14 years time difference

Chapter 54 13-4

Chen Jia lowered her head and shook off the colored paper caught in the folds of her cuffs. It was just dropped when she sang the theme song together on the stage. The host's home final was more grand than any previous one. Amidst the cheers of the audience, the highest number of audience votes since the program started was released, and the Dusi people were crowned in the confetti scattered all over the sky.Compared with the one in Guangzhou, the audience in the audience is much larger, and there are even more staff members. Behind the stage and behind the stage, there are running figures everywhere.

At the end of the recording, when she came out of the studio, she was stopped halfway by the entertainment reporters who came to watch the recording. She had nothing to say, and she had to bow her head and flick the colored paper.It wasn't her who won the championship.She said with a good temper: "The contestants in the Jincheng singing area should come out soon..."

The reporters fired at her repeatedly and did not listen to her persuasion.

"How do you think the performance of the players tonight? Is the result as you expected?"

"Chen Jia, can you comment on Du Siren?"

"Tonight, the number of votes from Dusi people broke your record for the highest number of votes. What do you think? Do you feel any pressure?"

It was recorded until late at night, she felt a little sleepy, her brain was sluggish, and she replied without thinking: "I don't have any opinions."

"Then you are still very confident in your status as the King of Popularity?"

There are too many people around the studio, and the air is stuffy.

"—Sorry everyone." A voice squeezed into the crowd.

Li Miaomiao raised her hand to avoid several reporters and walked to Chen Jia's side.

"It's getting late today, the contestants have to go back to rest, please borrow it. Wait a moment, everyone, the top three in Jincheng will come over for an interview soon." She stood between the reporters and Chen Jia, and pushed Chen Jia out of the crowd.

The reporters teased behind him: "Just chatting—"

She accompanied her all the way, and the two left through the side door of the TV station. The hotel where the contestants stayed was already very close to the TV station, so no car was sent to pick them up.

Walking into the summer night breeze, Chen Jia let out a long breath, and Li Miaomiao laughed at her: "Why? I'm not used to it?"

"No, I just think they are weird, and I didn't participate in tonight's game, why are you chasing me?"

"Being a public figure is like this. The public will have expectations and imaginations for you. Your words and deeds, and your views on everything must be verified at any time to see if they meet their expectations."

"What if it doesn't match?"

"Then they will abandon you. Maybe they will not only abandon you, but before they leave, they will kick you like a puppy."

As he spoke, Li Miaomiao raised his foot as a gesture.Chen Jia jumped away cooperatively.

They turned into the alley, and heard noise coming from the direction of the front entrance of the TV station. The audience who came to watch the recording had not yet dispersed, gathered at the entrance of the building, shouting the players' names loudly.

This sound wave that lifts people up high will turn into a frenzy that drowns the same person into the deep sea at some point.

At the next corner, they will walk out of the alley and reach the side entrance of the hotel.Li Miaomiao stopped in her tracks and asked, "Hey, do you want to have supper?"

There were two dark circles clearly hanging on her face, but her expression was shining as usual.

"What supper?"

"You have been in Jincheng for so long, what have you been eating?"

"Uh... Donburi in the hotel restaurant?"

Chen Jia doesn't have much interest in eating and drinking. Most of the time, she would rather stay in the room and listen to music by herself.

Li Miaomiao would pretend to be kind-hearted: "How about this, while you are not well-known yet, my sister will take you to eat our most famous supper here, and finally experience the life of ordinary people. Come here."

She instructs her to stand near a street lamp with a bright line of sight.

Chen Jia complied without knowing why, and corrected slowly: "We are the same age."

Li Miaomiao checked her dress and makeup carefully, and took off the cuffs that were messed up by her and folded them again.

"Ordinary people, do you have to be so particular about it?"

She stood stiffly, feeling awkward, as if she was a rich young master in the old days, and even had a little maid to help her dress. She raised her hand and wanted to do it herself, but Li Miaomiao slapped her hand away and scolded her: "No move."

