Chapter 103, gone and never coming back

"Do you know? When you came back, I was actually very jealous of you."

This is a public greening facility located outside the back door of S·M Company, not far from Cheongdam High School. It is shaped like a small street garden, providing tranquility amidst the bustle and the shade of trees. Even if it is a sunny day in Seoul in December,

It was already very cold. Even around the corner, there would still be cold wind blowing from time to time, ruffling the hair of the two girls.

The hair is flying, much like the classic duel scene between two people in martial arts movies.

"Oh, really? That's really embarrassing."

Unlike Han Yuanmei, who was already "fully armed", the long-legged girl thought that she might need to "move her body" without even saying a few words later, so she just wrapped herself in a long down jacket and followed her out, even though her body

Although the lower body was lightly covered by only the training clothes, it was still quite cold below the knees. Facing the red-haired girl's opening remarks, Choi Soo-young stamped her feet, and then answered with a relaxed expression.

It's so cold~, what a mistake, I should have worn more clothes~~, but I can't lose my momentum~!

Just think of it as an early experience and perform in a navy uniform in the ice and snow~!

Fortunately, the red-haired girl didn't notice these frustrating details. At this time, she just stared at the "relaxed" bright smile on the long-legged girl's face, and then continued: "And do you know? What I hate most is yours.

Laugh, no matter what happens, you laugh, as if everything is under your control, this will make others feel troubled, do you understand?"

"Did it cause you trouble? I'm so sorry." The long-legged girl smiled a little more "warmly", "I actually cry sometimes, but only my friends and family can see it."

"I quit."

"Ah?!" The long-legged girl was still preparing for the next conversation that was similar to foreplay, but the red-haired girl suddenly said such a sentence that was basically equivalent to surrender. This made everyone already concentrate.

, Cui Xiuying, who was gearing up in her heart, was suddenly shocked.

This is like a strange scene where the generals gathered their troops to prepare provisions and led a million-strong army to the enemy city, preparing to wash the city with blood and start a battle for national destiny of the century. Suddenly, they found the city gate wide open and the people lined up to say "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome".

.

I have already thought about where to hit the first punch. Miss, can you tell me this?

Isn't this a series of "I don't even have anything, show me this" series?

"I said, I quit, you win." The red-haired girl still had the same desolate expression, her eyes staring at Cui Xiuying did not move, but the long-legged girl could see that her eye sockets were slightly red and her lips began to tremble.

stand up.

At this time, another gust of cold wind blew by, and Han Yuanmei's hair was flying in the wind, but the red color was no longer as bright as the original passionate flame.

The river bridge conceals the evening sail...

Realizing that she, and even everyone in the restaurant had misunderstood the red-haired girl's motives, Cui Xiuying had just recovered from the accident, her expression was still a little stiff, and she immediately saw the girl looking like she was crying.

Shi Shi's kind nature made Cui Xiuying panic, and she was so anxious that she didn't know how to respond. "Well... you quit? Why? There seems to be no competition between us... and we can't talk about it. Who is it?"

Who loses and wins?"

There is still some embarrassment in her tone, and her speaking rhythm is just like that of my foreign friend Huang Meiying.

"Can you say that being a trainee is not a competition? I quit, but you still stay, between you and me, you win." The red-haired girl sniffed, calmed down, and then continued:

"So, I'm very jealous of you. Your family doesn't object to you becoming a trainee. Even if you fail to debut in Japan, you can continue to pursue your dreams with the support of your family after returning to China. Do you know how happy you are?

?”

"So, you are actually because of...the family's objections? There should be room for change?" the long-legged girl asked tentatively.

There are not a few people who terminate their career as trainees due to family reasons, but most of them are concentrated in the age group of seventeen or eight years old, because at that time, all Korean men and women of working age will face the pressure of entering college. In this world where academic qualifications are paramount,

In society, young men and women face the first major fork in life's two choices, dream or life.

It's just that Han Yuanmi is the same age as Choi Sooyoung, and logically is not the age to prepare for the college entrance examination.

"When I came to be a trainee, all my family members were against it. They would rather I study music like my cousin than take the path of a trainee. Although I finally agreed because of my persistence, I

The family agreed that if there is no hope of debuting by the end of 2004,

If you hope, then I will quit and continue school." At this point, the red-haired girl lowered her head slightly, "My evaluation in the company is not very good, and the teachers have never paid attention to me. Now it seems that that

For me, the stage is just a dream after all."

"At least, you have fought hard for your dreams, haven't you?" The long-legged girl had completely given up her original oppositional emotions at this time. She got closer to the red-haired girl and said softly: "At least, when you recall this period in the future,

Time, you have precious pictures in your heart to cherish, right?"

Youth is the years accumulated by dream bubbles, and the bubbles are colorful. Some of these floating bubbles are broken, some are missing, and some spread out to form a painting, and the picture is reflected on the bubbles.

Yes, those pictures of youth.

"If I really want to talk about memories, I'm afraid I have more regrets. Thinking about it now, I really regret not participating in the Japanese audition. Maybe that would be another path for me." The red-haired girl raised her head and lowered her eyes, "You know

Well, when I was selected as an alternate, I was so excited that I didn’t sleep well all night. I kept thinking about what if I was selected, what would I do if I went to Japan? How would I live in Japan? Or maybe not.

If I was selected, would my family conclude that I was not suitable for this path at all, and force me to quit immediately? I just thought about it all night, and finally decided not to participate. Looking back now, I was actually just

Cowardice and shrinkage coupled with a bit of ridiculous self-esteem and fear of failure, after failure, I have no choice. It's really funny to say that this is actually the closest opportunity I have to debut."

