After failing the college entrance examination, he became a big star

Chapter 555 Chinese People Are Like This
Qiao Li didn't agree or refuse, she pursed her lips and smiled: "I'll think about it."

Li Kai nodded, this kind of thing can't be pushed too hard.

Afterwards, the two changed the subject and chatted for a while, before Qiao Li went back to her room.

Li Kai lay on the bed and squinted for more than an hour when the doorbell woke him up.

"Sister Li, it's only past three o'clock, so you're thinking about dinner?" Li Kai opened the door, made a joke, and let Li Xia in at the same time.

"Tangshan wants to ask you to meet, and Michila is here too, what do you say?" Li Xia shook her phone, with a playful look on the corner of her mouth.

Since the chat that morning, Li Xia has kept in touch with Tang Shan. The difference is that Tang Shan has contacted Li Xia on the initiative these days. Buy five songs at a price of 5 each.

Obviously, the three songs that Li Kai sang that night moved Tang Shan, or Miqila, and aroused their strong desire to make an appointment. On the contrary, Qiao Li's surgery arrangement was settled, and Li Xia had no desires.

The upside down, the cart before the horse and the horse back!
The reason why Li Xia didn't refuse the other party was because she had the intention of "revenge" and intentionally made a fuss, but because Li Kai wanted to find out, based on the three songs he sang that night, the other party's invitation to sing could be opened. What is the highest price?
"I finally lost my temper."

Li Kai smiled, nodded and said: "Okay, Sister Li will be hospitalized tomorrow afternoon, so tomorrow morning, make an appointment at the hotel's coffee shop."

Li Xia said: "Tomorrow night Mirage will have a commercial performance in Philadelphia, and I have to rush there early in the morning. I hope we can arrange to meet today."

Li Kai thought for a while, and said, "Then at seven o'clock in the evening, the coffee shop downstairs."

Li Xia responded, and then said: "Then shall we have dinner at the hotel?"

Li Kai shook his head: "I'm tired of the western food in the hotel. For Chinese New Year, I have to eat something good. I'd better go to Aiguo Chinese Restaurant."

"It's about eight o'clock."

"It's only seven o'clock. The first time we waited for a full hour, this time we should let them wait too."

"Uh good."

At 05:30, the four of Li Kai met in the hotel lobby, asked the hotel to borrow a car, and drove to Ximing Street.

The owner of Aiguo Chinese Restaurant is an overseas Chinese who has opened more than [-] chain stores in the United States.

Under the guidance of the waiter, the four of Li Kai entered the private room and ordered 10 dishes with hot and cold dishes.

Since arriving in the United States, they basically ate Western food. The four of Li Kai felt somewhat unappetizing, and finally ate Chinese cuisine again. The long-awaited delicacy whetted everyone's appetite.

Seeing 07:30, Li Xia, who had already answered the phone, quietly reminded Li Kai, but Li Kai shook his head, not only did not intend to check out and leave, but also asked the waiter to add another dessert.

Finally, when the four of Li Kai walked out of the Chinese restaurant, it was already a quarter past eight. Even if the road was smooth at night, it would take at least half an hour to drive back.
Miller Hotel, Cafe.

Tangshan, Miqila, is still Miqila's assistant, Mary.

The three of them sat at the foothold. They arrived at [-]:[-] and had been sitting for more than an hour. Each of them drank at least two cups of coffee.

Mary glanced at Michela, and said with a livid face: "These Chinese people are too rude, they have no sense of time, and no integrity."

Tang Shan is not stupid, he has already made two phone calls. On the first call, Li Xia told him that he was waiting for an important call and asked them to wait. On the second call, Li Xia told him that a distinguished guest had come. Let them wait a little longer, and come after seeing off the distinguished guests.

The reason for his delay was exactly the same as the first meeting.

This was clearly intentional, and he returned the same way to him.

His face froze for a moment, then quickly returned to normal, and he said lightly: "Hua people are like this, time is not valuable in their eyes, if friends have an appointment for dinner, it is not uncommon to be late for an hour or two, if you are visiting relatives and friends , I promised to go to lunch, but I didn’t arrive until dinner, which is normal.”

Mary frowned, and she wanted to say something, Miqila said: "Forget it, Li Jian is the most popular songwriter in Huaguo, just wait a bit, the last time I went to see Rodka, no Waited for two full hours."

