Chapter 9. Lin Ru POV
"Lin Ru, there's another person who want to meet you, likely for the usual thing"
"How many people are there this time?"
I sighed as I asked the bartender. Lately, there's been too many people that want to meet me either to sign a contract with me or have me join some studio.
"There's only two this time. It didn't feel like they are dangerous. There is a bulky man among the two but the boss seems to be the young man besides him"
"The boss is a young man, Is he one of those young masters"
I frowned as I asked that question. Those second generations young masters are never good people. They see other people as a bug beneath them.
Whenever, I hear their name, fury will surge within me.
"It doesn't seem that he is one of those second rich generations. He didn't seem to have any bodyguards besides the bulky man and his clothes are also simple"
"It doesn't matter who they are, I will only have to meet them for five minutes, right. How much the pay this time"
"It's quite good this time, the bulky man was really stubborn to have a meeting with you, he gave me 500 RMB for just meeting you for five minutes"
It was not the first time that there was someone who wanted to meet me. So, the bartender and I already have decided on our price and the split between us.
"It will be the usual split. Are they on the usual private room?"
"Yeah, they are. Remember to shout if anything comes up"
"Sure"
I said as I walked off the backstage but my steps came to a stop when I heard the bartender's words.
"Hey, Lin Ru, I think that you should consider some companies, now"
"What do you mean?"
I asked as I turned back towards the bartender. He was one of the few people in the bar who knows my circumstances. I was confused as why he was telling me to go sign with a company.
"I think your talents are not enough for this bar. You should consider going to the big stage"
"I once tried it amd I was only hurt by it"
"I know what happened to you but you can't only live in the past. If you don't consider your future, then you may someday regret it"
"Regrets? Maybe but I am happy to just sing in the bar for now"
I said as I walked off the backstage to the private room but the bartender words were still in my mind.
'You should consider moving towards the next stage'
As I was walking to the private room, my mind started wandering to the time when I was with my previous company.
There were many things I felt and came to know when I was in my previous company.
Most of the things were sad and depressing but I got to know a important lesson through it.
That the entertainment industry is a muddy water, if you aren't careful, then your whole body can be smeared with mud, dark dirty mud.
It wasn't a place that I wanted to step on again.
With those thoughts, I step into the private room where I saw two people.
Just like the bartender had said, there was a bulky man inside the room and besides him was a young man who looked like he was just a high school student.
He was younger than I thought and more handsome too.
If it's was my previous self, then she will be flustered by seeing him but the me now, was different.
I slightly bowed towards them and said.
"Hello, my name is Lin Ru"
"Hello, here's my name card"
Hearing my greeting, the bulky man stood up and passed me his card in which his information was displayed.
[Bai Shu]
[Chief manager in Global entertainment]
Just like I thought, they are probably here to scout me, I had never heard of Global entertainment though, was it a new company.
"You may have already guessed but our company really liked your singing, we wanted to make a contract with you"
The burly man said that and just like I thought, it was a another company who wanted to make a contract with me.
"I am sorry but I don't wish to make a contract with anyone right now"
I bowed and apologize towards the two of them. From the way things are going, they will probably try to convince me now.
"Don't say that so easily. You should look at the contract first and we can discuss other things while we are at it"
My prediction was correct, it all went how I thought it would be.
The burly man tried to convince me with many things but I was stubborn at my end.
It was also like this when I had made contract with my first company, they had tried to convince me by saying things like they will make a album for me or how I should be going on many TV shows.
It was all lies they had said to make me sign on that paper and I was naive enough to do that.
After that, not even mentioning a album, I was only considered as a prostitute to make connections.
"I am really sorry but I really don't want to sign with a company, right now. I am happy with the work I have in this bar. I hope you will understand it"
I said as I prepared to leave the room. The bulky man just sighed like he was greatly dissapointed but he didn't try to stop me.
With the bulky man attitude, I can say that at least they were not bad people. Many times when I had refused some companies, they had tried to threaten me with many things.
Although the burly man looks are somewhat….scary, I didn't feel that he was a scary person.
As I was going to exit the room, I heard the voice of the young man who was besides the bulky man and the words he said surprised me.
"You have too much fear. You will never get anywhere if you have that much fear"
I turned around to see that the young man was looking at me in my eyes.
It was the first time since he had said something but those words greatly surprised me.
"What, what are you implying"
"I am not implying anything, I am just saying that you have too much fear to succeed in the entertainment industry"
His voice was resolute and there was a confident feeling in his voice. He was looking at me like he was directly staring at my soul.
His black eyes were really enchanting at that moment.
At that moment, I felt that this conversation will greatly changed my life.