The red-haired girl smiled self-deprecatingly, but Cui Xiuying did not speak. She knew that Han Yuanmei just wanted to tell now, to tell everything that was deep in her heart. She only needed to be a quiet listener, like a silent tree hole.

"... Later, I was not even qualified to be selected for several girl groups planned by the company. I also wanted to go there and try for it, but every time I wanted to take that step, I started to worry about gains and losses again. I kept comforting myself

, maybe it’s just my age, or maybe it’s not suitable for the style of the project. Yuanmei, as long as you keep working hard, the opportunity will eventually come. So, this time Tianzhixi is happy.

I mustered up all my courage to participate in the selection. During the assessment, I also saw Jessica. When I saw her leaving the examination room with a pale face, I was extremely nervous, but I also thought that Jessica seemed to be eliminated.

In other words, my chances should be greater? So I tried my best to perform, but the teacher said, you are not the person we want. The result? There is no result."

Seeing the red-haired girl breathing rapidly, the long-legged girl patted her back gently and comforted her by saying, "Maybe the teachers are right. It's not that you are not good, but that you are not suitable for the planning style."

"If the style is not suitable for planning, then what style is suitable for me?" Han Yuanmei frowned, her eyes looking a little ferocious, "In other words, what is my style? I trained in the company for four years, and I had it before I was thirty.

How many four years? What style was I trained in? When will the style fit me?"

"Relax and take a deep breath." Cui Xiuying really has no explanation for this. As part of the trainee system, it has always been a relationship between choice and being chosen. There are always parts that you cannot control.

Cruel as life is, nothing more than this.

So the long-legged girl had no choice but to gently hold the red-haired girl's arm, and use the most soothing tone to try to calm the girl's vented anger.

"I'm sorry." Han Yuanmei bent over, put her hands on her knees and took a few deep breaths before she straightened up. Maybe the emotion just now was too intense, and the red-haired girl showed a look of exhaustion on her face.

"Am I being unreasonable?"

"No, I think everyone in this house has thought about this problem." Cui Xiuying still kept smiling. The long-legged girl glanced at Xiao Huanglou beside her, and then said in a relaxed tone: "Whether it's already

The seniors who debuted, or the company’s president, Mr. Lee Soo Man.”

"ah?"

"I remember you were in love with melon?" The long-legged girl suddenly changed the subject.

"Huh!? Yes, I go there often..." The answer was a bit at a loss. I wonder if she remembered the scene of conflict and questioning in the practice room again, and the red-haired girl's face suddenly turned red.

"So, have you also followed Soo?" The long-legged girl successfully changed the topic and the atmosphere of the conversation, her tone was calm, as if she was talking about someone else.

"I like soo's works very much. Especially "Those Flowers"." The red-haired girl lowered her head.

"Oh, you also have an independent musician account?" the long-legged girl asked with great interest. After "Those Flowers" was produced, it has not been made public, but there are a few independent musicians in the melon community.

A preliminary version is circulating.

"No, I used my cousin's account, his name is 'Spring Salmon'..." The red-haired girl's face turned red again, because the girl suddenly realized that the girl in front of her of the same age not only...

·She is her own competitor, her secret comparison target, and she also has a hidden identity that she has been trying to ignore. From another aspect, she can be regarded as her idol.

"So that's your cousin, and his works are also very interesting." Spring Salmon, an independent musician whose ID is in melon, is also well-known in the circle of independent musicians. He is good at arranging and playing the violin, especially modern arrangements and performances of classical works.

There are often outstanding works uploaded.

"He is currently studying in the United States, at Georgetown University."

Oh, I was in the same school as Pan Guangxi from "Call of the Jungle", I wonder if they know each other. "You like "Those Flowers" so much, I can tell you with honor that at Christmas time, the officially completed version of this song will be released

The audio can be downloaded from melon, and it’s free~”

"Christmas? Isn't that...?" The fifteen-year-old girl was suddenly pleasantly surprised.

"Well, melon will start its official operation at that time. Maybe there will be many discounts then?" Cui Xiuying said with a smile.

After several months of trial operation, the melon music website with a complete framework has been officially launched during Christmas at the end of the year after some detailed adjustments. In order to officially launch melon, which is already well-known in the market, we have made

With a huge momentum, the operation team planned a lot of preferential activities, which not only included many well-known songs for free for a limited time, but also initially involved the physical sales of some music products. This can also be said to be controlled by Cui’s father.

The general responsible team, a small trial of the e-commerce market.

Ever since the song "Those Flowers" by Long-Legged Girl was produced, Sister Cui has fallen in love with it crazily. In addition to the sad birthday gift "Tick Tock", she plays these two songs in a loop on her iPod from time to time.

Song. Cui’s father accidentally heard it and decided on the spot.

Melon bought the copyright of these two songs and sold them as one of the first recommended songs on the official recommendation list. The purpose of this is to highlight melon's unique design of independent musicians and these non-professional musicians.

The commercial viability of the author’s work.

Since the operation team feels that "Those Flowers" is more popular and more in line with the quiet atmosphere of Christmas Eve, they decided that this song will be used as a Christmas benefit and will be available for free limited-time download. Anyway, Cui Changji has another

An extra amount of income came in. This money was targeted by Sister Cui, who claimed to be the hero of the recommendation. It was inevitable that there would be another heavy bleeding at Christmas time.

"So, do you want to know how I made "Those Flowers"?" The long-legged girl squinted her eyes slightly, her eyes full of memories and the passionate joy at that time.
To be continued...