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Chapter 31: Unable to Reject (Please Read)

The next day.

Because the leave he needed was too long, at least a month, it would be bad if he didn't tell Director Xu, so Huang Ze came to Xu Shangchu's office.

"Dong dong dong."

"Come in." Director Xu seemed to be looking at something. After he looked up and saw that it was Huang Ze, he continued to look down and asked casually, "What's the matter?"

"I want to take a leave."

"Please ask for leave." Xu Shangchu laughed, "Do you need to ask me for leave? In this factory, where should I go to ask for leave? Who should I ask for leave? You can't find it even if you close your eyes."

"Maybe it will take a little longer."

"A week?"

"Two months."

"I..." Xu Shangchu couldn't bear it any longer, and looked up at Huang Ze in surprise, "How much? Two months? Are you asking for leave, or resigning?"

"Of course I'm asking for leave!" Huang Ze said with a smile, "Director Xu, you know me well. I have feelings for our Shanghai Film Studio."

"So, what are you going to do with your leave?"

"A record company in Hong Kong has signed me, and I'm going to produce a new album." Huang Ze told the truth first, and then he said the prepared words.

"Of course, the most important thing is that I want to penetrate the enemy and critically examine what the capitalist world is like, so that I can know myself and the enemy and fight every battle with no danger of defeat."

"In addition, I want to earn foreign exchange through my songs. Right now, we are short of foreign exchange for economic development. I earn Hong Kong dollars and convert most of them into our own money. Isn't this also supporting modernization?"

"you……"

Xu Shangchu originally didn't want to approve this leave, but when he heard Huang Ze say that he could earn foreign exchange and convert the foreign exchange into domestic money to spend, he also said something about supporting construction.

He couldn't refuse.

It seemed as if he was sabotaging modernization by refusing Huang Ze's request for leave.

"I really can't do anything about you!" Xu Shangchu smiled bitterly and pointed with his index finger, "I agree, but I advise you to come back before August 10th. By then, you have to plan to go to Venice. Don't miss it."

"Also, you don't have to answer. Let me ask you a question. How many Hong Kong dollars do you think you can get?"

"The signing fee is 50,000, and the rest depends on how much the album sells. But I think, with the quality of my songs, it shouldn't be a problem to make a few hundred thousand a year, right?"

"Okay!" Hearing this number, Xu Shangchu felt relieved and said earnestly, "Then remember what you said, most of it must be brought back to China for exchange."

"The country is really short of foreign exchange, even Hong Kong dollars."

"necessary!"

Huang Ze nodded and agreed.

Doing this would not only allow Director Xu to agree to my request for leave, but would also be beneficial to myself.

As for the future, we’ll talk about it later.

Anyway, the advantages of doing this now are definitely greater than the disadvantages.

……

I successfully applied for leave, and asked my parents to help me find friends to verify those so-called Warner Records people, and by the way, I also got documents to travel to Hong Kong Island.

Ten days later, Huang Ze and the people from Warner Records boarded a plane. After a long flight, the plane finally landed at Kai Tak Airport.

After getting off the plane, Huang Ze couldn't help but look around.

"How is it? Aze, is it prosperous?" Chen Xing, the middle-aged man who brought Huang Ze here, felt a little proud and asked tentatively.

“It’s prosperous, but it’s a little too cramped.”

The current Kai Tak Airport is almost in the city, and you can see the high-rise buildings next to it at a glance.

In the eyes of Huang Ze, who came back from the future, there was really nothing prosperous.

"what……"

"Hahaha." Chen Xing didn't know Huang Ze thought so, and smiled awkwardly, "Land is expensive, every inch of land is worth money, and a site as big as the airport is not small."

"Okay, let's go, follow me closely, let's go to the company first!"

After entering Warner Hong Kong Island Branch, Huang Ze was directly led to the office of General Manager Wu Zhengyuan.

“Can you speak Cantonese?”

"I can speak a little bit, but not very well."

"Uh." Wu Zhengyuan had originally been thinking about whether she could get Huang Ze to develop into singing Cantonese songs, but after hearing this Cantonese voice, she gave up the idea.

It's okay for chatting, but with this accent, it would be fatal if he were to sing. It would kill the audience!

It’s better to sing Mandarin songs. There are still many fans of Mandarin songs in Hong Kong Island.

It can even be said that if it weren't for the Xu brothers, most of the songs on the market would be in Mandarin.

