Chapter 70 The Choices Given by Life
Liu Meng thought about Xiao Zhan’s face. He was in his early twenties and looked young and good-looking.

I really don't have any advantages, except singing.

Liu Meng was stunned for a moment, then he heard the voice of his agent who had been with him for more than ten years, "Xiao Zhan, you are right. No matter if he is a superstar now or not, he will pave the way for you. In the future, your achievements will not be lower than his. To be honest, the company no longer plans to invest too much in him, so before re-signing, we must squeeze out all his value. You can raise any request you have. I will report to the boss and make sure Liu Meng sacrifices himself to pave the way for you."

Liu Meng suddenly turned around and left, no longer wanting to go in.

Isn't this the norm in this circle?

What other fantasies do you want to have?
The next day, the company announced the news that Liu Meng had joined the new singer variety show. As for Huang Zhan, the company did not announce it. After all, it would be difficult to operate behind the scenes after the announcement.

When the news was flying around on the Internet, Chu Xia was recording songs in the recording studio with Chen Jie, Lu Xian, Cheng Jing'an and Ji Ranran.

Chen Jie had practiced almost everything the day before, and after recording three or five times in the recording studio, he finished recording the two songs.

During the break, he took a look at Weibo.

Then he saw the news that Liu Meng had joined the new singer group, and Chen Jie was stunned with some surprise.

Liu Meng participated in the new singer?
Why would you choose this?

The call was cut off quickly. Chen Jie turned off his phone and listened to Cheng Jingan and Lu Xian recording a song.

Ji Ranran's song was placed last.

They spent the entire day in the studio recording songs.

By the time all the recording was completed, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

Cheng Jingan wanted to treat everyone to dinner, and they had no reason to refuse as their stomachs were growling.

We chose barbecue for dinner. Since we are members, after we place our order, the waiter will grill it for us and bring it to us after it is done.

Before the barbecue, some snacks and juices were served.

"This Liu Meng is so miserable." Cheng Jing'an saw this trending search as soon as he opened Weibo.

This trending search was bought by the new singer’s program team!
Chen Jie then remembered the news he had seen in the afternoon. He sighed, "Liu Meng probably has no choice. It's actually quite difficult at our age. If I hadn't met Chu Xia, I'm afraid it would be the same."

"I seem to have heard some gossip. Their company wants to promote some young idols to debut, so they want Liu Meng to lead them, just like that Jiang Chao before... a scumbag."

When Cheng Jing'an mentioned this name, he remembered that this scumbag was the one who harmed his boss.

"Jing'an is right. There was an accident when promoting Jiang Chao, so the company replaced him with another newcomer. Whether Liu Meng agrees or not, he has to do it. Even if the new singer has a bad reputation. It's a pity for his reputation as a superstar."

Chu Xia listened to their conversation and thought for a while, "Chen Jie, do you know how much Liu Meng's penalty is?"

Chen Jie was stunned. "It should be five or six million. Chu Xia, you want to sign him? After all, when you signed him, he didn't have the achievements he has now. Setting a penalty of five or six million is enough to control him."

Chuxia nodded. If Xiazhi wanted to develop, it would be far from enough to rely on just a few of them.

"Ask Chen Jie if he has this intention, but everything will have to happen after he participates in the first recording of New Singer."

"Wait until he records? By then his reputation will be..."

"The company asked him to participate, but didn't tell him how to perform, right?"

In just one sentence, Chen Jie understood.

"Then I'll call him now." After all, he is my friend for many years. If we are going to work together in the future, it is better to sell it early.

Liu Meng, who was familiarizing himself with the program process, received a call from Chen Jie.

After listening to this, he was silent for a while.

"Liu Meng, we have been friends for so many years. You have to make the decision yourself. The conditions my boss offers you are similar to mine. He also promises to help you release an album within a year, but he only gives you one day to consider it."

To be honest, Liu Meng didn't have much contact with Chu Xia, so he might not know what kind of person Chu Xia was.

But now, he is very clear that if he participates in the new singer competition, all the reputation he has accumulated over the years may be lost!
"Chu Xia is really willing to pay the 7 million yuan penalty?"

"Yes, but the boss's request is that you adjust the share of the album to 40% to 60% in the first year. After one year, it will be 60% to 40%."

"Chen Jie, I agree!" This profit sharing is really fair!

Moreover, if he can release an album within a year, and all of them are high-quality new songs, he won’t have to wait for his reputation to be ruined!
After chatting with Chen Jie, Liu Meng’s depression of the past few days was swept away!

