I Really Didn’t Want to Be Famous - Chapter 27
Chapter 27: We Would Never Let Any Tom, Dick, or Harry Foot the Bill for Us!
Translator: Lordbluefire
Editor: Lordbluefire
“Young man, let me introduce myself. My name is Chen Guanxiong!”
“Eh, hello…” Lu Yuan stood up in a daze.
He didn’t know who this person was.
“Chen, Chen…Teacher Chen. Hello, hello…” Fatty Wei had a terrified look on his face.
He felt some shock in his heart.
Chen Guanxiong was a professional musician.
At the same time, he was one of the most famous composers in the industry.
There had always been a sentence in the industry, and it said, ‘lyrics from Lin Yu, melody from Guanxiong, dance from Yang Ping, and flute from Zhao Kou…’
From this sentence, one could see how respectable Chen Guanxiong’s status was in the music industry, and it was impossible for a minor character like Lu Yuan to know him.
Although Lu Yuan didn’t know who this man was, from the gazes of everyone in the surroundings, he could tell that the status of this man was not ordinary.
He might be some major character.
“Mn, young man. I left my number for you back then. Didn’t the front desk pass it to you?” Chen Guanxiong first nodded to Fatty Wei, which could be considered a greeting. After that, his gaze landed on Lu Yuan who stood up with an expression like he had completely no idea what had just happened.
“Ah…this…I think they did. Are you the one who treated me to coffee last time?” This old man Chen Guanxiong had a very strong aura. For a moment, when the old man first arrived, Lu Yuan didn’t recall anything about numbers. But after staring at the questioning look in the old man’s eyes, he instantly understood.
Back then after he met Wang Jinxue for the first time, someone treated him to coffee and left behind a series of numbers.
It was this guy?
“So you remembered. In that case, why didn’t you call me?”
“I…forgot about it.” Lu Yuan felt a little awkward.
“You tossed it already, right?”
“Nope, how can that be possible! I’m not that type of person!” Lu Yuan’s gaze showed hints of evasion as he felt a pang of slight guilt in his heart. However, his voice was extremely composed!
Lu Yuan didn’t toss it away. He stuffed it into his pocket but had forgotten to take it out before he went to wash his pants. After that, with the impact caused by the investment of $1 million, he naturally forgot about it.
“You should know who I am, right?” Chen Guanxiong felt as though Lu Yuan had no idea who he was.
(It’s impossible, right?)
(How can he possibly not know me?)
“No, I know you.” Lu Yuan initially wanted to say that he didn’t know, but Fatty Wei silently tugged at him and shot him a look. He understood a moment later.
It seemed that the status of this old man wasn’t ordinary. If he said he didn’t know this old man, then…
He would offend the old man because he caused him to lose face?
“Then, you should know that I’m recently in Hengdian, right?”
“I know…” Lu Yuan continued to nod hypocritically.
“You did? If you knew about it, why didn’t you look for me?”
“Ah? This…I’m a little busy recently.” Lu Yuan almost didn’t know what to say.
Fatty Wei swallowed his saliva. This scene caused him to be unable to describe his emotions. He wanted to know how such a famous composer got acquainted with Lu Yuan. But how infuriating was it? How could Lu Yuan not know Chen Guanxiong?
As for Shen Lianjie, he inhaled deeply. The big-name director of [Capital City] would always be in the limelight, garnering a hundred answers to a single call of his. When had he ever been like this? Shunted to the side like a mere follower?
Naturally, he wasn’t paying attention to this now. He felt everything that was happening before his eyes unfathomable.
F*ck!
(Who exactly is this Lu Yuan? Why would he know a character like senior Chen Guanxiong?)
(Unfathomable, this was too damn unfathomable!)
Chen Guanxiong seemed to be very passionate about meeting Lu Yuan and even took the initiative to grumble that Lu Yuan hadn’t gone to look for him.
What did this mean?
Shen Lianjie swore that he had never seen Teacher Chen Guanxiong with such a passionate look before, let alone showing so much passion to an unknown person like Lu Yuan.
(Wait a minute!)
Right now, what did Lu Yuan mean by putting on an embarrassed expression? There was even a slight hint of guilt in that expression?
F*ck!
He was such a good actor!
As for the woman beside Shen Lianjie, Liu Tingting, her mouth was wide open as there was a dumbfounded look on her face.
Ever since she came earlier, she had never focused her attention on Lu Yuan. She felt that Lu Yuan was just a side character right from the start.
After all, he dressed extremely ordinary. Although his appearance was worth a second look, he couldn’t be considered handsome like those extremely dazzling existences. Besides, there was a cigarette smell coming from him, and he didn’t seem to have any strong points at all. He simply seemed like an ordinary person.
