At exactly 9 a.m., Lin Shuwen arrived at Huayue Entertainment.
As it happened, she ran into Tong Mingwei the moment she entered the company.
Tong Mingwei’s eyes lit up when he saw Lin Shuwen, and he rushed over to her in a couple of strides. “Miss Lin! Has President Luo gone back to Bingzhou?”
Tong Mingwei’s sudden approach startled Lin Shuwen. She instinctively took two steps back and said, “Y-yes, he’s back!”
“Then can I go over now?”
Lin Shuwen nodded.
Luo Ming had told her earlier that if she ran into Tong Mingwei, she should tell him he could come to Bingzhou now. If she didn’t run into him, then never mind.
At the time, Lin Shuwen had been dumbfounded. Was she really supposed to prod Huayue Entertainment’s crown prince into going to another company?
That was practically asking to be shelved!
Heaven only knew how complicated Lin Shuwen’s feelings were as she pushed Luo Ming’s WeChat contact to Tong Mingwei.
After getting Luo Ming’s WeChat, Tong Mingwei left without so much as a backward glance, as if Lin Shuwen, a woman of stunning beauty, held no appeal for him at all.
“This crown prince really is strange!” Chen Junmiao said as she watched Tong Mingwei’s retreating figure.
Beside her, Chen Sichu looked like she was about to cry. “Sister Wen, this doesn’t count as me leaking secrets, right?”
“No, don’t worry. You’ll still grow.”
Only then did Chen Sichu breathe a sigh of relief.
“Sister Wen, Chuchu, are you two hiding something from me?”
“No!” the two said in unison.
Chen Junmiao understood immediately. These two really were hiding something from her.
Fortunately, Chen Junmiao wasn’t the overly curious type. Otherwise, judging by how those two had acted today, she probably wouldn’t even be able to sleep well.
After that, Lin Shuwen and her group headed to the recording studio, where Old Huang was already waiting for them.
“You’re finally here! Hurry up and listen to the backing track. I made it exactly to your specifications. At first I was a bit annoyed—you made so many demands for this backing track—but I never expected everything to come together so well! Whoever wrote this song for you is an absolute genius.”
Hearing that, Lin Shuwen felt a little flutter of joy in her heart. All those requirements Old Huang mentioned had been proposed by Luo Ming last week.
In other words, Old Huang was actually praising Luo Ming. What girl wouldn’t like hearing someone praise the person she had feelings for?
Lin Shuwen smiled and took the headphones, putting them on. Old Huang clicked play when he saw she was ready.
A light, cheerful melody sounded in Lin Shuwen’s ears, and as she listened, she couldn’t help but start singing along.
Old Huang and the Chen sisters didn’t disturb her. They quietly listened to the whole song.
“Not bad, not bad. Shuwen, you’re in great form today. You can start recording right away.”
“Then let’s begin! Sorry for the trouble, Teacher Huang.”
Before anyone knew it, an hour had passed.
Lin Shuwen really was in excellent form today. She finished the song in just one hour.
With that, all ten songs for the album were complete.
After thanking Old Huang, Lin Shuwen turned and left. She still had the album MV script to read today.
After watching Lin Shuwen leave, Old Huang sighed with emotion. “Half the songs on one album are high-caliber, and one of them has the potential to be a huge hit. This album might just turn out to be a divine album!
I don’t know whether it’s a blessing or a curse that my few passable songs get to be on the same album as these.”
Meanwhile, over on Tong Mingwei’s side—
After getting Luo Ming’s contact information, Tong Mingwei had only one thought: he couldn’t stand staying at Huayue Entertainment for another second!
He was going home! He’d pick a fight with the old man and then run away from home!
With that thought in mind, Tong Mingwei returned to his family’s villa.
He had been trying to think up a reason to argue, and as luck would have it, he ran into his dad. From the looks of it, the old man was about to head out.
Tong Qifeng frowned when he saw Tong Mingwei. “Why are you home? You should be at the company at this hour, shouldn’t you?”
“I’m not going to the company.”
Tong Qifeng’s eyes widened. “You brat, what’s gotten into you now?”
“What’s gotten into me? Is the publicity department even a place for humans to work? Every day it’s endless mess after mess, and you’ve got Zhou Jing watching me all day long. I—”
“Is Zhou Jing someone you can address by name? You should be calling him Uncle Zhou!”
“Whatever I call him doesn’t matter. You just don’t want me to stay at the company properly. Since you don’t want me there, then I won’t stay!” With that, Tong Mingwei went back into the villa to pack his things.
Once he was inside, the angry expression on Tong Mingwei’s face vanished completely. This time things had gone unexpectedly smoothly. He’d run into his dad at the door, and his dad had even been the one to start the argument. He didn’t even need to come up with an excuse.
“Boss, should I go talk to him?” Tong Qifeng’s secretary asked.
“No need. Let him go!”
To be honest, Tong Qifeng wasn’t all that angry. Every time the brat didn’t want to stay at the company, he pulled this same stunt and then disappeared for a while. He was probably off applying to or working at some internet company. It was likely the same this time.
Tong Qifeng couldn’t be bothered to deal with the brat. He knew his son genuinely understood something about the internet industry. He’d had Ah Shan and the company’s technical director, Wang Hongyu, look into it, and Wang Hongyu said the brat was very talented in the internet field.
But talent was talent. The brat’s temper wasn’t that of a normal employee, and on top of that, he didn’t have a degree in a relevant field. Even if a company recognized his skills and kept him on, he usually couldn’t last more than a few days before quitting on his own.
Tong Qifeng couldn’t be bothered to manage him. Anyway, once he couldn’t stand it at the internet company, he’d come home.
“Let’s go to the company! There’s quite a lot to deal with today.”
“Yes, boss.” The secretary bowed in acknowledgment.
At 3 p.m., Tong Mingwei boarded a plane with his suitcase, bound for Bingzhou.
That evening, Luo Ming received a call from Lin Shuwen.
“Huh? You ran into Tong Mingwei?”
“Yeah, I gave him your WeChat. Barring any surprises, he’ll come looking for you in the next couple of days.”
“I see. Him coming isn’t a bad thing. Honestly, Tong Mingwei really is a talented guy. His technical skills aren’t bad, and he has a professional eye too. The only downside is…”
“Is what?”
“He’s a bit unstable! His mind is restless. Even if he comes here, he might not stay long.”
Lin Shuwen nodded and didn’t say anything more about Tong Mingwei. Changing the subject, she asked, “Luo Ming, have Plants vs. Zombies activation code sales broken 100,000 yet?”
“We’re about 1,000 short. It’s 9 p.m. now, so breaking 100,000 is a sure thing. At the current growth rate, I’d estimate we’ll hit over 110,000.”
“110,000! Luo Ming, at this rate, are we set for a million in domestic monthly sales?”
“My goal is 200 million now.”
“Your goals keep going up?”
“Well, the first day’s numbers were just that good! I feel like 2 million should be about right.”
“What about the online store? How much has the online store sold?” Lin Shuwen asked.
