Chapter 45: Zhao Tiantian's Love is the Purest of All

The third song afterward was the same, so there was no need to listen to the rest.

To put it frankly, Zhao Tiantian's vocal skills were not exceptionally good, but her voice was sweet and truly belonged to the teenage girl style. However, regardless of whether they were works by famous musicians or not, these songs were undeniably very mediocre.

"Even without looking at it from the perspective of a songwriter, simply as a listener, this musical genre lacks appeal. It feels like a style from the last century, and moreover, the kind that hasn't been imitated very well.

The reason we find songs from the eighties and nineties pleasant to the ear is because they carry the distinct charm and collective memory of that specific era. Nowadays, almost no one creates music in this style because there is no market for it."

Zhao Tiantian had been feeling somewhat depressed since a moment ago, and at this point, she asked, "Aren't there any strengths at all?"

"There are definitely strengths. Every piece of work has its merits."

However, if a song is not pleasant to listen to and listeners are unwilling to keep playing it, having merits is utterly useless.

"Fine, I pretty much understand the situation now. I'll let you know when I have any new thoughts." Li Jingkun prepared to take his leave.

"Here, take this. There are fifty thousand yuan inside, consider it a deposit."

Although she felt crestfallen, she somehow found him rather reliable, so Zhao Tiantian handed him a pre-prepared bank card. "The password is six ones, you can transfer the money to your own card."

After her previous meeting with Li Jingkun, she had gone back to consult the people at her own company. They told her that a song shouldn't cost that much.

Later, after having them listen to Li Jingkun's three original songs, they remarked that if it was of that quality, with the lyrics, composition, and arrangement combined, three hundred thousand yuan would still be acceptable......

Unfortunately, those songs had already been published by Li Jingkun and had accumulated a small fan base; people would naturally be more attached to the first version. If she were to sing them, it would at most be considered a cover, and a cover didn't warrant spending that kind of money.

Besides, to be honest, those three songs didn't really suit her very well anyway.

Therefore, she ultimately decided to make the deal with him at the price agreed upon previously.

Li Jingkun declined to take it. It wasn't that he disliked money, but rather that he felt the whole thing was a bit too frivolous.

"Let's talk about it once the song is actually finished."

...

Zhao Tiantian returned to her dormitory in low spirits, where only Lu Shang, her roommate from the bunk below, was present.

"Here, treat yourself to some milk tea." Big Tiantian placed four cups of milk tea on the table.

"Wow, is the wealthy benefactor treating us to milk tea again?" Lu Shang had been lying on her bed playing with her phone, but upon seeing this, she hurriedly slid down.

The two of them chatted casually. After a while, the other two roommates, He Biyun and Qingzi, returned together.

"Oh my, someone's been returning to the dormitory rather frequently lately," He Biyun said immediately upon catching sight of her.

Zhao Tiantian enjoyed better resources and had started working very early on, meaning her starting point was destined to be higher than others. She rarely stayed in the dormitory under normal circumstances, yet she had indeed been coming back frequently these past few days.

Zhao Tiantian glanced at her without speaking. Then she abruptly stood up, picked up her laptop, and walked out.

The others were all left bewildered.

Was she really driven to the point of anger by just that much?

Girls sharing the same dormitory, no matter how close their relationship was, inevitably experienced moments of mutual annoyance and friction.

Zhao Tiantian rarely stayed at the dorm, and her family background was superior to the others, so there certainly had been times when they didn't see eye to eye or exchanged sarcastic remarks. But her reaction today was simply too extreme.

"What's going on with her?" He Biyun and Qingzi asked.

Lu Shang bit her straw and shook her head.

After a moment of hesitation, she said, "Could it have something to do with that junior from the directing department?"

...

Zhao Tiantian was indeed feeling rather gloomy today. To be honest, even her family and teachers rarely criticized her so directly and to her face, let alone describing her—a youthful teenage girl—as "old-fashioned"?

It was suffocating!

However, the more Li Jingkun acted this way, the more capable she believed he was. Therefore, she would not easily give up on her decision to have him write a song for her.

Fairly speaking, someone with her kind of resources and background genuinely didn't need to struggle in the entertainment industry.

Achieving fame relied not only on resources, but also on fate and luck.

With conditions like Zhao Tiantian's, why on earth must one mingle in the entertainment circle? Eating, drinking, making merry, and engaging in some relaxing leisure activities ordinarily—wasn't that wonderful?

It was just like web novel authors. If you're rich, who the hell still writes books? Wouldn't it be wonderful to just be a pure and cute reader?

When you read something satisfying, wouldn't it feel great to tip the author a few bucks?

Pondering over writing novels all day long leads to hair loss and sudden death!

This was the exact same logic as Zhao Tiantian spending her time and money on acting and singing.

Other people act and sing to make money, to make their lives a little better. But she already had all of those things, so why put herself through such hardship?

Wasn't all of this purely driven by love!

Without a special passion for it, how could she possibly toss and turn through so many years.

It was precisely because she loved this that she got involved in these things in the first place.

Therefore, one could say that her passion for music and film was much purer than most people's.

Because she didn't lack money, and because she truly loved it from the bottom of her heart;

Whereas other people—many of them did it just for those few paltry bucks.

......

Zhao Tiantian returned to Starlight Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd. in high spirits.

Starlight Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd. had a registered capital of fifty million, boasting abundant financial resources, strong theater chain resources, and an outstanding promotion and distribution team.

Its industrial chain covered multiple fields including film and television investment, production, promotion and distribution, and artist management.

The artists under its umbrella included... Zhao Tiantian herself.

Well, it was actually a company that existed solely to serve her.

There were quite a few such companies in the industry; a few years later, it also became trendy for many artists to venture out and open individual studios.

Naturally, the company's location was also set near the school for her convenience, so she arrived at the company very quickly.

Upon entering, she called her manager, assistant, and the company manager into the room, opened up the songs on her laptop, let them listen for a while before hitting pause, and asked, "Do you think this song is good? I want to hear the truth, don't feed me those cliché PR lines you usually use."

The few of them looked at each other in blank dismay. What had gotten into her?

Zhao Tiantian possessed formidable capital, but she was usually very nice; it was rare for her to be this aggressive.

...

Zhao Tiantian hadn't returned for three days.

If it were in the past, her three roommates wouldn't have thought much of it, because sometimes due to work commitments, she wouldn't show up for ten days or half a month.

However, her abrupt departure last time had left all three of them extremely curious. They knew that the junior from the directing department was also a music creator, and that Big Tiantian had gone to him to ask for a song, but they couldn't figure out what could possibly have made her so angry.

Therefore, after enduring for a few days, their gossiping urge remained undying and instead grew stronger and stronger. Hence, they planned to go and meet this junior today.

As a result, they deliberately staked him out at the first cafeteria. But after waiting for a long time without spotting their target, they needed to eat themselves, so they ate first.

Halfway through their meal, they suddenly discovered that their target had appeared and had already been sitting at a certain table eating. Consequently, they prepared to launch their offensive.

The person they sent out was He Biyun, intending to use this soft and cute girl to make their target obediently surrender.

However, the scene that followed shocked all of them.

They saw He Biyun walk right up to him, say "Hello junior, I'm Zhao Tiantian's roommate...", and then watched the guy raise his head to glance at her before abruptly standing up, picking up his tray, and walking straight away...... walking straight away......

Qingzi and Lu Shang were both dumbfounded and hurriedly walked over.