But now…
A statement suddenly appeared in her mind.
Pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger!
Truly pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger!
“I heard that your [Für Elise] will enter the piano class curriculum in all universities and colleges?”
“Mn…right. I signed the agreement a few days ago…” Lu Yuan nodded.
“Oh, Old Zheng’s judgment is not bad. This time around, he managed to pick up a treasure. Oh, by the way, I’ve also seen your video online.”
“Ah? Video? What video?”
“The one when you played [Old Boy].”
“Eh…”
“Your voice is very good. It’s pretty thick and hoarse. But there were also flaws when you played the guitar. There were eight places in vibrato and they affected the overall audio experience.”
“I’m just playing around blindly, I sang blindly…”
“The lyrics and melody were so well-written, how can it be you playing around blindly?” Chen Guanxiong frowned. Unhappiness could be seen on his face.
“That night, I was drunk and did many ridiculous things. Actually…I’m not that good.” Lu Yuan felt a little embarrassed as he spoke with some hypocrisy.
“It’s good for young men to be humble, but being overly humble would lead to you being a hypocrite. I don’t like hypocritical people… Since you are good, just admit it. If you are bad, it means you are bad. How can there be so much nonsense?” When he saw Lu Yuan’s embarrassed attitude, the frown on Chen Guanxiong’s face deepened.
“…” Lu Yuan’s mouth was wide open. He discovered that after his aura was suppressed by this old man, he didn’t know what to say to handle him.
The atmosphere became extremely awkward.
Lu Yuan was as though he had returned to the past.
He was berated by an elder, but he couldn’t find any way to rebut.
He felt like the whole situation was being controlled.
This feeling… made him extremely unhappy.
“Okay, okay. I didn’t come here to scold you. I came here because I wanted to chat about [Old Boy].”
“To chat about that song?”
“Yes, a good song cannot be wasted. You should go and record a complete version of it.”
“Record a single. A few months ago, someone asked for my help to write a song for a movie. I didn’t have any inspiration all the way until I heard [Old Boy]. I feel that [Old Boy] is extremely suitable; hence, I recommended it for him. He was also very satisfied, but he requested me to come and see you first.” Chen Guanxiong looked at Lu Yuan as he revealed the reason for his visit.
“So you came here to act as…” Lu Yuan almost said the words ‘act as a pimp’. But all of a sudden, he felt that these words were not too elegant.
“Mn, I came here to act as a substitute for that junior to ask you for the right to the song.”
“Eh, I wonder what’s the name of that movie…?”
“Oh, [Subway Station].”
Chen Guanxiong looked at Lu Yuan with a very serious expression on his face.
“Ah? That literary film with an investment of $50 million?” Fatty Wei let out a cold gasp.
“The big-name director, Zhang Tong!” Shen Lianjie’s eyes were also wide open, his jaws dropping.
“Right!”
“…”
……
Sometimes, one mustn’t compare one man to the other.
Fatty Wei had a complicated look in his eyes. In fact, he even felt this entire society had become complicated.
His inferiority complex was growing, and Fatty Wei never felt like this even when he was before Shen Lianjie.
Shen Lianjie’s appearance, style of conversation, and posturing could suppress Fatty Wei.
Yet, all those qualities were extremely vulgar in Fatty Wei’s eyes.
However, tonight, the appearance of Lu Yuan allowed him to understand the terms ‘acting as a pig to eat a tiger’, ‘talent suppression’, and ‘highest realm of posturing’.
Posturing to act cool for no rhyme nor reason?
“Mn, how about this? If you are free this week, I will get junior Zhang to head to the recording studio to see the effect.”
“Mn…Alright then!”
“This is my number. Don’t lose it this time around!”
“Oh, definitely not, definitely not. I will save it down. I will definitely save the things an elder gives me.” Lu Yuan continued to smile in that hypocritical manner.
It was so freaking fake.
“Mn, good. I will take my leave first. Waitress, I’ll get the bill!”
“Ah, Teacher Chen, how can I let you foot the bill? Let me do it, let me do it… Earlier, I told them to put what they ordered on my tab.”
“Mn? You are acquainted with them?”
“Yes, yes…” Shen Lianjie hurriedly nodded, looking incomparably terrified. Where had all the posturing earlier gone to?
“Who are you? I don’t know you…We would never let any Tom, Dick, or Harry foot the bill for us. You are not qualified!” Fatty Wei stood out at this instant, looking down at Shen Lianjie imperiously, like a fox exploiting the tiger’s might.
He had the feeling as though he had just gotten into a position of power.
“You…” Shen Lianjie’s expression changed. His face was so flushed with anger that it turned into the color of pig liver.
Tom, Dick, or Harry?
(What do you mean!)
