Chapter 573: Warner Love Story III (2)

Deng Wenbin's college entrance exam results were not very ideal.

With scores only enough for a local university in Qingdao, he had recently officially broken up with his girlfriend of two years from high school; he was the one who initiated it.

During the summer vacation after the exam, his girlfriend, who had gone to Sichuan, went to Chengdu early to work a summer job. Then, he noticed her attitude toward him had quietly changed—

One month, two months, three months.

Repeated arguments and compromises only resulted in her becoming more demanding.

In the end, he could only choose that a long pain is better than a short one, severing the shackles binding the two of them in one stroke, and voluntarily giving up this love that was destined to have no result.

When falling in love loses its meaning and becomes a burden that must be treated with fear and trembling, it means at least one party has already stopped loving.

"She's just a woman; it's not a big deal. I wanted to break up with her long ago, but since she followed me for two years at least, I felt a bit reluctant."

At the off-campus birthday dinner for the dorm, Deng Wenbin, with a cigarette in his mouth, looked exceptionally carefree; he waved his hand to indicate he would pay for the meal today, successfully fooling his roommates who were worried about him.

"Brother Bin is generous!"

"Brother Bin, I want to eat oysters!"

"Brother Bin..."

Lost in the repeated "Brother" from his good roommates, Deng Wenbin smiled silently, a look of self-mockery flashing in his eyes.

"By the way, Brother Bin, this is for you."

The four-eyed guy wearing glasses took a cassette tape out of his pocket, placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of Deng Wenbin: "The thing you wanted; it's said to be a brand new greatest hits collection from the collaboration between Warner and Virgin, and it even includes your idol Watching Xiao Yaxuan's new song."

"?"

After staring at the cover featuring Zhou Yi, Sun Yanzi, and Watching Xiao Yaxuan for a long while, Deng Wenbin shook his head: "Thanks, but I don't need this thing anymore; originally I planned to give this to her as a surprise. But now that we've broken up, there's naturally no need for it."

He wasn't some Watching Xiao Yaxuan fan or Gemini fan or anything like that; before, it was just loving the house because of the bird.

Now that the person is gone, what's the point of buying it?

Keeping this money could buy several good meals of braised pork ribs.

"Take it; this isn't expensive, it's very cheap."

Shaking the cassette box printed with the words "Warner Love Story III," the four-eyed guy recommended: "It includes Sun Yanzi's new song and Watching Xiao Yaxuan's new song; the cost-performance ratio is very high. If you miss this village, you won't find this shop; I specially asked my friend to save a copy for you."

Deng Wenbin, half-believing and half-doubting, took the cassette box and looked—good heavens, inside the packaging cover there was actually a small thick... Story Collection?

"Warner Love Story III: Two Empresses Fighting for the Throne"

Looking at the table of contents, Deng Wenbin was somewhat surprised.

On the list of contents, the first thing that caught the eye was the dance track "It's Me" from Zhou Yi's debut album.

It openly expressed Zhou Yi's performance when he first entered the music scene, a veritable sunny and cheerful big boy image.

Then came Watching Xiao Yaxuan's "Prague Square."

One of Watching Xiao Yaxuan's representative works, expressing a European-style sweet view of love.

The two, whose scandals were flying everywhere right after their debut, could not go public due to regulations from their respective companies; therefore, to express their love for each other, they directly collaborated on "Sun Never Sets" to pour out their hearts.

Finally, they used "Love's Main Song" to quietly announce to the world, letting the whole city sing the main song of their love, which was extremely romantic.

Pity the good times did not last; after falling in love, Zhou Yi's fickle nature was hard to change—

Heartbroken, Watching Xiao Yaxuan sang "Compromise," recounting the pain of compromising again and again in the relationship;

Defending his behavior, Zhou Yi sang "Hate the Dream of the Red Chamber," stating he was just playing a friendly match and there was nothing wrong.

Completely disappointed, Watching Xiao Yaxuan immediately sang "Rewind," declaring the complete end of their relationship.

And right at this moment, Sun Yanzi sang "One Like Summer, One Like Autumn" to encourage her best friend Watching Xiao Yaxuan to pull herself together—although you lost love, you still have my friendship, and we can wait together for new love to arrive.

It was just a pity that the love in Sun Yanzi's "Meet" had shifted its target to Zhou Yi, who was on her.

And to pursue Sun Yanzi, Zhou Yi compared her to the "Mermaid" in the "Jiangnan" fish-and-water land;

Sun Yanzi used "Miracle" to indicate she had little interest in realistic love and politely rejected Zhou Yi; she preferred the wonderful love of time and space reincarnation in fantasy.

