Chapter 175: The First Album
Once Gu Wanrong finally explained the misunderstanding clearly, Wu Aiai and Zhou Siyin realized, as if waking from a dream, that their best friend was a literal super-tycoon.
Wu Aiaiās face was full of smiles as she called out to Gu Wanrong in an extremely sappy, intimate tone. “Yuanyuan~ Darling~ Mwah~”
The sugary tone gave Gu Wanrong goosebumps all over. She couldn’t help but shiver, quickly rubbing her arms and saying with a face of disgust, “Ayyy, speak normally. Don’t be so sappy, okay?”
However, Wu Aiai had no intention of stopping, instead approaching Gu Wanrong step by step.
Just as Gu Wanrong managed to fend off Wu Aiaiās “attack,” she didn’t expect her defense on the other side to fall.
Wu Aiai and Zhou Siyin were so in sync they didn’t even need a glance. Zhou Siyin understood immediately, quickly approaching from the other side and catching Gu Wanrong in a bear hug.
For a moment, Gu Wanrong was flanked on both sides and couldn’t escape. The three were tangled together, laughing and shouting. Although Gu Wanrong tried her best to break free, she was ultimately outnumbered. Two hands couldn’t fight four, and she could only helplessly admit defeat.
“Most beautiful, prettiest, cutest, and kindest Yuanyuan baby in the world… are you willing to ‘keep’ this poor little thing like me?”
Wu Aiai was barefoot, leaping onto the sofa like a light bird. She proudly puffed out her chest and elegantly extended her right hand, her posture looking like a princess waiting for a prince to kiss the back of her hand.
Sitting on the side, Zhou Siyin seemed to be triggered by some mechanism, suddenly bouncing up.
With her hands on her hips, she intentionally put on a face full of jealousy and grievance, as if she had been heartlessly abandoned, while also looking at Gu Wanrong with anticipation.
The “improv theater” was officially open!
Seeing this, the corners of Gu Wanrongās mouth curled up slightly, revealing a mysterious smile.
Then, she unhurriedly walked to a drawer on the side and slowly opened it.
Gu Wanrong took out two rings, gently taking Wu Aiaiās and Zhou Siyinās hands and putting them on for them respectively.
The two widened their eyes, looking at the rings on their hands in disbelief. They cried out in unison, “Ahhhh! Is this jade or emerald?”
They held the rings up to their eyes, examining them closely against the light.
The band of the ring appeared nearly transparent, like crystal-clear lake water, and the delicate texture and faint green color inside could be clearly seen.
The light spilled through the ring band, forming colorful spots of light that were dazzling to the eyes.
“Imperial Jade. I ‘cut’ them out last time and had someone make them as souvenirs.”
In Zhou Siyinās and Wu Aiaiās impression, the price of such jade treasures was exorbitant.
Zhou Siyin took the ring off her finger and tried to give it back to Gu Wanrong. “It’s too expensive. What if I drop and break it?”
Wu Aiai did the same, taking off the jade ring while saying, “Yuanyuan, put this away quickly.”
“I’m giving them to you. I have many rings like this.” Gu Wanrong didn’t take them back, pushing them away.
After speaking, she took Zhou Siyin and Wu Aiai to her jade collection room to show them the raw jade stones she had cut in Rong City last time.
Milk Tea was wandering around the villa. After hearing the noise, the cat trotted in front of the three, leading the way.
“Ahhhhh!”
“Heavens! Is this all jade?”
Wu Aiaiās and Zhou Siyinās eyes were full of wonder. The display cabinets were filled with row after row of jade.
Seeing the two looking at the jade through the glass with sparkling eyes, Gu Wanrong directly opened the cabinet door. “Touch them if you want.”
At this moment, Milk Tea made a few leaps and jumped onto the display cabinet, walking back and forth like a sentry, looking very leisurely and at ease.
Seeing this, Zhou Siyin and Wu Aiai realized that these seemingly precious jades were truly nothing to Gu Wanrong, so they boldly touched them.
From time to time, they let out squeals of delight. “This blue one looks like lake water.”
“Wow, this transparent one looks like glass.”
On the side, Milk Tea, who was lying leisurely on the cabinet wagging its tail, looked down with interest at the chaotic farce below, occasionally sticking out its tongue to lick its little paws.
The cat mumbled in its heart: Humans are truly strange…
Early the next morning, as Zhou Siyin and Wu Aiai both had morning classes, Gu Wanrong didn’t make them stay over. She sent them back to their dormitory before curfew.
Some time had passed since Endless-9 filmed their title MV. The nine members’ schedules during this time were entirely focused on recording major variety shows to promote their debut album.
The team’s staff had done an excellent job with confidentiality. No videos or pictures of their music stages had been leaked across the internet; after all, the MV hadn’t been released yet.
However, the twelve new songs from Endless-9ās first album had all landed on major music platforms, and their play counts were increasing day by day.
Among the twelve new songs, there were two pre-release tracks, one title track, and the rest were B-side tracks.
After the two pre-release tracks were premiered on the debut night, fans had been asking every day on the groupās Weibo, the company’s official account, and Gu Wanrongās account when they would be released on music platforms. Thus, after the two pre-release tracks were officially released, their performance was excellent.
The quality of the pre-release tracks proved that the quality of Endless-9ās first album was high, and fans were even more excited about the title track.
Once the title track was released, it immediately hit the hot searches. On that day, the front of major music platform charts all featured the name of the title trackāColosseum.
The remaining B-side tracks also performed remarkably well after release. It was worth mentioning that Jing Xiuās self-composed song, Black and White, received a great response, and its performance had already surpassed the pre-release tracks.
This Black and White was not one of the works Jing Xiu had released in her previous life. Gu Wanrong couldn’t help but sigh when she saw it; Jing Xiu truly deserved to be called the “genius producer” idol of her past life.
Gu Wanrong clicked on her own account homepage. She hadn’t updated it recently, yet there was a continuous stream of private messages and comments.
[Jing Tuan Jiu Jiu Jiu Jiu: Where are my nine children from the Mirror Group? Where is the MV? Where are the legendary music stages? Don’t force me to beg you, boss, please release them!]
[Jiu Yong Yi Xiu Xiu: Boss, can you film an MV for Jing Xiuās self-composed song ‘Black and White’?]
[Xiu Gou Guai Guai Xiu Gou Guai Guai: Are there solo cover albums? If not, please have your company arrange solo covers for the first album immediately. Please have your company take the demands of the Mirror Group’s top fan base seriously!]
[Xing He Yu Jing (Seen Endless-9 in person): When can we see the stage for the title track? Boss, your employees’ confidentiality work is too good. I want to see it so bad, ahhhh!]
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