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Chapter 55 Climbing to the top
Huang Ze flew back a few days ago.

"Never gonna give you up", the most magical song in this EP, successfully reached the top!

There was an uproar immediately.

Being in the top three is indeed pretty impressive, but it is not as shocking as being first!
Successfully winning the championship, even for just one week, means that the singer has a good chance of becoming a world-class singer.

Not to mention, Huang Ze is still so young.

Warner, who was negotiating with Susanna and wanted to leave Susanna out, said that the copyright issue was not negotiable and was getting a little impatient.

Especially after word spread in the circle that Huang Ze’s penalty was only $600,000!

You know, the sales of this EP are almost over one million now. I don’t know how many six hundred thousand it can earn from just this EP.

After signing with Huang Ze, even if the subsequent songs are average, with the reputation of this EP, making a fortune is something that can be imagined with eyes closed.

Small record companies may be worried about Warner, but the others are not.

It’s just a media group, isn’t it? It’s like who the hell it is?
who is afraid of who?

Warner could no longer sit still and restarted negotiations with Susanna, hoping to get the Chinese singer as soon as possible.

Not only that, with the successful winning of the single and Huang Ze's different identity, he successfully appeared on the cover of the new issue of Time magazine.

This information was quickly spread back to the country.

At 7:13, Huang Ze's family was eating and watching the news.

Suddenly, a report like this appeared in the news.

It is reported that recently, our outstanding young singer Huang Ze won the Billboard singles championship in the United States and successfully appeared on the cover of Time magazine in the United States. This means bar la bar la...

Then above is the picture of Huang Ze on the cover of Time magazine.

This photo should be from when I was attending a book signing event. At that time, I was full of sunshine, handsome and looked like Pan An...

All in all, I don’t know whether they were impressed by my own handsomeness or shocked by my own appearance, but my parents and sister all stopped eating at that moment and stared at the TV.

It was only half a minute after the report was published that they came to their senses, and then they looked at Huang Ze one after another, biting their chopsticks.

Huang Ze was so shocked by what he saw that he couldn't eat anymore.

"What are you all looking at me for? Eating?"

"Are you still my son?" Huang's father asked in surprise, biting his chopsticks.

"Mom?" Huang Ze looked at his mother.

"Look what I mean." Mom rolled her eyes, and the next second her face was full of joy and curiosity. "How did you get to the top of that list and appear in Time magazine?"

"Is this what you're going to do in the United States for the month? Great, son, bring glory to the country?"

"It's okay. I sang an English song."

"The key is which country the singer is from." Dad patted Huang Ze with satisfaction, "Do you know who were the people from our country who appeared on the cover of this weekly magazine before? You may be the first artist."

"Hey, stop flattering me. I'm not a cultural worker at all. At best, I'm just a director and a pop singer." Huang Ze shook his head, with a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

It's time to ask Director Xu to leave Shanghai Film Studio tomorrow.

If I don't say anything else, I'll just be receiving reporters at the Shanghai Film Studio every day.

As for whether to continue staying in the factory, Huang Ze had already made the decision since he tested Director Xu that day and learned that he would have to take a year off after "Good Will Hunting".

There's no way I can do this. I don't want to rest.

And the first pot of gold is very important to me.

Can't give up.

Going out and making money may bring greater help to yourself and the country that gave birth to you.

Apart from anything else, just exchanging US dollars into RMB is a considerable help.

The only choice is to leave, which is good for everyone. …

The next day.

Huang Ze rode his motorcycle to the Shanghai Film Studio. As soon as he got off the motorcycle, everyone he met would greet him, "Huang Ze, you are awesome!"

From time to time, someone would give us a thumbs-up and say, "Awesome!"

These days, there aren’t many programs for people to watch, and almost everyone who has a TV watches the News Alliance.

Especially the people in the factory, when they heard the name Huang Ze, they watched the news attentively, and then told their families and neighbors about it. It can be said that at least half of the people in the factory knew about it.

This made Huang Ze subconsciously quicken his pace and come to the door of Director Xu's office.

Director Xu hadn't arrived yet, so Huang Ze was waiting at the door.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the person showed up.

He glanced at Huang Ze, but didn't say anything. He just nodded, sighed softly, and opened the door, "Come in."

Huang Ze followed him in.

"Please sit down." Director Xu made a gesture and said straight to the point, "No need to say anything. I know what you are here for."

"Do you want to resign or take a leave of absence?"

"I hope you'll take a leave of absence. After all, if anyone knows about it, he's still an employee of Shanghai Film Studio."

"Hey……"

Director Xu sighed and patted Huang Ze on the shoulder. "You are a very capable young man, but I hope you won't be like some people who can't wait to immigrate."

"Of course, this is just my personal opinion. It's your freedom to choose what you want. I won't comment on it."

"Director Xu, you're worrying too much. I won't immigrate." Huang Ze chuckled.

These days, there are indeed many people who want to go abroad.

Some people even take the opportunity of performing abroad to directly slander that side.

But given Huang Ze’s current situation, that’s totally unnecessary!

Besides, once you get there, you will always be an outsider. It will be enough for you to just make money. Immigration is not something Huang Ze would consider.

"Yes!" Director Xu nodded. "Do your best. The better you do, the happier I will be for you."

"Thank you, Director Xu."

"Call me Uncle Xu."

"Thank you, Uncle Xu."

"Yes." Xu Shangchu smiled, "Remember, you will always be a student of our Shanghai Film Studio!"

"By the way, your Good Will Hunting has entered the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival this time. Remember to represent our Shanghai Film Studio and China Film Studio to attend the film festival, and try to leave a trophy for our studio before you leave!"

"Yeah!" Huang Ze nodded heavily.

This is exactly what Huang Ze needs.

You can’t rely on box office in China. It’s hard to survive in the circle without some awards!
……

After filling out a few forms to apply for unpaid leave today, Huang Ze stopped going to the Shanghai Film Studio and stayed at home obediently.

After meeting several groups of reporters, he finally waited for his agent Susanna and the people sent by Warner Records headquarters. James and Miller, whom he had met before, also came.

The two parties met at a law firm.

"Huang, I have discussed as much as I can. If you find anything else that you are not satisfied with, tell me and we can talk to them again."

As she spoke, Susanna took out a stack of papers and explained to Huang Ze the terms that she and Warner had agreed upon one by one.

(End of this chapter)