"But I'm good at English!" Huang Ze noticed her thoughts and began to recommend himself in English, "I have a few ideas for English songs in my head. After making the Mandarin album, I'll make an EP to test the waters?"

"Forehead?"

"Your accent is quite standard!" Wu Zhengyuan looked at Huang Ze and said, "First, finish your new album, and then you can make an English song. The company needs to check the quality first."

"If possible, I can promise you to make an EP first." "Okay!"

After meeting Wu Zhengyuan, Huang Ze started to participate in recording songs every day.

Fortunately, the lyrics, composition and arrangement were already agreed upon when the contract was signed, so I have the final say and I don't feel any discrimination for the time being.

In addition, I had already worked on these songs once, so I had some ideas in mind and everything went smoothly.

It took a month to produce this Mandarin album containing ten songs by Huang Ze.

On the day the album was completed, Huang Ze found Wu Zhengyuan with a song he had written with English lyrics.

"Mr. Wu, do you remember the English song I mentioned earlier? How about I sing it a cappella if you look at the lyrics and music?"

"just sing."

Wu Zhengyuan didn't take it seriously and didn't even read the lyrics and music.

There are more and more singers making English songs, and she knows what those people are thinking. They are not just for the Hong Kong market, but more want to rush to the whole world, at least to counterattack England and the United States, but to be honest, few of them can make it.

Huang Ze was the person she designated to sign, so it was not good to dampen his confidence, otherwise, he might not even be given the chance to sing.

"Uh, okay."

Huang Ze recalled how he felt when practicing the new English song these days, and started playing it on the guitar.

“Oceans apart day after day.”

“And I slowly go insane.”

"I hear your voice on the line..."

As soon as the three sentences came out, Wu Zhengyuan frowned and picked up the lyrics and started reading.

While reading the lyrics, he squinted his eyes, as if he was enjoying something.

After listening to it, he said, "Sing it again."

Got it!
The boss is the boss, sing again as you like.

Huang Ze tried to find the feeling again and sang it again.

"Is this song called "Right Here Waiting"? " Wu Zhengyuan asked, looking at the top line of words on the lyrics and music score.

"Yes, if it's called Chinese, I'd like to call it "This Love Can Wait"."

"Can this love wait?" Wu Zhengyuan lowered his head and smiled, "What a wonderful love wait, Huang Ze, you gave me a surprise! This English song is very well written, very and extremely good!"

"Thank you Mr. Wu for the compliment."

Huang Ze smiled and nodded.

Of course it’s good. I thought about it for a long time and chose it.

In my previous life, this song was one of the most popular English songs that year when it came out.

"I agreed to your proposal to make an English EP." Wu Zhengyuan's eyes were full of admiration. "You need a few days to write the other two songs. Once you finish, we will start producing your English EP."

"But I also have a request. The quality of those two songs cannot be too low. They must at least be 80% of the quality of "This Love Can Wait", right?"

"If you can produce three songs of this quality and they sell well in Hong Kong Island, I can recommend you to the New York head office and let you try to enter the European and American markets." Wu Zhengyuan knew Huang Ze's thoughts and directly made a big promise according to Huang Ze's thoughts.

"I'll do my best, it should be fine!"

"Give me some time, how many days will it take to be done?"

"Two days."

"Two days?" Wu Zhengyuan was a little surprised. Wasn't the time too short?
"One day, one day to finish the other two songs! Mr. Wu, just wait and see."

"Uh..." Wu Zhengyuan didn't know whether he should explain it or not. Huang Ze obviously misunderstood his intention. Well, a day is not long. He will just wait and see.

Once this thought came to his mind, Wu Zhengyuan stopped explaining and nodded, "Then go ahead and do it."

"Yes!"

After returning to the residence arranged by the company, Huang Ze closed his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes.

Sharingan! Activate!

"Love will keep Us alive", Huang Ze quickly wrote on the paper this classic love song which was released by the Eagles band after they reunited in 1994.

After writing down the name, when it came to the last spot, Huang Ze hesitated.

The second song sounds very similar in style to "This Love Can Wait".

With this style, will it be difficult to promote it if it is not well-known?
Then how can I earn foreign exchange? How can I earn US dollars?

More importantly, if I missed this opportunity, Wu Zhengyuan might not support me in making English songs.

No, no, the last song has to be a little more sexy.

It's that kind of magical joy, you can have fun along with it just by listening to the melody.

This type of product is very popular both in China and abroad.

After a moment's thought, Huang Ze wrote down the title of the third song, "Never Gonna Give You Up".

(End of this chapter)