Translator: Lordbluefire
Editor: Lordbluefire
Lu Yuan was 24 years old this year.
This age was considered normal in big cities. In fact, it would be considered young. However, in rural areas, parents would be worried about their children when they reached this age.
Marriage, giving birth.
These issues were always big matters for the parents.
Many young people were against matchmaking. They wanted to have the freedom to choose their partners. Lu Yuan had always wanted to choose his own wife, but he wasn’t against the idea of matchmaking either.
It would be considered matchmaking when parents from both families had a deep understanding of their meeting, and both parties were alright with each other. Hence, they would go with the flow and be together for a lifetime. Even though it wouldn’t be passionate, there was no denial that they might have a happy and fulfilling life together.
“Blargh!”
Chen Guanxiong was high in spirits and very good at urging people to drink more alcohol. He urged Lu Yuan to drink one glass after another. Finally, Lu Yuan couldn’t take it any further and ran to the washroom to puke his guts out.
Although this wasn’t his limit, Lu Yuan knew he couldn’t continue to drink anymore. If he were to drink some more, he would blackout at any moment.
Blacking out was a period of alcohol-induced anesthesia. Under the influence of alcohol, one could do anything absurd but wouldn’t be blamed.
Hence, after puking, Lu Yuan decided not to drink anymore no matter what Chen Guanxiong and Zhang Tong said.
Previously, even though [Old Boy] had managed to earn some money for Lu Yuan, it also gave him a reminder.
Especially when he recalled about the absurdity of Li Qing and Fatty Wei, Lu Yuan had become more cautious.
It was a good ending this time, but what about the next time?
If he were to sing to a rubbish song next time, it would have gone against his principles.
“Little Lu ah, my granddaughter receives a good education and is the youngest female doctorate of Yan University. I feel you young people can have a chat and link up with each other, huh….”
“Old man…cough, cough, I’m just a jack of all trades. Actually, I’ve already used up all my talent…”
“Young man, don’t be humble. Honestly, when I was your age, I didn’t even know what humility was. How is it? Little Lu, can I introduce her to you another day? Oh, coincidentally, their Chinese Studies Faculty are having a Poetry Gathering next month, come and take a look…”
“Old man, I really don’t have much talent. I’d be a disgrace if I go…”
“Young man don’t be so unconfident. You need to arch your chest up and stop hiding your talent, you know?”
“I really…”
On the dinner table, Lu Yuan remained logical while looking at the intoxicated old man. Lu Yuan continued saying his practical thoughts.
Lu Yuan was just an ordinary person. In fact, he was ordinary to the bones. He knew himself very well!
Some things could be used to act cool. However, when one had literally nothing to put on the table but insisted to, he would have thrown his face away…
Hence, Lu Yuan would rather have earned a big sum of money and then retreat bravely. He didn’t want to leave losing his pride while feeling dejected after being exposed.
You could be greedy about some things but not everything.
Lu Yuan always had a good grasp of the extent of things.
However, despite Lu Yuan’s thoughts, the old man seemed to think otherwise!
As Lu Yuan spoke more practical truths, he had even brought out words like exhausting all his talent, but all the intoxicated old man could see was how humble and grounded this man was.
Perhaps it was under the influence of alcohol, but old man Chen seemed to think more highly of Lu Yuan. He seemed to be pretty compatible with his granddaughter.
The meal lasted for two hours and ended at 2 p.m..
Lu Yuan’s wobbly body left the building, and he bade goodbye to Zhang Tong. He then got into the car with the old man.
The thick-skinned fella Tang Chong had wanted to get into the old man’s car too, but under the sharp warning eyes of Zhang Tong, he finally dropped his thoughts.
“Uncle… I know my actions were not proper today, but you have to think from my perspective. I’m afraid my status at China Gold will not be firm enough, so I need to bring out more talent… I feel that this Lu Yuan certainly has potential, and I’m willing to spend some effort…”
“You? Haha.” Zhang Tong shook his head. “I know what you’re thinking, but you’re not at that level yet.”
“Uncle, what do you mean?”
“Even though Lu Yuan is still considered nameless now, I’m afraid his achievements in the future will not be simple. Moreover, can’t you see how he has been rejecting you? You must remember that talented people are usually prideful. He’s able to compose songs like [Invisible Wings], [Old Child] and [Für Elise] in such a short time. You will never be able to sign someone like him.”
