Chapter 10. I am interested in her (1)
"You have too much fear. If you really wanted to succeed in the entertainment industry"
I said those words towards Lin Ru who was standing in front of me with a disturbed expression.
She was probably disturbed by my words or I should say hearing the truth greatly disturbed her.
I have been observing Lin Ru since she had entered the room.
She wasn't nervous while talking to us and while refusing, she was talking like she had refused many such contracts now.
From that, I determined that there are far more companies interested in her than I thought. Maybe, there are also some major companies.
But she refused all of them, her trauma was greater than I thought.
She had too much fear, she probably didn't wanted to sign with a entertainment company and feel that she is satisfied with working in the bar.
"You know, we knew about your past, right"
Lin Ru expression became even more worse when I bought up her past but she didn't say anything.
"I know you are traumatized by your past but do you really want to just sing in this bar"
"You, wh-who are you to say those words to me?"
Lin Ru said in a shaking voice.
"I am sorry, I didn't introduce myself first. My name is Xin Ren, the president of the Global entertainment. Sorry, I didn't have a name card to give you"
The girls eyes shook more than ever when I introduced myself and shock was literally written on her face but other than shock, there was also slight anger.
"You don't want to...hey, where are you going?"
As I continued my words, I noticed that Lin Ru was already leaving.
"Sorry, I think that 5 minutes are already over and I have to sing on the stage, now"
With those words, Lin Ru left despite my and Bai Shu trying to stop her.
Did I made a mistake? Watching her, I thought that I will not be able to convince her with just simple words, I have to be more straightforward but it looks like my strategy didn't work.
"President Ren, I don't think we will be able to convince her, how about we try to find a new singer"
"No, I have decided, Lin Ru will be the singer who will sing the «The most romantic thing»"
"Can't we find another singer, President Ren?"
"No"
There were three reasons as for I why I was adamant on Lin Ru being the next singer of the company.
First was her performance, I quite liked her performance of «Where were you».
Second was her attitude, she quite fit the image, I have for the singer who will sing «The most romantic thing».
Although she acted tough in front of everyone, I can see that she was just acting to be tough, she was much more fragile than she looked.
If those reasons weren't enough, then the third reason was.
Her star evaluation. Since the time, she entered the room, I was using my cheat to know her stats and I was greatly shocked by her stats.
[Name: Lin Ru
Appearance: A
Acting: B
Dancing: B
Singing: A+
Star quality: A
Skills: Calming voice ]
It wasn't because of her stats but the skill shocked me more. It was the first time since I had seen someone possessing a skill.
The skill name was [Calming voice], a skill that well suited her. Maybe, her calm voice was because of this skill but I can't let go someone who had a skill.
Even her star quality was A, she can become a better star than I thought.
The problem was only one, I don't know how to convince her.
I thought that she will be convinced if I tried to talk straightforwardly with her and made her realize that singing in the bar will be a waste of her talent.
But now it looks like, I have to work hard to convince her.
"Chief Bai, do you have any more information about Lin Ru"
"No, I already said everything I know"
"Looks like, I will have to personally try to convince her"
"President Ren, you..…"
"You go to the company to see how the preparations for the album are going, I will stay in the bar for the next couple of days"
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(3rd person POV)
"Are you okay?"
The bartender asked Lin Ru when she came to the backstage.
"Yeah, just my mood is a little off after meeting those two"
"Why? Do those people tried to do something to you. You also took more time than usual"
"No, it was not like that but those two, just made me remember my past''
Lin Ru said to the bartender with a sad smile. Her past was something she had wanted to forget for a long time but she wasn't able to.
"They did not try to force you, right"
"No, that didn't happen but they are from a entertainment company called Global entertainment. Have you heard about it"
"Global entertainment! I might have heard about it but I can't remember much"
The bartender said trying to think where he heard about Global entertainment.
"You don't have to think about it, I already rejected them"
"You rejected them, you should think about it properly. You can't just stay in..."
The bartender words were interrupted by Lin Ru as she said.
"I know but I don't want to work with some rich second generation, young master"
With those words, Lin Ru went back to the stage to sing her next song and the bartender also didn't tried to stop her.
He also went back to his work without saying anything.
He also knew that Lin Ru hated the word young master more than anything.
Two years ago, it was also a young master who signed her in his company.
He was a rich and handsome playboy who coaxed Lin Ru to join his company.
He told her that he will fulfill her dreams but she was just treated as a prostitute.
The real motive of that young master was not to make stars but to force them to make connections.
He was a real scumbag and the bartender knew that Lin Ru had greatly suffered in that company.
Her whole personality had changed after that incident.
'I hope she didn't waste her talent away'
With those thoughts, the bartender started to do his work while listening to Lin Ru calming voice on the stage.