297: Chapter 297 Snap

Ruan Xingyu leaned back on the sofa.

"Still haven't eaten..."

"5 minutes, I only need 5 minutes."

"Who would believe that..."

"15 minutes at most!"

"Hmph."

He said 15 minutes, and it was 15 minutes.

However, Ruan Xingyu expressed that she was very satisfied.

"Please stick to this timing in the future, thank you."

"That's not what you said before."

"...What did I say before?"

"I don't remember, maybe you were too busy shouting 'brother' and 'hubby'." Before he finished speaking, he was poked hard in the butt by Ruan Xingyu's finger. "Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!"

"Giving you a shot, let's see if you dare to talk about me again."

"It seems 15 minutes really isn't enough, otherwise you wouldn't have the spare time for these little moves."

Ruan Xingyu saw he was still being stubborn, so she made a scissors gesture with her hand: "Click!"

"I was wrong, I was wrong, sister, I was wrong!"

Although she was just gesturing with her hand, his imagination was too rich.

How could you, Ruan Xingyu? This is your happiness for the rest of your life, are you really not going to cherish it?

Lin Chuyan got up to clean up the battlefield, changed his clothes, and then ran to the door to bring in the takeout.

Actually, the delivery person called him when the takeout arrived, but he was too busy to answer the phone at that time, so he could only silently apologize in his heart. Only then did he have time to pick up his phone to tip the rider.

While eating hotpot, he couldn't help but chat with his girlfriend about yesterday's "dreamer".

"Did Teacher Zeng Jie look for you?"

"Hmm..." Ruan Xingyu smiled while swishing tripe in the pot. "He was praising you like crazy in front of me."

"Hahaha, I can tell he likes me quite a bit."

Ruan Xingyu picked up the tripe and started eating, directly hinting to him: "If you are willing, you can get closer to him. His connections are really broad; it's not just as simple as appearing on shows."

"Understood. Brother Yue told me the same thing."

"What did he say?"

"He said that although I don't lack roles to film right now, I lack national recognition. There's no way around that for now, but Teacher Zeng Jie is in a different circle than me, so maybe there's a chance he can help me."

"Brother Yue is right." Ruan Xingyu's expression was strange, recalling unpleasant memories, "Just like the Spring Festival Gala, although the rehearsals were miserable, it really allowed the entire nation's audience to see me."

"Hmm... Speaking of which, are you not doing the local TV Spring Festival Galas this year?"

"There are many invitations, but I've been singing for a whole year this year, so I want to rest properly at home."

"That's good too. I have many invitations for galas as well, but I've been busy all year, so I want to rest properly..."

Ruan Xingyu's expression suddenly turned sad: "Are we going to spend the New Year apart again?"

"It seems so."

Lin Chuyan couldn't stand it anymore.

He must speed things up before the year ends and let his girlfriend meet his parents first.

Lin Chuyan started spending his days in the recording studio again.

After opening the treasure chest, his "Singing Ability" was directly bumped up to 401 points. The remaining 8 points weren't even enough to add 1 more point to "Singing Ability" at this level.

Zheng Hai was gratified by his state and the improvement in his Singing Ability, and had more confidence in the new album being released on time.

Ruan Xingyu came to see him at Tianxing every day, and they would have a meal while she was at it. The three meals a day were four things that had to be done together every day.

After the two went public, they held hands openly at the company. They weren't overly clingy, but the company staff had seen enough.

Pleasing to the eye, too pleasing to the eye; these were a match made in heaven. It must be said that good-looking people are naturally easier to win people's favor. Not to mention anything else, just looking at them made everyone's mood at work much better.

However, Ruan Xingyu had other things to be busy with. Their charity foundation had already hired people to manage it, and the first sum of money had to be spent, so she naturally had to keep an eye on it.

The team found a mountainous area in the country and contacted the local government, preparing to join forces with the government to build a Hope Primary School for the children there and build some basic living facilities in the village.

The local government was naturally more than willing to see someone willing to pay attention to them, so the matter was settled just like that.

After taking this first step, the two decided to observe the results first. If everything ran well, they could take a few more steps later and blossom in more places.

Besides doing charity, the two also went to Li Mujian's house together. Lin Chuyan brought her to meet the teacher and senior brother who were most important to him.

Lin Chuyan originally wanted to go to his teacher's house on the first day he returned to Beijing.

It was just that Li Mujian explicitly told him not to rush, to let him focus on his work, and to bring his girlfriend over after Ruan Xingyu returned.

So the matter was delayed like this.

After Zhang Wentang returned as well, they found an evening, and a few people gathered at the teacher's house for a casual meal.

It really was just a casual meal. The cooking was done by the teacher's wife Zhou Xiaomei and Lin Chuyan, while the other three chatted in the living room.

Lin Chuyan wasn't too at ease, peeking out from the kitchen from time to time, and then he realized he was overthinking it. His girlfriend wasn't nervous at all. Laughter came from the living room from time to time; the atmosphere was much better than when the three of them—the teacher and his disciples—chatted together...

Thinking about it, it made sense. Although Ruan Xingyu was in the Singer circle and didn't have much intersection with actors like Li Mujian and Zhang Wentang who focused on acting and rarely did commercial activities, they were all insiders after all. Plus, Zhang Wentang and she were both talkative, and with his connection here, it was understandable that they could get along well.

After dinner, when leaving at night, Li Mujian even started telling him to listen to Ruan Xingyu well... I don't know what kind of soul soup his girlfriend poured into them?

Zhang Wentang hit the nail on the head: "Your girlfriend is more mature and steady than you. After starting a family in the future, it's definitely right to listen to her on big and small matters at home. You kid, don't be ungrateful for your blessings. You have a marriage partner who doesn't worry you, doesn't cause trouble for you, is of matching family status, and can even help you; you should just be secretly happy."

Lin Chuyan nodded repeatedly: "Understood, Senior Brother. 'A woman three years older is like holding a gold brick.' Don't worry, I'm already meeting her parents."

On the way home, Wu Yue's call came in.

"Xiao Yan, two things. Tencent Music, as expected, couldn't sit still anymore and wants to talk to us about the copyright for the second album."

"What do you think, Brother Yue?"

"My thought is the old way: no cooperation, but we can use this to pressure NetEase Cloud Music on the revenue share. Don't forget, this album of ours is going to make money, and NetEase Cloud Music is going to take a cut from it. Exclusivity has its own way of distribution."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

"Also, it's settled with Tianxing. The digital album revenue split is still 80/20, unchanged. Physical was 20/80 before, now negotiated to 30/70. Asked for a bit more, but it's about right. Tianxing is responsible for production, promotion, and distribution, so it's no problem for them to take a bit more."

Lin Chuyan glanced at his girlfriend, who nodded on the side.

"Okay, Xingxing thinks it's very reasonable too."

"... Good kid, you have an inside source." Wu Yue continued, "As for the album pricing, we discussed it. Digital album 28, physical album 168. What do you think?"

"I think it's OK, as long as it doesn't exceed 30."

"Alright, then it's settled."