debut [entertainment]

"Uncle Kyle!"

Kim Yoo-hee took off his sweat-drenched hat, and shouted at the door of the uncle who had come to pick him up at the airport.

Her whole body is wrapped tightly. In the warm Los Angeles, she wears a slightly thick shirt and trousers. The outside of this dress is covered with grass clippings. It is paired with her somewhat old peaked cap and airtight long pants. The gloves, at first glance, thought they were the little daughter from some farm.

But when he saw her face, this idea was completely dispelled.The bright sunlight came from behind her, making her already superior in appearance even more beautiful, which was so stunning that it made people lose their minds.

Kyle heard the sound outside from home, and when he opened the door, he saw Jin Youxi, a girl standing outside his yard with a heavy electric weeder while wiping the sweat from her face with her arms. before the fence.

After seeing him appear, Jin Youxi returned the weeder and lifted it again: "Uncle Kyle, I'm here to return the weeder!"

"Hey, Youxi, as long as you leave it, I'll get it." Kyle said, stepping forward to take the lawn mower from Jin Youxi. ,

Jin Youxi shook his head and avoided it for a while, "It's okay, it's not heavy. Uncle Kyle, just open the garage door once, and I'll put it in for you and I'm leaving."

Kyle, who couldn't resist Jin Youxi's temper, had to open the garage door and watched as Jin Youxi put the weeder back in his hand.

The action looks very easy.

"Youxi, are you still going to the gym with your dad every day?" Kyle asked.

Jin Youxi nodded and smiled: "Anyway, I don't have anything to do recently, so it's good to spend some time exercising."

Nothing to do?

Kyle remembered that when he was chatting with Lisa and his wife on the way back from the airport, didn't he still say that Young Xi was going to sign with a record company?

Could it be that the signing was not going well?

Not understanding what was going on, Kyle didn't want to ask her directly, but just chatted with Jin Youxi casually, and then watched her put on her peaked cap again and trot home.

Jin Youxi didn't know Uncle Kyle's psychological thoughts, but if he knew, he would admit that Kyle's speculation was not too different from the actual situation.

In fact, during the more than a month during which Kim Yoo-hee participated in "PRODUCE101", MASKCROW's social media account has received many signing invitations from music labels.

But at that time, Kim Yoo Hee thought she could make her debut in "PRODUCE101", so she put aside these invitations temporarily, and she didn't pick up again until the shady incident of "PRODUCE101" broke out.

Among so many cities, among the reasons that prompted her to return to Los Angeles, besides being where their home is, the more important reason is that, among several signing invitations, a record company under Universal Music voted for MASKCROW. olive branch.

And the interview location requested by the record company called Republic Records (hereinafter referred to as Republic Records) is in Los Angeles.

The background of Republic Records is not small. Just from the scale of its artists, we can see how famous this record is: Drake, ArianaGrande, Nicki Minaj, The Weekend and many other famous European and American singers have signed contracts with Republic Records.

To be honest, Kim Yoo Hee thought she had been scammed when she saw their invitation in MASKCROW's private message.

After repeatedly confirming the authenticity with the other party, Jin Youxi came to the agreed interview place together with his parents.

The interview took place at a recording studio in Los Angeles under Republic Records. Although the other party's attitude was not particularly friendly, it was polite and full of the demeanor of a large company.

They first let her try the voice.

Kim Yoo-hee has prepared several songs, some of which can reflect singing skills and vocal range, and some are more focused on the emotion of the song.

In fact, Republic Records has already known about MASKCROW's singing ability, and the on-site audition is just a reconfirmation. After Kim Yoo-hee sang the first song she prepared, she nodded in satisfaction, indicating that she can Don't sing any more.

The two parties quickly sat down and formally discussed the signing.

During the whole process, Kim Yoo Hee wore a MASKCROW hood.

But the signing did not go smoothly.

The reasons are few, but very real.

First of all, the artists under Republic Records are close to saturation.

They have been looking for new faces in the singer circle, and MASKCROW is just one of them.And a month ago, they sent an invitation to MASKCROW, but they have not been able to get a positive answer since then.

It was impossible for such a big company to wait for her forever, so they signed another male singer they were optimistic about.