“[Invisible Wings], could this Barbarian Lu be…” Tang Chong was stunned. His gaze suddenly became even more passionate now.
“Don’t spout nonsense! We have signed a non-disclosure agreement!”
“Oh oh oh, I understand, I understand!” Tang Chong couldn’t stop nodding his head. He was too agitated.
“F**k, A’Yuan, you finished so quickly?”
“Of course, it’s just a song! What’s there to be surprised about? It’s not like I was building an aircraft carrier.”
“F**k, I heard that Zhang Tong has high expectations for movie soundtracks, seems like it’s all fake.”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“Nothing, have you started to chat about other things?” Fatty Wei saw Lu Yuan’s intoxicated gaze and subconsciously changed the topic by force.
“Nothing much, but an agent from China Gold wanted to sign me on an S-grade contract… I…”
“F**k, A’Yuan, is this real or fake, S-grade? That’s a contract for grooming future potential celebrities… Have you signed it?” Fatty Wei opened his eyes wide and shuddered. Even the cigarette on his hand had fallen to the ground.
“No… As you know, I’m a director. I’m not interested in singing, so I rejected it…” Lu Yuan shook his head and lay on his bed after looking at the sunset.
“What? You rejected it?” Fatty Wei gasped.
“Yes, I rejected it.”
“Is your brain spoilt? Do you know what it means to be signed on an S-grade contract? It means your path as a celebrity would be unimpeded. You would be so busy receiving program invitations that you had no time for other things!”
“Not interested…”
“Fine, it’s good that you’re not interested! Once our movie is screened, I’m afraid we would be acknowledged in the entertainment business. At that time, we would be so busy receiving awards, even Shen Lianjie, this fella, would be kneeling down and calling us Dad!” Fatty Wei was a petty man. He had not forgotten how he had dealt with Shen Lianjie previously and was focusing all his energy on driving Sheng Lianjie to his tears. As a typical nasty person, he had been talking bad about Shen Lianjie behind his back countless times.
“Yeah…” Lu Yuan nodded as a casual acknowledgment.
Honestly, his interests in receiving awards and putting on a posture had decreased a lot.
After counting the days, it was not long until the end of the movie’s production. From the total investments, he had managed to save two hundred thousand dollars. By adding the money accumulated from selling his songs, he had now earned around five hundred thousand dollars in cash.
Five hundred thousand…
(Yes, I could be considered a young talent after returning to my hometown.)
(I should listen to my family’s advice and go for the matchmaking session. If she was suitable, I could continue discussing…)
(After the matchmaking, I could start to plan the project of opening my own shop.)
Some people might have had a vigorous rebirth, but Lu Yuan felt he was just an ordinary commoner. Even though he had embarrassed many big shots who were rebirthed, he really did not have the ability nor talent to have a retentive memory right after being rebirthed.
Hence, he felt that his current plan was not wrong.
“What about the old man? What did he talk to you about? I saw he was very fond of you.”
“Nothing much either. He was enthusiastically selling his granddaughter to me all the time.”
“F**k!” After hearing this, Fatty Wei was more shocked. “Bro, you’re f**cking flying to the skies, huh!? You’re f**king having the template of life’s peak moments…”
“What template, he was rejected by me.” Lu Yuan shook his head.
“F**k… You, are you crazy?”
“No…”
“…”
Fatty Wei kept silent. He wasn’t sure of what to say at this moment.
“Oh yes, I won’t be in the production crew these two days. I’ve to leave for a while.”
“To do what?”
“Matchmaking session. My family is introducing a girl to me, so I’m going to take a look.”
“What?” After hearing this, Fatty Wei scalded his mouth with his newly lit cigarette.
(What operation is going on? He rejected old man Chen Guanxiong’s granddaughter to matchmake with a girl introduced by his family?)
Fatty Wei didn’t seem to understand.
He shook his head after that.
“Wait, A’Yuan, is the girl introduced by your family so beautiful that she could cause the downfall of a city? The kind of exceptionally beautiful woman as described in novels?”
“Hu, hu…”
“A’Yuan?”
“Hu”
“A’Yuan?”
Hearing Lu Yuan’s faint snoring sounds, Fatty Wei felt that this was the only possible explanation.
Otherwise, there was no way to explain why Lu Yuan would give up on Chen Guanxiong’s granddaughter who was both good-looking and talented.
Fatty Wei had suddenly developed a great interest in Lu Yuan’s matchmaking partner…