I didn’t expect that in the end, I also chose a new company with a newcomer!
Maybe this is God's will.

After hearing that Chen Jie and a few others had all recorded new songs today, Liu Meng became even more excited about his future.

When the agent came to discuss the process again, Liu Meng's attitude was very positive and had changed a lot.

Just on Weibo, Liu Meng’s fans all asked him under his Weibo post why he wanted to participate in the new singer?
Liu Meng now controls the account himself, and he did not make any excuses.

The company did not allow him to defend himself.

The fans were very upset and even went to their company to make a scene. The company explained that Liu Meng wanted to participate himself and the company respected Liu Meng's decision.

Liu Meng's fans are even more excited, but this excitement is anger.

Liu Meng smiled after seeing the company's response.

He opened Weibo and posted: "Please believe me."

The agent was with Huang Zhan. After seeing Liu Meng's response, the agent coaxed Huang Zhan, "See? Liu Meng is not as noble as you think. Isn't he also deceiving fans? This is their perfect method. In this circle, everyone has to wear a mask and perform hypocritically. Fans are just a tool for them to make money."

After Liu Meng responded with this sentence, he did not reply to any other messages.

Since the company wants him to participate, he will participate with all his strength. Before joining Xiazhi, he will build up a new reputation for himself, which can also be regarded as a gift to the new company.

The new singers quickly started live recording, perhaps to win word of mouth, and this episode of their show was also in the form of live broadcast.

Liu Meng is the mentor of the new singers.

Huang Zhan is a contestant of New Singer, and he is aiming for the championship of this year's New Singer!
From now on, the new singer is the beginning of his fame!
While Liu Meng was recording "New Singer", Chen Jie released new songs "Ten Years" and "Red Rose".

The news that Chen Jie released a new song instantly became a hot topic. Everyone was curious whether Chen Jie, whose contract had expired, had signed a contract with a company!

How come there is no news yet and they release a new song?
What's his new song?
What style?
Will it be as good as "The Lone Warrior"?
Chen Jie already had quite a few fans, but since he hasn't released any good songs in recent years, the level of activity among his fans has decreased a lot.

As soon as the new song came out, all those silent fans opened the long-lost link.

Chen Jie shared his two new songs on Weibo.

It was also announced that the MV for the new song will be filmed gradually in the future.

"If those two words hadn't trembled, I wouldn't have realized that I was upset and no matter how I said it, it would just be a breakup.

If you don't have any requirements for tomorrow, holding hands is like traveling. There are thousands of intersections and there is always one person who has to go first.

Zhang Chunxiang has a vulgar name, but she is the only college student in the village who has been admitted to an undergraduate program in all these years.

Her family was not well off, and many people in the village had sponsored her to go to college and enjoy these wonderful things. Zhang Chunxiang wanted to lead the people in the village to develop together and build her hometown when she was able to do so!
Not only does she want to give back to them, but also because this is her hometown.

Zhang Chunxiang had good grades and was an outstanding student who received scholarships every year in college. She was also very pretty and had many suitors in school. She originally didn't want to fall in love, but after a year of hard pursuit by her boyfriend Lu Bing, she became Lu Bing's girlfriend!

Although Lu Bing's grades were not as good as hers, his family was well off and he was the only child in a second-tier city.

Her food and clothing were much better than Zhang Chunxiang's.

When they were together, Lu Bing told Zhang Chunxiang that he would support all of his girlfriend's choices and would accompany her to realize their dreams.

So Zhang Chunxiang likes this boyfriend very much and is willing to give everything for him.

But when they were in their senior year, Lu Bing began to tell Zhang Chunxiang intentionally or unintentionally that in order to have a bright future, they must work hard to gain a foothold in the big city!

Zhang Chunxiang's family is not well off. In order for her parents to accept Chunxiang, they must spend some time in the big city to achieve some success. Love is mutual and both parties need to make efforts.

Zhang Chunxiang understands this.

Lu Bing is willing to give so much for her, so what's wrong with her spending a year or two to give to Lu Bing?

He was doing it for their future.

So is she.

After graduating from university, they joined different companies, but all were large enterprises.

In order to save money, they rented a house and lived together.

Naturally, everything that should be done was done.

This is their second year together.

While working, Zhang Chunxiang has been thinking about how to develop her hometown. Although her boyfriend has not taken her to his home for two years, he has mentioned it to his family. Lu Bing said that her parents like her as a daughter-in-law very much, but her parents hope that they can go back to his home to develop, or settle down directly where they work.

