That's life...
What a helpless sentence.
The process of life is the process of facing various helpless choices.
Li Qingyao stood there, watching Wang Qian's back as he left. Her mind was filled with that last smile. Suddenly, she felt some pain in her heart, as if something was broken, and as if something was pulled out of her body, leaving her with no strength left. She sat down gently, and was stunned for a moment.
Liu Lihua helped Li Qingyao put away the agreement. She didn't notice Li Qingyao's condition and hurriedly caught up with Wang Qian: "Wang Qian, wait. Are you selling the two songs you just sang? For Yaoyao's sake, we can give you the highest price in the industry, 500,000 yuan for each new song, and buy out all the copyrights!"
Wang Qian frowned slightly, feeling somewhat dislike for Liu Lihua.
But he was also a veteran in the entertainment industry in his previous life. He knew that this was a competent agent and could not blame him. He immediately shook his head and said, "It is impossible to have full copyright. If she wants to sing, let her sing. She can just pay me the copyright fee every time she sings."
Since you're divorced, let's just handle things as business as usual. I can let you sing the song, but you still have to pay me the copyright fee.
After saying that, Wang Qian looked back at Li Qingyao again, then left.
Walking to the front desk, Wang Qian prepared to pay the bill.
The waiter smiled apologetically: "Sir, please wait a moment, our boss wants to talk to you about something."
Wang Qian asked suspiciously, "Your boss? What do you want to talk to me about?"
A middle-aged man with a thin figure and elegant face came out from behind. He was wearing a Tang suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He extended his hand to Wang Qian and invited him, "I'm the boss here. My name is Zhou Xuehua, and my friends call me Huazi. I have something I want to discuss with you. What's your name?"
Wang Qian nodded: "My name is Wang Qian."
"please!"
Zhou Xuehua extended his hand and invited him sincerely again.
Wang Qian gave the other party a courtesy invitation and did not refuse, so he followed the other party to a small box in the back.
Zhou Xuehua personally poured a cup of tea for Wang Qian: "Excuse me, I'll drink tea instead of wine as a punishment."
As he said that, Zhou Xuehua drank a glass himself first.
Wang Qian also drank a cup of tea in a hurry and shook his head, saying, "Mr. Zhou, there's no need to be like this. You can just tell me what you want to talk to me about."
Zhou Xuehua nodded: "Okay, then I'll be frank. Mr. Wang said he won't come to my place again, so I won't invite you to sing here. I don't think I can afford someone as talented as you. This is the money for the flowers that Mr. Wang got for singing just now."
Zhou Xuehua placed a thick stack of money on the table in front of Wang Qian.
Wang Qian did not refuse. After all, this was earned by singing, so he deserved it.
However, he knew that the other party definitely did not come to him for this reason, so he glanced at the stack of money and asked, "Mr. Zhou didn't come to me just to give me this little money, did he?"
Zhou Xuehua smiled awkwardly, then nodded and said solemnly, "Yes! There is one more thing. I want to buy the copyright and trademark rights of the two songs that Mr. Wang just sang. I want to change the name of my bar to Ordinary Road. I wonder if we can discuss it?"
Wang Qian does not reject this either.
If it's business, we can talk about it.
As long as the cooperation is not aimed at harming himself, he can sit down and have a good talk with the other party.
"sure!"
Wang Qian nodded in agreement.
Zhou Xuehua was overjoyed. He was afraid that Wang Qian was the kind of conservative and paranoid literary youth who attached great importance to his own work and would not allow it to be used by others and would not negotiate with the other party no matter how much money was offered. There was nothing he could do.
Now it seems that Wang Qian is not a pretentious and paranoid literary youth.
"That's great. I like these two songs very much. I'll give you a price first. The lowest price is 100,000. If you are not satisfied, we can discuss it. It would be best if we find time to discuss it in detail tomorrow. You can also bring a lawyer you know, and we can sign the agreement after we have discussed it."
Zhou Xuehua smiled and put forward his suggestion.
Just for the live performance rights in the bar, one hundred thousand is not a low price, but if the trademark rights are added, it is actually not that high.
Wang Qian did not agree on the spot, and agreed to talk about it next time: "This is the best, it's professional enough. Let's talk about it next time."
Zhou Xuehua smiled and said, "Okay, can you leave me your contact information?"
Wang Qian left his phone number to the other party, took the stack of money, and took out a few bills from it and put them down: "Boss Zhou, this is my consumption today, don't refuse it."
After saying that, Wang Qian said goodbye and walked out of the music bar.
Zhou Xuehua looked at the money on the table, smiled and shook his head.
As Wang Qian just came out of the bar, a red car stopped in front of him.
The window on the driver's seat was lowered, revealing a young and beautiful face with light makeup. It was the young woman who wanted Wang Qian's contact information in the music bar just now.
"Hehe, is this the kind of fate you mentioned?"
The young woman leaned on the car window and looked at Wang Qian with a smile.
Wang Qian put his hands in his pockets and laughed, "Fate is not a deliberate meeting. My name is Wang Qian."
The woman stretched out her hand and shook Wang Qian's hand, then smiled playfully and said, "My name is Qin Xuerong. May I have the honor of taking you home, sir?"
Wang Qian also smiled and shrugged: "It's my honor!"
Get in the car.
The car left the music steadily.
Li Qingyao and Liu Lihua walked out from the door.
Li Qingyao had a complicated expression. Liu Lihua said disdainfully, "See? That's what a man is like! Humph. He just signed with you, and he hooked up with someone else right away. Seeing how skilled he is, it must not be his first time. You haven't seen him much in the past few years. I wonder how many times he has cheated on you while you were married."
"For a man like this, it's the right choice to divorce him early. He's not worthy of you at all!"
Li Qingyao recalled the past memories between herself and Wang Qian and shook her head gently: "He is not that kind of person."
Liu Lihua was so disappointed: "You saw it with your own eyes, and you still don't believe it? Yaoyao..."
Li Qingyao immediately quickened her pace and walked towards her parking space: "Don't say anything, he's divorced, and now he has the freedom to do whatever he wants. You and I have no right to interfere. Sister Liu, I want to rest for two days. Please postpone all the announcements for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow for me."
Liu Lihua was shocked: "Yaoyao, don't be impulsive. Tomorrow is a big brand's event day. We agreed to attend it a month in advance. They have made advance arrangements and notices. Many people from your fan club have come to cheer you on. There is also a first-line variety show recording the day after tomorrow..."
Li Qingyao's pace suddenly slowed down, and she sighed, feeling somewhat out of control.
Although outsiders saw her as glamorous and beautiful, with the halo of Best Actress and Queen, the things she carried on her body were extremely heavy, as if she had fallen into a spider web and was tightly entangled. The more she struggled, the tighter she became and she could not break free.
The words that Wang Qian said in her ear echoed in her mind—this is life!
"Well, I'll take a break for half a day."
Li Qingyao settled for the next best thing.
Liu Lihua noticed that Li Qingyao was in a bad mood, and after thinking for a while, she said, "Okay, I'll help you arrange it. But it's only half a day at most. If you want to rest, I can arrange a few days for you to rest at the end of the month."
Li Qingyao was wearing a mask, her eyes were tired, and she didn't want to talk.
The two got in the car and left quickly.