Volume One, Chapter 14: What's Wrong with Kids Playing on Their Phones?
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The moment the songwriter account “Behind-the-Scenes Shit Cooker” was registered and a song uploaded, countless people seeking songs clicked to submit purchase requests.
Shen Qi and Shen Xiaokun stared at the dense list of transaction requests, both somewhat puzzled.
Were songs really this scarce nowadays?
[This father and son still have no idea they’re being livestreamed to the entire internet. Don’t tell them.]
[Exactly. It wouldn’t be fun if they found out.]
[They’re sneaking around like thieves, trying to help the Diva of Happy Song, and think it’s their own little secret. I laughed so hard my uterine fibroids exploded.]
Li Huange could not help feeling touched.
Meanwhile, at Huange Entertainment, Fu Qing—Li Huange’s closest best-friend-like personal assistant—already carried herself almost like a vice president.
She went straight to the Original Content Department and issued an order.
“Today, keep an eye on a songwriter on Song Hunt called Behind-the-Scenes Shit Cooker. See whether he sends over any offers to sell songs.”
The people in the Original Content Department nodded repeatedly.
No one dared disobey the arrangements of the Number Two Female Demon.
After Fu Qing left, a young female clerk from the department held up her phone and explained the situation to everyone. Only then did they suddenly understand.
Well, well…
The president of Huange Entertainment’s husband and son were behind the song. No wonder…
…
The moment “The Diva” was uploaded, it went viral. The livestream of “Mom Is Away on a Business Trip” had drawn more than ten million viewers, creating an enormous amount of buzz.
Some of those watching the livestream began to entertain certain ideas.
Inside the vice president’s office at Black Crystal Entertainment, Liu Jintao held the phone with a solemn expression.
“Shen Qi is nothing but a kept man. And since he’s a kept man, he must be greedy for money. ‘The Diva’ is listed at only fifty thousand. Offer him five hundred thousand. I refuse to believe he won’t sell just to curry favor with Li Huange!”
“The song is extremely high-quality, and riding on the show’s popularity, it’s guaranteed to become a hit as soon as it’s released!”
“I don’t care what methods you use. You must secure it!”
After hanging up, Liu Jintao revealed a cold smile.
“Li Huange, Li Huange… I admit your position and professional ability in the music industry. But running an entertainment company isn’t that simple.”
“You may have successfully joined the ranks of the four major entertainment companies, but you’re still at the bottom.”
“I’ve already sabotaged your plans to promote newcomers and develop little princes and princesses of pop. This time will be no exception.”
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Others among the four major entertainment companies had thoughts much like Liu Jintao’s.
The entertainment industry and the music world had only so much of a market. If Huange Entertainment took one more bite, the other three companies would have one less bite to eat.
…
At that moment, Li Huange was in such a good mood that it was almost as if she had already obtained the copyright to “The Diva.”
And it was not only because of that. It was also because Shen Qi and Shen Xiaokun had been thinking of her.
So that man was not merely a kept husband after all.
A wild thought suddenly arose in Li Huange’s mind.
What if… she made him her real husband?
She suddenly pictured Shen Qi’s lean, powerful body and handsome face after he had taken a shower.
Her cheeks flushed, and she hurriedly shook her head.
What was she thinking?
In the scene on-screen, Shen Xiaokun was delighted that he had helped Li Huange. For a while, he could no longer settle down to practice the piano or calligraphy, and he had even less interest in carrying out the other plans he had already made for the day.
Looking down from the second floor, Shen Xiaokun saw Shen Qi turning over the soil in the courtyard. His eyes darted about, and he quietly pulled a phone from beneath his pillow.
Then he opened a game.
Seeing Shen Xiaokun sneaking around, Li Huange felt both exasperated and amused.
Before leaving home, she had specifically told Shen Xiaokun not to play on his phone all the time while he was at home. It was bad for his eyesight and easy to become addicted.
She had even told Shen Qi to keep an eye on him.
Lin Xiaolu immediately said, “Xiaokun is still a child, after all. Playing on his phone without obtaining an adult’s permission is a genuinely bad habit. In my family, such a thing would be completely unimaginable.”
Bai Qinghe laughed. “My son would never secretly play on his phone. Every week, he only gets one hour on Saturday and one hour on Sunday, and only if he has finished his homework.”
“Is it really a problem for children to play on their phones a little?” Zhuo Yiyi asked. “In today’s society, what child doesn’t use a phone? As long as the parents set limits, it’s fine.”
“Heh…” Lin Xiaolu said. “Yiyi, you’re young, unmarried, and childless. You don’t understand how children think.”
“A phone’s appeal to a child is impossible to estimate. Even when parents try their hardest to control it, they may still fail!” Bai Qinghe said. “If a child truly becomes addicted, excessive parental interference can cause resentment and rebelliousness. Then things become troublesome.”
Li Huange gave a cold laugh. They had finally found an opportunity to attack her.
“I know Xiaokun very well. He has many interests and makes his own study schedule every day. He rarely plays on his phone after completing his plans.”
“I don’t think playing on it occasionally is any great matter. I believe Xiaokun knows his own limits.”
Bai Qinghe and Lin Xiaolu immediately shook their heads in disagreement.
“You’re overestimating a child’s self-control!”
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“Huange, don’t take this the wrong way, but you really need to be more careful. Especially when you’re not at home—how do you know what goes on there?”
“Exactly. Men and children are the same. They act one way in front of us and another behind our backs. If there weren’t a livestream, would you even know that Xiaokun secretly played on his phone?”
“Just like you would never have known that Shen Qi had so many secrets without the livestream program.”
Li Huange gave a cold laugh inwardly but did not argue.
For now, the livestream was only showing Li Huange’s family. She was eager to see what things would be like when it covered the other two families over the next couple of days.
[Children are children, after all. No matter how precocious and sensible they are, they still love to play.]
[That’s already pretty good! It’s been almost a whole day. If he were my son, he’d still be playing on his phone before even getting out of bed.]
[Why do I keep feeling that Lin Xiaolu and Bai Qinghe are deliberately ganging up on her and badmouthing them?]
[Both Actress Lin and Actress Bai understand children’s psychology very well. Their children must be much more well-behaved than Xiaokun.]
[Xiaokun is only playing on his phone for a while. What terrible crime has he committed? If my son were even half as sensible as Xiaokun, I’d wake up laughing.]
The fierce sounds of battle from the game rang out from Shen Xiaokun’s phone.
The scene shifted to the courtyard.
Shen Qi was usually at home, and the flowers, plants, and greenery in the courtyard were kept in perfect order.
A small vegetable patch seemed to have just been harvested. Shen Qi was turning over the soil with a hoe.
The blazing afternoon sunlight poured down. A sheen of oil seemed to glisten over his sturdy muscles, which gleamed with healthy radiance beneath the sun.
It was simply too hot—and he was in his own courtyard—so Shen Qi took off his T-shirt without a care.
The audience erupted in astonishment.
[Good grief! Is this what they mean by looking slim in clothes and muscular without them?]
[My heavens! Inverted triangle! Adonis belt! V-line! Corn-kernel abs!]
[Sweat is trickling like little streams through the lines where each of his muscles meets… I want to lick the sweat off him so badly.]
[The Diva of Happy Song is way too blessed, isn’t she? I admit I’m jealous.]
[I’m a female corporate president. The entire internet is hereby invited to help me find a man like Shen Qi.]
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