who proves whom wrong on opening day!
……

(End of this chapter)