75: Chapter 75 Strawberry Music Festival

The meal was finished in a happy atmosphere.

Cai Guoqiang had come to terms with things; he was getting old and wouldn't make a fuss anymore, content to wait for retirement.

He had originally worried that after Chen Shaoping learned about his situation, he would overthink things and it would affect his future performance.

He wanted to resolve the other party's knot in advance.

However, seeing Chen Shaoping's reaction when he heard about it, he knew he had overthought it.

Chen Shaoping would not let such a small matter affect his state.

The night passed uneventfully, and Chen Shaoping went to bed early.

The first thing he did after waking up the next day was to check the refreshed intelligence.

[Today's Intelligence 1 (★★): The 'Huoku Combination' (Hua Lin, Zheng Yi) appeared at the Strawberry Music Festival today at 2:44. After a lukewarm fan response, they began to consider disbanding and pursuing individual careers.

Hua Lin's phone: 177, Zheng Yi's phone: 138.]

[Today's Intelligence 2 (★★): Yang Mingyi, a worker responsible for building the Strawberry Music Festival's secondary stage, has been severely sleep-deprived recently due to criticism from his boss and his 8-month-old child being sick and needing care.

When erecting the 2nd, 6th, and 11th steel columns of the secondary stage, he negligently failed to properly secure 8 connecting bolt buckles.

If not adjusted in time, 54 minutes after the Strawberry Music Festival begins, the stage will start to tilt, causing panic among the crowd. Yang Mingyi's phone: 157]

Chen Shaoping's eyes lit up. Today's intelligence was focused on the music festival, so it seemed he wouldn't need to run all over the place.

He was going to the Strawberry Music Festival anyway.

Chen Shaoping and Zhang Ying arrived at the company, where many people were waiting for them.

"Sister Qian, why is everyone gathered here? What's going on?" Chen Shaoping asked with a smile.

Li Qian replied, "When they heard you notified the Fei Er Combination and Wang Xinning to gather at the company, everyone wanted to know what was happening."

Wang Bo, on the other hand, looked calm and composed. He had already guessed what Chen Shaoping was going to do.

But he hadn't told anyone else, wanting to keep them in suspense a bit longer.

Chen Shaoping's gaze swept over the Fei Er Combination and Wang Xinning. "How are your songs coming along?"

His cousin, Wang Xinning, immediately stood up, walked to the center of the crowd, and began to sing a cappella.

She also incorporated the dance moves she had learned over the past two days.

Playful and cute!

After humming a few lines, she suddenly turned to look at Chen Shaoping, her eyes blinking.

"How is it, CEO Chen?"

Chen Shaoping thought it was very good, completely meeting his expectations.

After praising Wang Xinning, he turned his gaze to the Fei Er Combination.

Zhan Tingting was already a powerful singer; how could she stand such provocation?

She also performed a segment a cappella, and after finishing, she also looked at Chen Shaoping.

Chen Shaoping chuckled. "Not bad, not bad. It shows you've really put in the effort these past two days."

"Then let's go. Today, we'll use these two songs to rock the stage at this music festival."

Wang Xinning jumped up happily. "Is it the Strawberry Music Festival? How did you get the spot?"

"Even if you hadn't called us today, we were planning to go to the music festival anyway."

Li Qian chided, "Da Ping, why didn't you say earlier that you had a spot? We could have prepared more thoroughly."

"Sister Qian, the spot isn't my credit; it was your Wang Bo who worked hard to get it," Chen Shaoping said with a grin, pointing at Wang Bo.

Wang Bo was quite happy, but his expression immediately changed when he heard Chen Shaoping's words, and he quickly explained.

"Darling, although I got the spot, he arranged everything else."

"That day he took me out alone."

"Then why did you keep it from me?"

"I forgot."

Finally, amidst Wang Bo's scream, everyone dispersed, rushing to the Yangcheng University Town Sports Center.

Tongxing Entertainment Company took a day off especially.

Those who wanted to go to the music festival went together; those who didn't could go home and sleep.

Zhang Ying, Wang Xinning, Zhou Bule, and Wu Xiaoli were in Chen Shaoping's car.

Wang Xinning was like a little sprite, chattering non-stop.

Wu Xiaoli was not yet very familiar with everyone, so she was a bit reserved and didn't speak much.

When Chen Shaoping and the others arrived at the Yangcheng University Town Sports Center, it was only one in the afternoon.

There were still several hours until the warm-up started at four and the official opening at six.

But quite a few people had already arrived.

Chen Shaoping looked carefully; the stage construction was complete, and many staff members were already setting up lights and instruments.

Li Qian and Wang Bo and the others also arrived.

"Sister Qian, you and Wang Bo go report with them. Don't be late, or the show might not be scheduled."

"Okay."

Wang Bo's heart pounded. The Yangcheng Culture and Tourism Center, as the organizer, would definitely be on-site.

Director Hao, who was in charge of registration, he didn't know if she had arrived.

He was really afraid of meeting her.

And with Li Qian there too, his heart was even more flustered.

"Da Ping, where are you going?"

Wang Bo asked, wanting to go with Chen Shaoping, which would greatly increase his chances of avoiding Director Hao.

"I have something to do; one person is enough."

"You should go with them. If any problems arise later, it will be easier to handle if you're there."

"It's easier to get things done when you have connections."

After separating from the others, Chen Shaoping began searching the Sports Center.

After forty minutes of searching, he still hadn't found the person he was looking for.

If Yang Mingyi was still at the Sports Center, Chen Shaoping, though he didn't know him personally, should have been able to recognize him.

Seeing the time getting closer, Chen Shaoping could only call Yang Mingyi, hoping he would believe what he said.

"Hello! Hello, may I ask what you need?" A tired voice came from the other end of the line.

To make his words more credible, Chen Shaoping spoke loudly and with a harsh tone.

"Yang Mingyi, where the hell did you go?"

"You were told to build the stage, and this is how you build it? Several connecting bolt buckles aren't properly installed. Can you take responsibility if something happens?"

Yang Mingyi instantly sobered up, frantically scrambling out of the corner he had found near the restroom, his face anxious.

After setting up the stage, he didn't want to go home early; he just wanted to find a quiet place to get some sleep.

"Leader, I'm still at the Sports Center. I'll go check immediately, and if there's a problem, I'll fix it right away."

Chen Shaoping also breathed a sigh of relief. If Yang Mingyi hadn't answered his call or hadn't believed him after answering.

Then he would have had to contact the organizers.

But if that happened, Yang Mingyi would definitely lose his job.

"Then why aren't you hurrying to the stage? Staff will point out the specific problems for you to see."

Yang Mingyi thanked him profusely over the phone, saying he would run to the stage.

Soon after, Chen Shaoping indeed saw a strong man wearing a hard hat and with sun-darkened skin running over.

He hooked his finger arrogantly, pretending to be a leader, his eyes filled with authority.

"Come here, come here. You're Yang Mingyi, right?"

"Yes, yes, leader, that's me." He quickly replied, full of lingering fear.

"This is your work? I really want to hit you."

Chen Shaoping was just trying to scare him; if the two really confronted each other, Chen Shaoping would definitely be the one to suffer.

Yang Mingyi looked in the direction Chen Shaoping was pointing.

It was indeed the second steel column that he had neglected due to drowsiness, with a connecting bolt buckle hanging in mid-air, not properly in place.

He immediately turned pale with fright.