Mary curled her lips and said, "How can Li Kai be compared with Rodka? Rodka is a master of lyrics and music. Last year, three of his works were in the top 30 of the international top [-] list."

"Let's not mention the international top [-] list of Li Kai's works, they haven't even appeared on the Asian regional bulletin board. If they are placed in the European and American music circles, they probably won't even be on the top of the list."

After that, his tone sank, and he guessed maliciously: "I think the song that Li Kai sang that night may not be his work. In addition to being a songwriter, he is also a singer. The company wants to promote him to the international music scene." , spend a lot of money to help him buy a few songs, this possibility is not impossible."

Mi Qila frowned slightly, looked at Tang Shan, Tang Shan took a sip of coffee, thoughtfully said: "In the two most authoritative award ceremonies in Huaguo, besides Li Kai who won the best lyrics and composition award, he is also the most A popular male singer, the company pushed him to the international music scene, intending to make him a hit, and spent a lot of money to arrange a few songs with a certain songwriter in Europe and the United States, and signed a non-disclosure agreement. , it's not impossible."

Regarding Li Kai's situation, Tang Shan has already learned about Li Kai's situation through the company's network and a record company on Hong Kong Island. He is indeed the most popular songwriter in Huaguo, but he is the same as Mary. A big question mark.

For one thing, Hua Guo singers are not ranked in the international music scene, and the works of Hua Guo songwriters have never been in the forefront of the international top 40 list. Hua Guo's most popular songwriters do not have much weight in his eyes. Li Kai is too young. The songwriter is not a singer, but he is either young or capital. Generally speaking, the peak period of creation is at the age of [-] to [-].

As for the three songs that Li Kai sang that night, he did not deny the quality of the songs, especially the last one, which was even labeled by him as a must-have. He was supposed to go to Feishi tonight, so he deliberately postponed it. Arranging a meeting, asking Li Kai to tailor songs for Miqila is only the next step, the focus is to finalize the three ready-made songs.

He paused, looked back at Miqila, and said firmly: "Regardless of whether those three songs are really original by Li Kai, as long as he is willing to transfer them to you, you will have the top songs in your new album."

After hearing this, Michaela nodded with eagerness in his eyes.

After waiting for two full hours until [-]:[-], Li Kai and others finally appeared.

The driver went back to the room first, and Li Kai, Li Xia, and Qiao Li entered the coffee shop. Li Kai didn't seem to see the stiff faces of the three of Tang Shan, and said sorry with a smile: "A guest came here temporarily. The chat can be finished in a few minutes, but I didn't expect the chat to be endless, so I kept you waiting for a long time."

Tang Shan almost scolded his mother, shit guests came to visit, although the location they chose was in the corner, but they could just see the outside, the three of them obviously came back from outside the hotel
At this time, a waiter came over with the menu. Although she was full for dinner, Li Xia took it and was about to order a few cups of coffee, but Li Kai waved his hand and said sorry to the waiter: " We just ate dinner, said a few words and left."

The waiter smiled professionally, put away the menu and left.

"Mr. Li, your time is really precious." Mary's face turned pale, and she asked them to wait for two hours, and she came and said a few words before leaving. What is this?
Even if it was the big and middle-aged songwriters they asked to come to the door, they had never seen such negligence.

As if he couldn't hear good or bad words, Li Kai nodded like taking a tonic: "My time is indeed precious."

Mary snorted, and without waiting for her to say anything else, Tang Shan said: "Mr. Li, I have talked with your manager, Ms. Li, on the phone these days, and we have roughly discussed the plan. We have already contacted Jefferson. The day after tomorrow You can visit his office, you only need to provide three songs"

Before he could finish speaking, Li Kai stood up suddenly and said sorry: "I'm going to make a phone call."

Then, he turned around and walked out of the coffee shop, heading straight for the bathroom.

The atmosphere was instantly cold.

Although Li Xia was prepared, she was still a little uncomfortable. After many years of career as a manager, the concept of "don't offend others unless it involves interests" has been deeply ingrained.

After hesitating for a while, she still took the initiative to chat with Tang Shan, somewhat dispelling the awkward atmosphere.

This trip lasted 10 minutes, and people had to guess whether Li Kai was going to make a phone call or squatting in a tuba. When he came back, he didn't sit down again, looked down at Tangshan with apologetic eyes, and said SORRY: "I have already reached a cooperation with another musician. We will cooperate again next time. I still have something to do, so let's go first."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the three of Tangshan became ugly.

