Chapter 124 The Tang Family's Newest Guest
Chapter 124 The Tang Family's Newest Guest
After returning to the Tang family villa and staying for one night.
The next day, Song Chuxia flew to J City with the Four Seasons Band and Zhao Quan to participate in the rehearsal of the first episode of "Singer Arena".
"Singer Arena" is recorded live. After the seven singers finish their performances, the live audience and online viewers will vote. The final vote count is calculated with each accounting for 50% of the total votes.
The singer who ranks last will be eliminated, and a new singer will be selected to participate in the next round of competition.
This process is repeated for ten rounds to determine the overall champion.
As a singer in the first round, the pressure is the greatest.
Because of the extensive pre-show promotion by the production team, the show is now receiving a lot of attention online. As the contestants in the first episode, they need to get off to a good start.
So after the members of the Four Seasons Band arrived at their hotel in J City and dropped off their luggage, they went straight to the rehearsal venue without resting.
Song Chuxia went along with them.
When they arrived, there was only one guest present.
Song Chuxia didn't know the singer, but from what Yang Wan and the others were saying, this singer debuted even earlier than them, but got married less than two years after her debut. She even married someone from abroad, and then essentially retired from the entertainment industry.
It's normal that she didn't know.
After the singer finished rehearsing, it was the Four Seasons Band's turn.
After the first rehearsal, Song Chuxia discussed some details with the band. After adjustments, they immediately began the second rehearsal.
After confirming that everything was alright, they returned to the hotel, awaiting tomorrow's performance.
After arriving at the room, it was already past 1 p.m. Song Chuxia declined Yang Wan and the others' invitation to go out for dinner and instead ordered room service herself.
Not long after, the doorbell rang. Song Chuxia ran to open the door, and a staff member in a hotel uniform pushed the food cart in.
After she set the food on the table and left, Song Chuxia made a video call to Tang Jun.
Tang Yu was working in his study, but when he saw that it was Song Chuxia calling, he immediately answered.
Tang Yu frowned when he saw what was placed in front of her.
"Why are you only having lunch now?"
Song Chuxia explained, "Because we rushed to rehearse as soon as we got to the hotel, just in case something came up, we'd still have time to deal with it. But the process went quite smoothly, it just delayed our lunch a little. It was already pretty good. But don't worry, I didn't go hungry, I ate some snacks in between."
After listening, Tang Yu nodded and urged her, "Eat first, and we'll talk again after you've finished eating."
"it is good."
Neither of them turned off the video call. Tang Yu continued with his work and only started chatting with Song Chuxia again after she finished eating.
"I remember you said before that you'd have nothing to do after the rehearsal. What are your plans for this afternoon and tomorrow?"
Song Yueyan thought for a moment and said, "This afternoon I plan to go shopping at the mall or pedestrian street near the hotel. Tomorrow I'll go to watch the game live. After that, I'll go back to Nancheng."
After Yang Wan and the others finished, they had to stay to record some interviews, attend a dinner organized by the production team, and participate in some small games to help the guests interact.
These will all be broadcast in the spin-off program "Singer's Diary" in addition to the main program.
However, none of this was her business, so she could leave first.
Tang Yu reminded her, "When you go shopping, remember to bring A-Qi with you. It's your first time in J City, so don't wander off alone."
“Okay,” Song Chuxia agreed, and was about to say something more to Tang Yu when she was interrupted by a knock on the door from Tang Yu’s side.
"Enter."
After receiving Tang Yu's permission, Butler Zhao opened the door and came in.
He was unaware that Tang Yu was having a video call with Song Chuxia. Upon entering, he immediately reported, "Second Young Master, Miss Zhenzhen and her mother have arrived and are downstairs. They say they want to see you."
Tang Yu nodded to him, then said to Song Chuxia, "Chuxia, I'll go downstairs now. I'll call you again tonight."
Song Chuxia had heard from Chu Ze and Butler Zhao that the Tang family would be receiving many guests around the end of the year. So she wasn't surprised at all. After responding to Tang Yu, she hung up the phone.
Tang Yu went downstairs to greet the guests.
Kong Zhenzhen's father and Tang Yu's father were friends, and their families were considered to be old friends.
However, because Tang Yu's father passed away a long time ago, and the Kong family immigrated abroad in recent years, they don't have much contact. They only exchange greetings during holidays like Chinese New Year.
After going downstairs, Tang Yu and Madam Kong exchanged a few pleasantries and asked about each other's recent situations.
Soon, Madam Kong brought up the purpose of her visit.
Although Madam Kong was an elder, she still had to speak with some respect when facing the head of the Tang family.
"Second Master, I've come here today to ask you for a favor. Our Zhenzhen has been missing Nancheng terribly these past few years while she's been abroad. Since we're back on business, we wanted to stay a little longer until after the New Year. But I'm leaving tomorrow, and your Uncle Kong is busy with company matters abroad and can't come back. We're really worried about leaving Zhenzhen without anyone to take care of her, so we were wondering if she could stay at the Tang family's house for a few days until after the New Year."
After Madam Kong finished speaking, Kong Zhenzhen quickly added, "Brother Tang Yu, please let me stay for a few days! I promise I'll listen to you and won't cause you any trouble."
Hearing her call him "brother," Tang Yu unconsciously frowned.
But considering the relationship and seniority between the two families, she was indeed not wrong in addressing them.
Tang Yu held back and didn't correct him in front of so many people.
However, it might not be appropriate for her to live in the Tang family villa.
“None of the elders in the family are here, and my grandfather and aunt won’t be coming back for Chinese New Year this year, so it might not be convenient for her to stay here. How about this, I’ll arrange another place for her to stay, and have the Tang family’s servants and bodyguards take care of her. What do you think?”
Kong Zhenzhen was surprised that Tang Yu would reject her, and her smile froze for a moment.
However, she quickly composed herself and stopped her mother, who was about to speak, saying with a smile, "That works too, then thank you, Brother Tang Yu. But I won't be staying here tonight, so could I come over during the day to stay for a while or have a meal with you?"
Tang Yu didn't care about that.
"can."
Seeing that he had agreed, Kong Zhenzhen smiled happily.
After reaching an agreement, Kong Zhenzhen and her mother left.
Tang Yu instructed Steward Zhao to arrange accommodations for Kong Zhenzhen, and then went back to his study to attend to other matters.
After leaving the Tang family, Madam Kong asked, "Zhenzhen, why did you stop me just now? Why didn't you let me try again? Since you're interested in Second Master Tang, wouldn't it be more convenient to just move into his house?"
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