Zhou Yi immediately wrote "Kill the Wolf," which also carried the concept of reincarnation, and gave it to Sun Yanzi to express his sincerity and love.

Discovering that this man truly matched her brainwaves, Sun Yanzi, moved, agreed to be with him.

Realizing these two were together, Watching Xiao Yaxuan felt the sky had fallen and directly stated that from now on, they were both her "Most Familiar Strangers";

Sun Yanzi immediately pulled out "Ningxia" to show off, publicly flaunting the sweetness between herself and Zhou Yi.

The failed Watching Xiao Yaxuan summoned "A Person's Brilliance" and "Long Live Heartbreak" to express her carefree attitude and indifference; heartbreak is no big deal, one can live brilliantly alone;

Sun Yanzi directly sang "Green Light" to indicate she was Zhou Yi's only true love, believing this was "The Happiness I Want"...

"The inside story of Watching Xiao Yaxuan's tearful signing renewal with Virgin at the recording studio, the root cause of Sun Yanzi ascending to the Warner Empress throne; the truth of Emperor Zhou Yi stepping on two boats at once, the entire process of the Two Empresses fighting for the throne, all in the third greatest hits album 'Warner Love Story III: Two Empresses Fighting for the Throne'!"

Since Zhou Yi had not yet released a new album, many hit songs from past old albums had already been used; in this so-called "greatest hits collection," the largest proportion was actually the "Two Empresses" which fit the title better, along with spreading some rumors capable of stirring the hearts of fans—

For example, that Watching Xiao Yaxuan didn't go to Warner because of Zhou Yi and Sun Yanzi; otherwise, she wouldn't have renewed her contract with Virgin Records at all.

"This looks too fake; would Warner really release this to create a gimmick?"

"The packaging doesn't look like a pirated copy; it must be the genuine version."

"This is the third part; how could there be a fake? Have you ever seen a pirate publisher bother with sorting the songs on an album?"

The four-eyed guy, chewing on peanuts, shook his head and spoke his high opinion: "Isn't this purely working hard for no reward?"

"Four-Eyes is right."

"..."

The group at the dinner table spoke with many voices, discussing the truth and falsehood with great interest, shifting the topic.

Feeling warmed at heart, Deng Wenbin silently put away this gift and celebrated his birthday with his roommates.

Honestly, many songs in this greatest hits collection were ones he was familiar with before, so at first he really didn't care much. When he was full, drunk, and it was late at night and quiet, he put the cassette into his Walkman, preparing to listen and fall asleep—

Then, he couldn't sleep.

With wide-open eyes, his mind replayed those lyrics...

"Loving until compromise, in the end, still no solution."

"Tying you up so you can't fly."

"History keeps repeating itself; I'm so tired..."

Under Watching Xiao Yaxuan's unique alto interpretation, the extremely realistic lyrics of the song "Compromise" drilled straight into Deng Wenbin's heart, making him burst into tears without realizing it...

In this song, he heard his own shadow.

"Did you hear? Watching Xiao Yaxuan and Zhou Yi really broke up!"

"I heard. Apparently, Sun Yanzi closed the door for Watching Xiao Yaxuan to enter Warner."

"I heard that Zhou Yi, that son of a bitch, made both of them incredibly angry..."

"I also heard the two of them fought in Taiwan, pulling each other's hair, and Watching Xiao Yaxuan got beaten terribly."

"What? Why?"

"Are you stupid? Sun Yanzi's nickname is Sister Thirteen; that's a street title. Not to mention she has a habit of carrying an electric baton. She became famous in one battle at the Golden Melody Awards and earned the title Electric Bat Man."

"Really? I don't believe it."

"Why would I lie to you? My second uncle's seventh great-uncle's daughter does business over in Taiwan; she said it with her own mouth..."

"..."

In the third- and fourth-tier cities where the pirated market was most vast, with the release of the third Warner love story, people in small towns who claimed to chase trends hurriedly increased their reading comprehension.

In Tailai County, Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang, nine-year-old Wang Weijia, who was still in school, heard various "authentic channel rumors" at school. With an excited little face, he ran home and transmitted this explosive news to the kids around him.

"Listen to me; it's definitely right. I asked many people. Sun Yanzi really turned against Watching Xiao Yaxuan for Zhou Yi, disregarding sisterly affection, pulled out her electric baton, transformed into Sister Thirteen, and beat her into a bloody mess!"

Little Wang Weijia, who was always a good baby, patted his chest and promised.