Tang Shan said in a deep voice: "Mr. Li, you are too dishonest."

Li Xia immediately said: "Mr. Tang Shan, our cooperation is still in the negotiation stage, and there is no agreement signed in black and white. We are just choosing a more suitable partner."

Tang Shan stared at Li Xia: "We have reached a verbal agreement on the phone."

Li Kai stopped him: "Mr. Tang Shan, if you talk about integrity with me, let me tell you, in the eyes of us Chinese, integrity is important, but it is based on respect. Without respect, integrity is nothing but bullshit!"

After all, turn around and leave.

Qiao Li and Li Xia got up and followed.

"Wait." Michila's voice came from behind: "Mr. Li, is there some misunderstanding? We have no disrespect for you."

Mary was about to explode, and said coldly: "The appointment is seven o'clock, let us wait for two hours, who is disrespecting whom?"

Li opened his feet and stopped, turned his head and glanced across the faces of the two women, and landed on Tang Shan, and said seriously: "It is indeed a disrespectful behavior to keep you waiting for two hours, and such disrespect We received the same treatment eight days ago, Mr. Tang Shan, right?"

Tang Shan was choked heavily, and his face was very pale.

Li Kai took out a few scraps of paper from his pocket and held them in his hands, and said: "I found this from the trash can, it's the music score I gave you, you won't forget it, right? I have full cooperation sincerity, but have you ever given me the slightest respect?"

Tang Shan's pupils contracted, facing the questioning gazes cast by Michela and Mary, he couldn't even say a word.

Li Kai said again: "The morning after I sang at the Oktoberfest, you had breakfast with my manager for an interview and asked for five songs for free. With all due respect, you are taking advantage of others and extorting. I said to myself, as long as there are other cooperation partners, no matter how high the conditions are, I will never cooperate with you."

A sneer emerged from the corner of Li's mouth, and he narrowed his eyes and said, "There are two proverbs in our Hua country, those who humiliate others will always humiliate them, and don't fight for steamed buns to fight for breath."

"It means that for those who don't give us respect, we will treat them in the same disrespectful way. For those who want to take advantage of our difficulties, we will make trouble, even if we do business at a loss, just to win. He will definitely not let him succeed, you understand now, we Chinese people are like this."

After finishing speaking, he started to leave, turning a deaf ear to Mimichila's yelling to stop behind him, and went straight out of the coffee shop.

When we arrived at the elevator entrance, the elevator just arrived, and when we walked in, the two doors closed, Li Kai's expression relaxed, and he smiled, "Sister Li, you pay for your pay, are you relieved now?"

Li Xia didn't appreciate it: "You should ask yourself this question."

Li Kai shrugged: "What's wrong with me? Before I debuted, I sang in bars and restaurants. I was coaxed off the stage, and my drink was broken in the face. I'm used to it."

With a half-smile, Qiao Li broke the stage and said, "Come on, you won the Youth Song Competition within two months of failing the college entrance examination, and then made your debut smoothly. What kind of anger, that's why, this time, I feel uncomfortable because of the anger, so I have to give it up."

Li's face turned black: "Sister Li, what you said is so heartless. I don't deny that I was holding my breath to come up with it, but the main reason is not to vent your anger on you and Sister Li."

In exchange for these words, Qiao Li and Li Xia looked at each other, one left and one right.

Li Kai was very sad, with a frustrated expression like a dog like Lu Dongbin who didn't know good people.

Li Xia and Qiao Li looked at each other and smiled at each other, as if they were very happy to see Li's slumped.

the other side.

The three of Tangshan seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds.

Miqila gritted her teeth and stared at Tang Shan: "What's going on?"

Tang Shan let out a breath of turbid air in his chest, and said lightly: "I didn't expect that he could find another person to lead him on the line. I want to help you get the best benefit."

As he spoke, he shook his head: "He is a songwriter from a third world country, and he really thinks he is so great. Don't worry, Michila, I have already contacted Dawson and Peter. Your new album hits the charts. Ranked in the top [-] of the international top [-] list."

Mary didn't like Li Kai, so she also helped her: "Yeah, an unknown songwriter, if you use his songs to hit the charts, it will actually make him famous.

The corners of Michila's mouth twitched, he hesitated to speak, seemed a little unwilling, and finally turned into a sigh, got up and said, "I hope you can go."

(End of this chapter)