There was no mention of going to Zhang Chunxiang's hometown during the whole process.

Zhang Chunxiang was not the type of person who could hold back, so she asked directly.

Lu Bing looked at Zhang Chunxiang with some sadness. "Xiangxiang, I am the only son of my parents. I want to go with you, but my parents said that if I go, they will not have a son like me. When I was admitted to university, they were proud of me, and my relatives also thought I had a promising future. Now if I go to your house, my parents will become a joke in the family."

Lu Bing was in a dilemma. He was silent for a long time, looking at Zhang Chunxiang who didn't say a word. "Chunxiang, I'll go home with you! I don't believe my parents won't want me as their son!"

But Zhang Chunxiang rejected him.

In the five years they have been together and the two years they have lived together, Zhang Chunxiang seems to have felt for the first time that life has given her choices.

I feel the choice my boyfriend gave me.

She wasn't one to want a falling out between her boyfriend and his parents.

But after so many years of relationship, it would be a lie to say that I didn’t feel sad.

She had planned everything out, planned the path for them to fight together.

His boyfriend had clearly agreed to it, and they had worked hard together, but now, it seemed like everything had changed.

Looking at Lu Bing who was also sad, Zhang Chunxiang was unable to say any words of comfort.

Lu Bing went out to drink, hoping to drown his sorrows, but Zhang Chunxiang did not follow him.

Although they have been together for the past few years, she believes in Lu Bing and gives Lu Bing enough freedom. They both have their own space and neither of them interferes.

Feeling uncomfortable, Zhang Chunxiang casually opened Penguin Music and randomly selected a song.

"Since you can't stay in my embrace, why not enjoy it while shedding tears when you leave?

Ten years ago, I didn't know you, you didn't belong to me
……

Ten years later, we are still friends

……

Lovers inevitably become friends in the end"

Zhang Chunxiang couldn't help crying with tears streaming down her face. Will they all become friends in the end?

But she is in so much pain!

It’s so uncomfortable!

It hurts so much that I can hardly breathe!

Why give her such a choice!

From now on, will she have to fight alone?

Zhang Chunxiang sang this song over and over again and cried for nearly an hour before she gradually calmed down.

But Lu Bing hasn't come back yet.

Zhang Chunxiang knew a barbecue restaurant where Lu Bing liked to drink. He would go there every time to eat barbecue and drink. Zhang Chunxiang had accompanied him several times.

She thought that since she was going to say goodbye, she should say it properly.

Go out and find Lu Bing and have a good talk.

But she never expected that Lu Bing was sitting with a girl drinking and eating barbecue.

Girls wearing
Both of them had smiles on their faces, the kind of smile that Zhang Chunxiang hadn't seen on Lu Bing's face for a long time.

She thought Lu Bing was busy and stressed at work.

But now, seeing this scene, Zhang Chunxiang did not avoid it, but walked over it openly.

"Lu Bing, is this your friend?" Zhang Chunxiang asked.

There was a flash of panic in Lu Bing's eyes. "Xiangxiang, why did you come out? I'll bring you something to eat."

Zhang Chunxiang sat down.

"Hello, I'm Lu Bing's colleague."

The goddess was wearing youthful and beautiful clothes, with light makeup on, and her eyes were full of scrutiny.

She is a completely different type from Zhang Chunxiang, a workaholic who only cares about working.

"Xiangxiang, this is our company's new intern, and she happened to be assigned to my group, so I brought her out for a meal to get familiar with the job."

Zhang Chunxiang nodded and didn't worry about it.

I ordered some skewers. “I haven’t eaten out for a long time. I almost forgot the taste of this restaurant.”

The three of them finished their meal in a seemingly harmonious yet strange atmosphere. The girl glanced at Lu Bing and said, "Brother Lu Bing, can you please see me off? I'm scared to be alone."

Lu Bing looked at Zhang Chunxiang.

Zhang Chunxiang nodded. "It's really not safe for a girl to go back alone. Lu Bing, you go and send her off. I'll go home first."

Zhang Chunxiang returned home and put her luggage in the suitcase.

Sitting on the sofa, the song "Ten Years" was playing outside.

Taking out her mobile phone, Zhang Chunxiang rarely shared this song with her classmates.

"Chun Xiang! Do you like this song too? "Ten Years" is so beautiful, but it makes me sad! I didn't expect a strong woman like you to like it too. You haven't appeared in our group for a long time. Are you and Lu Bing getting married soon?"