The Quiet Rise of Entertainment Superstars

Chapter 3: Selecting a Singer: A Trial in the Literary World

Xiaoyue didn’t have much stuff, so Sister Ma and Brother Qing helped her and they got it done in one trip.

Looking at Xiaoyue's spacious office, both of them showed envious expressions.

"I'm going to work hard. I also want to live in a big office..." Brother Qing's little eyes were full of fighting spirit, very childish.

Sister Ma slapped him on the back of the head and scolded him with a smile: "Are you awake from your dream? Go home and have a good rest tonight. Dreams can bring all kinds of things. If you don't rest, you will really die suddenly."

"I know..." Brother Qing said timidly, looking at Sister Ma, who was 1.75 meters tall and strong. Of course, he knew that she meant well.

Xiaoyue packed up her things, sat in front of the computer and continued to work, completely unaware that her impatience was showing up again.

The song "Green Grass By the River" needs to complete the audio quickly and find a singer to complete the recording. It can only be uploaded to participate in the April newcomer rankings after the company's review.

The next morning, as soon as Xiaoyue arrived at the company, she knocked on Zhang Dongming's office door which was not closed.

"So fast?" Zhang Dongming had just entered the office and hadn't put away his briefcase yet when he saw Xiaoyue standing at the office door. He was a little surprised.

"The arrangement is done, please listen to it..." Xiaoyue put the USB flash drive on the table familiarly, and this time she took the initiative to find a chair and sit down.

Zhang Dongming didn't expect that this girl was so outgoing. She was obviously more relaxed in front of him today than yesterday. However, this is a good thing. This is a genius style of doing things.

Ten minutes later, Zhang Dongming turned off the speakers with satisfaction and exclaimed: "It's great, this is definitely a good song! But you haven't officially signed with Tianyu yet, so you can only sign the contract according to the single for the time being." After that, he handed a contract to Xiaoyue.

"Take a look at the contract first, and then we'll talk."

Xiaoyue flipped through the contents of the contract, which was basically the same as what she said yesterday. The copyright belonged to her, and she could choose the singers herself, but she could only choose from the trainees, and she would get 20% of the profits. The singers' profits were separately contracted with the company and had nothing to do with her. However, she would still get 20% of the profits for future commercial performances.

"No problem." Xiaoyue simply signed her name as Cheng Xingyue on the contract. It was just a song, and even if there was a trap, it would not have much impact on her.

Zhang Dongming appreciated Xiaoyue's decisive performance even more. She was a person who was capable of doing big things and did not care about temporary gains and losses.

Xiaoyue brought the audio materials of the trainees who had just finished the exam on a USB flash drive and spent a whole morning picking out two girls from dozens of trainees.

Lu Xue, 21 years old, was a new trainee signed by Tianyu a month ago.

Xu Mengjie, 23 years old, has been a trainee for two years and has sung two songs, but they were neither very popular nor made any waves. It can be said that she is completely unknown in the entertainment industry.

Zhang Dongming looked at the information of the two people Xiaoyue handed to him, had no objection, and made a call without saying a word.

"Lu Xue? There's a song here. Do you have time to come over and try it out?"

"What? Whose song are you talking about? It's a song by an intern arranger, but it's a very good song..."

A few minutes later, Zhang Dongming hung up the phone with a gloomy face. It was clear that he had failed to get the invitation. He cursed: "What a joke, a newcomer, you are so ambitious. It's good enough to have someone sing for you, but you are still picky..."

Xiao Yue was also a little embarrassed and quickly said: "Hi, that's normal. Isn't there another person?"

The reason why Xiaoyue chose two was to guard against this situation. She was unknown, and the other person, a new trainee in the entertainment industry who had not experienced the harshness of society, would of course want to sing songs by some famous arrangers, so it was very normal for her to refuse.

Zhang Dongming could only suppress his anger and continue to make the next call.

"Hello, is this Xu Mengjie?"

"I have a song here. Do you want to come over and try it out? Do you have time now? Okay, okay, come to Group 4 on the fifth floor of Tianyu..."

Zhang Dongming then hung up the phone with a look of satisfaction on his face. At least things were not messed up. He was just a team leader with little power, and people generally didn't give him face.

Five minutes later, a girl came over breathlessly. Her appearance was an eight out of ten, and she was a young lady.

"Hello, Team Leader Zhang! I'm Xu Mengjie, thank you for giving me the opportunity!"

Zhang Dongming was very satisfied with her attitude. He pointed at Xiaoyue standing next to him and said, "This opportunity was not given by me, but by her..."

"Ah?" Xu Mengjie was a little surprised. Just now, she saw Xiaoyue standing next to Zhang Dongming and thought she was his assistant. She didn't expect that she was an arranger. How rude.

"Hello, thank you teacher for giving me the opportunity!" After saying this, Xu Mengjie bowed 90 degrees to Xiaoyue.

"Oh, I don't deserve it. I'm just an intern arranger. Just call me Xiaoyue. Forget about teacher." Xiaoyue quickly shook her head to refuse. In fact, calling her Xiaoyue is very intimate and she likes others to call her that.

"Xiao Yue, Xu Mengjie is now in your care. I've made a reservation for you in Recording Studio No. 4 on the eighth floor from 1:00 to 6:00 this afternoon. Don't forget." Zhang Dongming instructed.

"Okay, thank you, Team Leader."

Xiaoyue brought Xu Mengjie to her own office and handed her the printed music score: "You should familiarize yourself with the music score first. The sound insulation here is very good. You can try to sing it first." After that, she put on headphones and started typing in front of the computer, with ten snow-white fingers dancing on the keyboard.

Seeing that she was busy, Xu Mengjie found a single sofa to sit down, began to look at the music score in her hand, and then hummed softly. The more she looked at it, the more surprised she was. This song was really great. It expressed longing and love in a subtle and beautiful way. It was much better than the two songs she had sung before. She looked at Xiaoyue gratefully, and seeing that she was still busy in front of the computer, she continued to hum.

Xiaoyue is busy typing now.

I just registered an account on the novel website last night: Lou Zhongyue.

Lou Zhongyue, this online name is the same literary name in the previous life. Whenever she couldn't write a song and had no inspiration, she would type on the Internet, and slowly it became Xiaoyue's hobby.

Even if she had to start over again now, Xiaoyue had no intention of changing her hobby and decided to continue writing novels in her spare time.

Now that Xu Mengjie was familiar with the music score, she couldn't just sit there and wait, could she? Then she would just type. With her hand speed that had been trained for decades, it should be no problem for her to type 5,000 words in half an hour. After all, others had to think when writing novels, but she already had the manuscript in her mind, so she just had to be a typing robot.

Because I had already learned about the literature on Blue Star, I knew that there were no novels about time travel, supernatural powers, tomb raiding, etc., and even martial arts novels were traditional stories about talented men and beautiful women, so Xiaoyue decided to start with martial arts novels. The most classic martial arts novels are Mr. Jin's fifteen novels, "Flying Snow and Shooting White Deer, Laughing Books, Heroes and Green Mandarin Ducks". Each martial arts novel is deeply loved by readers for its unique plot, vivid characters and profound cultural heritage.

In her previous life, Xiaoyue was a senior fan of martial arts novels. It is no exaggeration to say that she has read Mr. Jin’s martial arts books a hundred times. So this time she chose "Snow Mountain Flying Fox", which has 270,000 words and is not long. She can finish it in a week.

"Snow Mountain Flying Fox" uses a flashback technique to tell the stories of grudges in the martial arts world, treasure hunting, and beautiful women's love for heroes, which is quite consistent with the current level of martial arts on Blue Star.

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