Chapter 108: Mother-in-law's Test

On Thursday afternoon, after two classes, Jiang Cheng went to the library, as he always did.

Usually, the library played light music.

But today it was playing "Legend"; as soon as Jiang Chen entered the second floor he heard it, and without thinking he knew it must be on repeat.

This inexplicably improved Jiang Cheng's mood.

When writing this song, I just hoped it could be listened to when bored.

He casually grabbed a youth angst novel from the shelf, then found a seat with a table and sat down.

Just as he sat down, he heard the two girls next to him whispering.

"I listened to this song all night yesterday, and I never get tired of hearing it."

"Me too; I already converted it to MP3 and downloaded it to my portable player."

"I think it will definitely be the best song of the year!"

"Needless to say, the person who wrote these lyrics is incredibly talented."

"He must be very talented; the first line of the lyrics already hooked me."

Jiang Cheng was just a bystander listening to others praise him, when his phone rang—fortunately he had it on silent, so only vibration sounded.

Jiang Cheng picked up his phone and walked to the side.

The call was from director Wang Qiangwei, whom he had met a couple of days earlier at the studio.

As soon as the call connected, Wang Qiangwei said, "Xiao Jiang, what have you been busy with these past two days?"

Jiang Cheng replied, "In class."

"'In class? You're still a student?' Wang Qiangwei asked in surprise."

Jiang Cheng naturally grunted an affirmative.

Wang Qiangwei said, "That's right; seeing you that day, I could tell you were young—indeed, heroes emerge from youth."

After a pause, he continued, "I called you today because I have something to tell you."

"'The other day I heard your song and thought it wasn't bad; the studio still has an artist, right?'"

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Yes."

Wang Qiangwei said, "It's like this: there's a Jin Ge Shou variety show to be recorded in Modu, and I have a friend who is one of the behind-the-scenes planners; I recommended you to him, and I think you'd be a good fit to participate."

Jiang Cheng remained silent, listening to the director continue; his studio lacked connections, and indeed, navigating the industry required guidance.

Wang Qiangwei didn't beat around the bush, continuing, "The show's format is that a composer participates together with a singer."

"'After that, it's pretty standard—either the composer writes songs for the singer to perform, followed by judging or voting, or the composer writes songs for different people while the singer performs various styles; basically, that's it.'"

"'Since you can write songs and you have an artist, you're quite suitable—are you interested in joining? Shall I put in a word for you with my friend?'"

Jiang Cheng hesitated slightly, then said, "Then thank you, Director Wang; I'll go over first to check it out and learn more."

"'Alright, that's settled; I'll send you the address later, and you can go see for yourself,' said Wang Weiqiang."

After that, the two chatted casually for a few sentences; just before hanging up, Wang Weiqiang said, "Do you have free time in a few days? At that time I happen to have a scene to shoot back in the indoor studio; if you're available, I'll call you then, and you can come over to see what filming a movie is like."

Wang Weiqiang knew Jiang Cheng was a student, so he could be sure Jiang Cheng didn't know much about movie filming.

Therefore he intended to first invite Jiang Cheng to have a look, then discuss the rest later; after all, he still had a film in production.

Jiang Cheng agreed, saying, "Sure, I'm indeed curious about the crew's filming work."

"'Alright, that's settled; I'll call you when the time comes.'"

... In Su Manyao's office.

Today Su Manyao wore a black-textured long dress, her hair pulled up high with side-swept bangs, and she applied vivid red lipstick.

On her feet were bandage-style high heels, her fair toes painted with dark red nail polish.

Seated in her office chair with her legs crossed, she resembled a cold, stunning queen.

Her mood at this moment matched her outfit—she was about to explode!

Jiang Cheng actually hasn't come to see me for so many days? And he hasn't messaged me in two days—does he want to die!

The fact that Ye Qing from Jiang Cheng's studio sang "Legend" and it rose to first place on the short-video hot list was also seen by Su Manyao.

She knew the song was good, Ye Qing's voice wasn't bad either; his lack of breakthrough at her company had multiple causes—someone was suppressing him, and also he lacked a representative work.

But her company had many artists, and many talented people remained unnoticed; this sort of thing didn't need her, as CEO, to manage.

Unless she was determined to promote someone.

Ye Qing's song reaching the hot list is inseparably tied to its lyricist and composer.

"'Just because he's good at writing songs, does that mean he can cut off contact with me?' So Su Manyao was furious!"

But her personality wouldn't allow her to actively seek out Jiang Cheng at this moment!

Although she found it hard to accept that Jiang Cheng was a student and also her younger brother's roommate, she thought, 'Can Jiang Cheng really just stop contacting me like this? He must be seeking death!'

After finishing work, Su Manyao pushed the documents aside; the more she thought, the more irritable she became, and she couldn't help kicking off her high heels.

The bandage-style high heels flew to the center of the office; she stood barefoot, hands on hips, thinking about how to deal with Jiang Cheng!

"'Next time I'll step on him hard with my foot!' At that moment her phone rang; she saw it was her mother, Wang Lin, calling."

Wang Lin hadn't contacted her in many days either; Su Manyao pondered and then answered.

"'Manyao, the last time I asked you to come home for a meal, you still haven't come back.'"

Su Manyao said, "Recently things at the company have been very busy; I might not have time to go back."

She was so annoyed she wanted to die; she certainly didn't want to go home.

Wang Lin said on the phone, "Dear, there's something I want to tell you—do you still remember Uncle Wang? He's coming to Modu soon, and he's bringing along the Li Shuhan you know from your family."

"'Uncle Wang's intention is to introduce the two of you to each other.'"

"'We already know each other—what's there to introduce?'"

Su Manyao immediately understood what this meant—it was a setup for a blind date! She couldn't escape this! She said with a cold face, 'What's there to get to know? I'm not free; we already know each other.'

Wang Lin dropped the act, saying, "Uncle Wang set you two up on a blind date, thinking you're quite compatible, so I'm asking you: if you have a partner, I'll turn Uncle Wang down for you."

If you don't have a partner, then meeting up is no big deal.

"I—" Su Manyao trailed off, "I don't have a partner, and I'm not going on a blind date!"

Having said that, she hung up the phone.

She pressed her soft white soles hard into the ground, "Damn Jiang Cheng!"

On the other end of the phone.

After Wang Lin hung up, her husband winked at her, "When I just asked her if she had a partner, she hesitated!"

(End of chapter)