Chen Jia had no choice but to stand obediently and let others touch her hands. She even carefully arranged and adjusted the positions of the complicated thin chain accessories on her trousers. licked her ass.Chen Jia blushed, subconsciously moved forward to hide the hand behind her, and nibbled on Li Miaomiao's forehead with her nose, the pain almost shed tears.

What a hard head.

Li Miaomiao pulled out the chain that was half stuffed in the waistband of her trousers behind her back.

"What are you doing? Wear some pants and messy clothes, your assistant will definitely annoy you in the future. Go!"

With a wave of her hand, she turned around gracefully, Chen Jia had no choice but to cover her sore nose and followed her closely.

She took a taxi and took her to a pedestrian street not far away, and then turned around and found a restaurant in an alley. Throughout the alley until the corner, the tables and tables are surrounded by a nine-square-grid cauldron billowing white smoke.

Half of the signboard is broken, and only one word will be illuminated: "string".

The eldest sister of the waiter passed by them and raised her voice for fear that they would not hear her: "There is no place! Wait a moment."

Li Miaomiao looked around and thought about it.

She asked Chen Jia, "Do you want to meet a great director?"

"what?"

She makes a call.

It seems that he is very familiar with the person at the other end: "Hello? Old scalper. Have you come back from Beijing? What are you doing? Then come out to eat supper with me, and I will introduce you to a superstar of tomorrow. What's the time difference? You are from Beijing, not Hollywood. I don’t care, I’m at Chuan Chuan Xiang near your store, if you come to me, you have to come, I’ll give you 10 minutes.”

Ten minutes later, a young man and woman appeared at the entrance of the alley.The man is thin, stepping on flip flops, dragging every step.The woman walking beside him was very pretty. Chen Jia squinted her eyes and saw her face clearly. She remembered her, the girl who gave her a bouquet of roses the day she arrived in Jincheng.

"Let me introduce, this is Chen Jia, the new generation of little queens in the music scene that we are about to promote."

The waitress spread plastic film on the newly erected simple wooden table.Director Li was acquainted with the owner of the store, and after several greetings, they were able to sit down.

Lin Zhique was picked up by Director Li from the store because of the sake of the wine. Unexpectedly, Chen Jia was also there. It seemed that he had just come from the final recording scene, with his makeup still on and his hair in locks of.

It appears the recording is over.Dusi people did not call.More than half of the students in her class went to the scene, presumably she was surrounded by the heat wave of celebration.

Li Miaomiao continued to introduce: "This is my brother, Li Benben."

Lin Zhique: "Ben...Which one is Ben?"

Li Miaomiao ignored Director Li's disheveled face: "Three cows, I am Sanshui Miao, and he is San Niuben."

Lin Zhique: ...I see.

Director Li glared at her, and was a little coquettish: "Why? You can laugh if you want!"

"How can I laugh? It's good. I fly in the sky, and you plow on the ground. We are not human, so it is convenient for communication."

"Yes, I am a domestic animal, and you are Jiaqiao."

She complained to him: "Jiaqiao is a sparrow, you can't tell the difference between a magpie and a sparrow?"

Li Miaomiao had met her a few times, and during their bickering, he introduced to Chen Jia, "This is Zhique."

Chen Jia nodded, "We met before, Miss Bird."

She remembered her.

Burning utensils and pots were put on the table one after another, and cold beer was poured into wide-mouth beer mugs. While throwing a handful of beef skewers into the pot, Director Li gossiped: "How is the game tonight? Who is the champion? Not from our Dusi people?"

Li Miaomiao replied: "You are so close, you know her very well?"

"I watched her grow up, okay? Didn't all her musical accomplishments come from me? For four years in college, she listened to it for free in my store every day. What about the second and third? Who are they? What number did Lu Shan take?" ?”

