Chapter 30

The entire afternoon, Zhou Yi spent in a state of existential doubt.

To be fair, he felt he was merely guest-starring as a male lead with very few lines.

After all, the music video for "A Single Person's Brilliance" had absolutely no room for a male character to shine; his only scenes were the opening phone message and a middle sequence where he walked across the street under an umbrella in heavy rain, brushing past the female lead like a stranger.

It was meant to correspond to the "ex-boyfriend" in the lyrics.

The result was that this eye-contact scene while passing under the umbrella tortured him for the whole afternoon.

If not for Watching Xiao Yaxuan's meticulous attitude, which did not seem fake, Zhou Yi would have long since thrown in the towel.

He was not Tony Leung from Hong Kong; where would he get so many eye-contact scenes?

"The director said it was the first time he'd seen a singer with such potential for eye-contact acting, so he got carried away and shot a few more takes..."

Before leaving Virgin, Watching Xiao Yaxuan's gleeful words made Zhou Yi clearly realize that none of these camera-wielding people were any good!

Well, future Teacher Chen is the exception.

Thinking about being tortured all afternoon and then having to go to Sun Yanzi's for punctual lessons tonight, Zhou Yi felt a bit of a headache.

Helpless, he could only comfort himself with a few self-pitying remarks like "Being busy is good."

"Eh? You actually came tonight; I thought you were staying over at that rumored girlfriend's place."

Sun Yanzi, with her short hair, sat in the practice room as usual. Seeing the man push the door open, she instinctively glanced up at the clock on the wall and feigned surprise, raising an eyebrow: "She didn't keep you overnight?"

"No choice. There's still you, my teacher. I was originally planning to get some late-night snacks, but thinking you were still waiting here, I, respecting my teacher and valuing the Dao, had to grit my teeth and rush back."

Smoothing the slightly messy bangs on his forehead, Zhou Yi sat down casually and instinctively glanced at the short white socks on Sun Yanzi's feet, which featured eye-catching cartoon cat patterns: "I didn't realize Teacher Sun had such a childlike side."

Following the man's gaze to her own cartoon white socks wrapping her feet, Sun Yanzi, sitting cross-legged on the floor, immediately pulled her feet back and looked up defiantly: "Correction, this isn't called childlike; it's called a pure heart, something only musicians with pure souls can possess."

Having said that, she tilted her head slightly, a teasing smile rising at the corners of her brows: "A musician with impure thoughts like you wouldn't understand."

"Is that so? But what if I've never considered myself a musician?"

Zhou Yi, very clear that his so-called musical talent came from cheating, wasn't particularly fond of the reputation of talented musicians.

"No choice. I suggest you go back to school properly and don't wade into the muddy waters of the music industry."

Closing the book in her hands, Sun Yanzi threw it into the man's arms, smiling: "I look forward to seeing you debate a crowd of scholars in court in the future, Lawyer Zhou."

"You might have some incredible misunderstandings about mainland lawyers; just not being a driver after graduation is already a victory." Zhou Yi chuckled, catching the book, and shook his head.

His past life was full of bloody lessons.

Persuading someone to study law is asking to be flayed a thousand times.

"Don't worry. In view of our master-disciple relationship, when you graduate, I will hire you as my lawyer and give you a generous salary."

"How about that? Fair enough?"

Grinning widely, Sun Yanzi patted her chest, symbolizing wealth, and promised: "But the premise is you have to call me Boss."

"I usually use Boss to beat people up. What?"

Zhou Yi pretended to be surprised, looking her up and down: "Is the atmosphere in Singapore that open?"

"... Are you trying to die?!"

Defeated once again, Sun Yanzi flew into a rage, throwing several books at him with clawed hands: "This is the latest knowledge you need to master; memorize it, and I'll quiz you tomorrow!"

"Now, let's quiz you on the results from the day before yesterday. Come on, open your mouth and let me hear it."

"..."

"What's with that look? I told you to warm up your voice so I can check."

This time, it was Zhou Yi's turn to fall silent.

Seeing Sun Yanzi's smug expression, he could only mutter to himself, "Singaporean female thug."

Girls from the mainland are so much better.

Zhou Yi now really missed his understanding, good older sisters; he was homesick, belonging to the category of "heart racing to return."

After a man and a woman engaged in another round of intense, echoing exchanges and learning in the Warner building at night, Zhou Yi, having learned new knowledge and returned fully loaded, strolled home, already starting to think about how to shoot his music video.

This afternoon, he had personally seen how Watching Xiao Yaxuan, Virgin Music's own daughter, shoots music videos, so he had a rough idea in his mind.

Unlike others who need to consider so-called storytelling or structure when shooting music videos, Zhou Yi actually wanted to stuff some of his own private perversions into his album.

For instance, after the torture of the afternoon, Zhou Yi, who temporarily didn't want to be tortured by his album's director, suddenly figured out an excellent way to slack off—

Having the Heavenly King and Heavenly Queen stand still and output together.

He would sing, Sun Yanzi would play guitar on the side, Zhang Shaohan would be the keyboardist behind him, and finally... hmm, should he drag Zhou Jielun over to play the drums?

The whole scene wouldn't change much; the main point was to conquer fans with good looks, maximizing one's strengths and advantages.

Thinking of the music video for "Love Is You," Zhou Yi suddenly had a brilliant idea.

By the time the internet era arrived and all three had achieved fame and fortune, wouldn't an archaeological discovery of this, the most luxurious backing band combination in the Chinese music industry, make jaws drop to the ground?

Thinking this, after checking the time, Zhou Yi dialed Zhou Jielun's phone number.

"Hello? Zhou Yi? What's wrong? Did something happen?"

On the other end of the line, Zhou Jielun, who received a call from his savior at 9:30 PM, was very surprised and worried that something might have happened to him.

After all, in this era, the organized crime forces in Taiwan hadn't completely faded away, and occasionally one could still encounter a "winning the lottery" probability event at night.

"No, I just wanted to ask if you're free tomorrow. I'm recording a music video, but I'm short one person. I was thinking of asking if you have time to come help out and play the drum kit."

"No problem, it's a small thing. Leave it to me."

Having just come out of the hospital not long ago, Zhou Jielun, who had not yet been recommended for debut by Yang Junrong, was extremely bored. Hearing that he could not only help his savior but also play the drum kit, he agreed immediately.

The two then agreed on the time and location.

The next day.

When Zhou Jielun, who had rarely washed his hair and styled a small haircut, stood in front of the luxurious Warner building, he inevitably acted a bit stiff.

It was only after Zhou Yi came out, having received the call, that he got rid of the awkwardness.

"Come, come, let me introduce you. This is Sun Yanzi, my senior sister; she is my guitarist in the music video;

"This is Zhang Shaohan, a signed singer with Fomusic Records, here to help me out; she'll be my keyboardist in the MV."

Zhou Yi, acting as the intermediary, introduced both parties.

"Senior Sister, Shaohan, this is Zhou Jielun from Alpha Music; he'll be my drummer in the MV."