"What do you want with me, writing a song?" Li Changlin curled his lips, neither agreeing nor denying Bai Zicong’s words.
He was well aware that these two might have actually listened to the song he recorded and might really have liked the few he sang.
But what of it, what’s it to me!
"Mr. Li, I’m asking you for a favor." Bai Zicong grinned sheepishly, as he had never begged anyone before, so at the moment he was at a loss for words. Left with no choice, Bai Zicong had to turn to his sister for help with pleading eyes.
"I’ve got other things to do. I’m about to go to the hospital for an IV." Li Changlin truly didn’t want to write a song for Chen Zhengxin, but if it was just to help Bai Zicong, he wouldn’t be so resistant.
After all, he did owe Bai Ziyu a small favor from yesterday, and Bai Zicong was Bai Ziyu’s brother, wasn’t he?
"Brother Zhou, you want to buy a car, right? My brother can help you get a pair of consecutive number license plates." Bai Ziyu didn’t speak to Li Changlin at once; instead, she looked toward Zhou Xingxing.
"Consecutive number license plates?" Zhou Xingxing, recognizing the subtext of the conversation, naturally knew this meant Bai Ziyu wanted him to appeal on her behalf.
However, the condition that Bai Ziyu had thrown out did indeed tempt him.
This was understandable, given Zhou Xingxing’s wealth, the car he’d purchase was definitely not going to be a low-end model.
A fancy car, of course, should come with a fancy license plate, shouldn’t it?
If this were in Capital City, Zhou Xingxing wouldn’t need to worry about such trifles; a phone call would take care of it. But this was Jincheng; he didn’t have any connections here.
"Yeah, you know, like a license plate with lucky numbers." Seeing Zhou Xingxing’s reaction, Bai Ziyu knew there was hope and quickly signaled her brother with her eyes.
"Hello, Mr. Zhou, regarding the license plate, I guarantee you’ll be satisfied." In Jincheng, Bai Zicong was a big fish; nothing was unsolvable for him if he wished to take action.
Without delay, he nodded at Li Changlin and stepped over to Zhou Xingxing.
"Oh, you want me to talk to Changlin for you, is that it?" Zhou Xingxing gestured dismissively and said, "Alright, it depends on what kind of license plate you can get for me."
"No problem, as long as it’s a Jincheng license plate number. Whatever number Brother Zhou wants, I’ll get it for you!" Bai Zicong had that confidence, even if the license plate number was already taken by someone else; he could find a way to repossess it if he was willing.
"Good, I won’t make it hard for you, get me a 51888 plate, and as for writing songs for you two, I’ll agree on behalf of Changlin," Zhou Xingxing looked deeply at Bai Zicong, curious to see if the man was all talk.
If Bai Zicong really had the ability to get that number, it might be worthwhile to make his acquaintance.
"Fine, I’m making the call right now." Alright then, Bai Zicong was seriously getting on it.
He knew, of course, that based on his sister’s face alone, Li Changlin would definitely write a song for him.
But Bai Zicong wasn’t that shortsighted. Firstly, Chen Zhengxin was his buddy, and he couldn’t forget his buddy’s benefits while he enjoyed his own gains.
Secondly, Bai Zicong was thinking of getting on good terms with Li Changlin so that it would be easier to ask for favors in the future.
As he spoke, Bai Zicong took out his cellphone.
"Big Brother Zhou..." Li Changlin was really helpless. Although writing songs wasn’t an issue for him, he genuinely didn’t want to write for Chen Zhengxin.
However, at that moment, he suddenly received a prompt from Ling’er.
Li Changlin was slightly stunned, and quickly asked in his mind, "Ling’er, what’s up?"
"Host, congratulations, your mission to develop a hardcore fan in real life has been exceeded!" Soon, Li Changlin heard Ling’er’s sweet voice again.
The mission to develop a hardcore fan in real life?
Li Changlin was momentarily stunned, and then suddenly remembered.
This had been the mission given by the System when he went to Guangming Opera House that day.
But unexpectedly, it had been completed just like that, and it was exceeded, no less!
Li Changlin was slightly dazed, thinking if Bai Zicong and Chen Zhengxin really became his diehard fans, then the mission was indeed exceeded.
After all, at that time, the System only asked him to develop one hardcore fan.
"It’s nothing, Changlin." Zhou Xingxing was unaware of the changes happening to Li Changlin and immediately went over to put an arm around Li Changlin’s shoulder, saying, "This car will be for your use in the future. Having a good license plate number can make things a lot more convenient when you’re out handling business, right?"
"Alright then!" Since he had once again exceeded another mission, Li Changlin was no longer hung up and accepted Zhou Xingxing’s arrangement.
And on the other end, Bai Zicong had already made the call and laid out his demands to the person on the other line.
The Jincheng related department wouldn’t dare refuse a request from the Bai family.
Even though the number had indeed been reserved by someone else, it hadn’t been issued yet!
Besides, even if the license had been issued, since the Bai family wanted it, the related department would go through all measures to satisfy them.
Soon, the matter was resolved, and they were promised that as soon as they bought the car, they could come to collect the license plate.
That’s the advantage of having connections in the government; they didn’t even have a glimpse of the car yet, but the DMV had already reserved their plates.
"Big Brother Zhou, look." Seeing her brother settle the matter, Bai Ziyu’s face immediately broke into a smile. She quickly looked up at Zhou Xingxing, only to find that he had already left her side.
"It’s done, Changlin has agreed to write the songs for you," Zhou Xingxing said, seeing that Li Changlin didn’t keep refusing, he felt assured.
"Thank you, Brother Zhou, thank you, Big Brother Li," Bai Ziyu giggled continuously, she had full trust in Li Changlin’s songwriting.
"Thank you, Mr. Li." Bai Zicong was naturally full of thanks as well. Compared to a mere number plate, he felt he had struck a huge bargain and was very satisfied, especially now that he had established a connection with Li Changlin—an invaluable gain!
"Li Changlin, thank you!" Chen Zhengxin also expressed his sincere gratitude and regretted his initial disdain.
If he had known earlier how remarkable Li Changlin was, he would have tried to ingratiate himself sooner!
"It’s alright, but you might have to wait a while, I don’t have the time just now." Although Li Changlin could easily copy a few songs from the System to deal with Bai Zicong and his request, he didn’t want to make it seem too easy for them.
After all, a good license plate could be worth hundreds of thousands or even millions, and Li Changlin couldn’t let them feel they had lost out, could he?