What number did Lu Shan take?Lin Zhique put down the beer glass from his mouth.She completely forgot to pay attention to this matter, but thinking about it, Lu Shan should not be the top three, otherwise she would not have had the slightest impression of her when they first met.

Li Miaomiao anxiously went to pick the skewers in the pot, and replied, "I have no comment at the moment. The program will be broadcast the day after tomorrow. Please stay tuned."

Chen Jia was at Li Miaomiao's side, and secretly extended three fingers to them.

No.3.

Li Dao understood.Lin Zhique fell into thinking instead.

It may also be that time has passed so long that Lu Shan was forgotten.

There were four people at a table, except for Chen Jia, they were all alcoholics. Lin Zhique thought the food was too spicy, so he drank like crazy.The atmosphere at the table was harmonious, Li Miaomiao had a lively personality, Chen Jia was shy and kept few words, blushing with hotness while laughing while listening to the three of them rambling and talking incoherently.

After drinking until one o'clock in the morning, Li Miaomiao staggered and leaned on her brother or Chen Jia in turn. Chen Jia lowered his head and asked her with a gentle smile, "Sleepy?"

In the early years of Chen Jia's debut, there were rumors among senior fans that she was having an affair with a young female manager, and it seemed that it was not groundless.Lin Zhique watched with gusto, gossip was better than peanuts.

Li Miaomiao's cell phone buzzed, shaking the broken wooden table, which was already unstable.

She was drunk and pressed the hands-free button.

"Hello? Sanshui, where are you?"

Li Miaomiao bounced her body that was soft like mud: "Sister He."

The other end raised the volume: "Where is Chen Jia?"

"...Chen Jia is with me."

"Are you crazy? Don't worry about so many contestants, do you? Take her to run alone? Do you know what the scene is like tonight? Du Si was blocked by the audience and reporters for an hour, and the others I didn’t go back to the hotel either, and there are still a few that I can’t get in touch with. Xiao Zhang from the program team called me like crazy, you go back to the company to find me now, and send Chen Jia back to the hotel as soon as possible.”

The person on the other side didn't even say goodbye, and hung up the phone directly. Li Miaomiao was so frightened that she instantly sobered up a lot.

The supper was over, Director Li paid the bill and went back to their homes.Li Miaomiao grabbed Chen Jia like a chicken, and the three of them went to take a taxi together, while Lin Zhique walked back to the video store alone.

The smell of wine, the smell of butter from the hot pot, lingered on her body, fermented by the summer night, steamed a thin sweat, and dissipated when the evening wind blew.

After walking for a while, the street became empty after being a little further away from the place where nightclubs gathered, and other shops had turned off their lights and opened their doors.

There was a tall and tall figure standing in front of the video store.

Within tens of meters, the only figure.

It's the champion who was crowned tonight.

She thought she would only call to announce the good news.

The Dusi people waved to her.

She went closer.Du Siren's makeup was a bit heavy, and she secretly disliked it. The makeup artist of the program group was not as skilled as her.

"What are you doing here? Is the recording over?"

"It's over. Guess what number I am?"

"I like to talk but don't talk. I won the championship, so arrogant."

Du Siren smiled: "You know all about it."

"That's right, you have engraved words on your forehead, didn't you see it yourself?"

Du Siren believed it, and raised his hand to touch his forehead.

"You went to drink. You also ate skewers." She moved closer.

"Yeah, so I'm going to sleep now, what do you want?"

The Dusi people said: "Others have congratulated me, but you haven't."

She held out her arms to her, begging for a hug.

"Congratulations——" Lin Zhique leaned forward, and it was only a symbolic hug, but Du Siren embraced her with all his heart and soul, with his head hanging down, next to her ear.

The summer night is hot and dry, just hugging her body so tightly, you will feel stuffy and sweat in a few seconds, and your heart will be compressed and beating faster.

Du Siren said: "Tomorrow I will move to the hotel arranged by the program team. They said that I must report to the police wherever I go in the future, and I can't run around."

"Oh. Then you just stay there."

"Will you come and see me?"

"will not."

The voice of the Dusi man talking in her ear was with a smile: "Then give me more hugs."

She didn't break free, and wrapped her arms around Dusiren's thin shoulder blades, touching the butterfly bone under her clothes.Dusiren was also sweating, his clothes clinging to his back.

This is by no means a congratulatory hug.

At 01:30 in the middle of the night, Li Miaomiao went alone to the company where only the meeting room was still lit with incandescent lights.

Zhu He was waiting for her impetuously, and he glanced at the corner of his charmingly drawn eyes, which frightened her so much that she dared not show her breath, but still pretended to be calm and greeted her: "Sister He."

"Ah."

Zhu He nodded, and before she could sit down, he threw a stack of materials, all of which were the personal information of the top fifteen contestants.

"The national competition is about to start. The artists who will be brought in in the future should be clearly understood in advance, and their positioning should be carefully planned."

She picked up the other stack in hand and began to look through the comments one by one: "The current five champions, Chen Jia from Guangzhou, has a neutral style, which is very special. There is no female artist with such a positioning in the mainland market. Graduated from the Conservatory of Music. Creation, highly recognizable voice, several aspects are worthy of in-depth exploration and creation, and should be able to go to the end of the show."

Li Miaomiao lowered her head and saw Chen Jia's one-inch photo with a stiff smile pasted on the form.

"The dialect of East China and Lin Jiajia of Zhengzhou, Renmei's sweet songs, the overlap between the two people is too high, the female singer is no longer popular, consider adjusting the positioning, or shelve one first, and then observe the popularity trend of the two people later. .Zhou Zipei from the Shenyang singing area is an iron-lung singer. Her appearance and popularity are slightly inferior. The director mentioned that she hopes to keep her in the second half of the schedule. However, we don’t have to put too much effort into it if the popularity doesn’t keep going up.”

Zhu He commented on the contestants as if he was picking vegetables in a vegetable market.

"Du Siren from Jincheng has a sunny appearance, can dance, and has strong expressive power. He is a live singer and a professional performer. He is more likely to take the multi-habitual route in the future. Although his singing skills are not very good, he is popular with audiences and has controversy. , supporting her to the end is good for both the popularity of the show and her future development."

Du Siren's one-inch photo has a bright smile, which is as warm as her personality.

"As for the second No.3, the results of the national finals have not yet come out. There are a few that I am more optimistic about. I have already communicated with the program team, and I will keep them if I can. For example, Tao Lexin is only 16 years old. , quirky, she should be very popular with the audience. There is also Lu Shan from Jincheng, she is quite special, she is very stubborn and rock, with a strong personality..."

After listening to Li Miaomiao, she couldn't understand why these words should not be left until dawn.Zhu He's sharp fingertips danced around the paper, making a new henna color that she had never seen before.

Until three o'clock in the morning, Li Miaomiao was completely free from alcohol and tiredness. She was boiled like an eagle, her eyes widened like copper bells, and Zhu He finally let her go and said that she wanted to leave the meeting and go home.

She twisted up the houndstooth suit that was draped over the back of the chair.

Li Miaomiao thought to herself: Are you not hot?

Zhu He thought of something again.

"By the way, has a new executive been recruited? The scene is chaotic like that today. When newcomers are recruited, they arrange to stay in the hotel with the players and manage around the clock. I don't know if the police caught him or not, that damned Ah Huang."

"I've posted recruitment information in newspapers and local forums. I know of people in the circle who are willing to change jobs, and none of them will be able to join the job right away..."

"You don't need to be in the circle. Anyway, during the competition, you only care about food, clothing, housing, and transportation. The key is to have sharp eyes and ears, quick response, and not soft-tempered. It's better to be beautiful and able to drink."

In Li Miaomiao's mind, there was a person who had just parted with her not long ago.