This male singer can not only sing, but also has a very good appearance. After being packaged and built by them, he might become the next Justin Bieber. The company is very optimistic about his potential, and has already prepared a budget for him. resource inclination.

And at this time, MASKCROW also said that they are considering signing a contract?

That's a sweet annoyance for Republic Records.

Secondly, Kim Yoo Hee said that he wanted to sing a song he composed.

Although another male singer has been signed, it does not mean that Republic Records does not want to sign MASKCROW. MASKCROW has always been their first choice, it can have both fish and bear's paw, why not?

If they didn't want to sign her, the interview wouldn't even exist.

But what they are struggling with is a few songs created by MASKCROW.

The people who signed the contract with Republic Records are very familiar with the music market, so they can naturally hear the value of these songs created by MASKCROW.

But this value is more reflected in artistic pursuits than commercial value.

Republic Records still has reservations about this, because whether this type of song can make them recover the cost depends largely on the singer who sings the song.

Therefore, it is one thing to have value, and it is another thing to let MASKCROW sing these songs.

It's true that they want to sign MASKCROW, but they don't want MASKCROW to sing these songs.

It's better to buy the copyright of these songs in her hands, after being adapted by top music producers, to sing for the already famous singers in Republic Records.

In this way, for their record company, first, the risk is smaller, and second, the return is greater.

But MASKCROW, that is, Kim Yoo-hee, was really reluctant, so the signing negotiations were deadlocked here.

From Jin Youxi himself, it is obvious that based on his own experience, he worked so hard to write a song that he wanted to sing, but he wanted to sing it for others.

Even if the singer who is about to sing her song is likely to be a first-line singer in Europe and America, Kim Youxi is really hard to let go.

It’s fine if it’s other songs written by her. The few songs on Republic Records are inspired by the ups and downs she has experienced, and she wrote them with painstaking efforts, almost taking them as her own. Children generally cherish it.

She had already fantasized about herself standing on the stage singing these songs for the audience, but she never once thought that the person standing on the stage was not herself.

Let Republic Records buy the copyright of these songs, so she can indeed get a lot of money, and she can sit behind the scenes and don't have to run for any live performances.

But which singer with superior singing skills is willing to stay behind the scenes and write songs for others?

Who doesn't want to stand on stage and sing the songs they want to sing?

The signing reached a stalemate, and naturally, Jin Youxi became "free" all of a sudden.

In addition to going out for a morning run with my dad in the morning, I spend the morning in the gym, wearing a hood in the afternoon and going to various beaches or streets in Los Angeles for roadshows to maintain my feeling, and I don’t go home until the evening to rest.

On this day, she carried a guitar on her back and went to the street road show in Los Angeles as usual. Since the video of MASKCROW’s road show in Los Angeles was quickly synchronized to YouTube, this also led to more and more passers-by stopping by, and her road show became more and more popular. Welcome, under the circumstances that everyone has been encore, it will not end for a long time.

After finally getting out of the crowd, Jin Youxi stepped on the bicycle and stepped hard, turned left and then right into the streets and alleys, and then shook off the passers-by who wanted to keep up.

Finding a hidden place nearby, she took off the hood that was already making her uncomfortable, and stuffed it into her backpack.

She exhaled slowly. Recently, in order to prevent her identity from being discovered as MASKCROW, she has been riding a bicycle better and better. She can even ride a bicycle down a step to pass an obstacle.

Is it an extra skill?

Jin Youxi smiled wryly, tidied her messed up hair for a while, and then pedaled the bicycle again and rode out slowly.

When she rode to Venice Beach near her home, a strong aroma of food mixed with each other and floated into her nose, attracting all the attention of her who was hungry at the moment.

Looking over the past with this scent, a row of food trucks is standing by the beach.And at this moment, it is the evening that should fill the stomach.

Unable to resist, he stopped his bicycle in front of this row of food trucks. After strolling around, Kim Yoo-hee found a hamburger with extra cheese in his hand, so he pushed the bicycle casually to look for it. He could enjoy the scenery and eat at the same time. Food at its best.

She finally sat down on the steps facing the sea.

Seeing the waves of the blue sea being blown by the wind, and the surfers bobbing up and down in it, she opened the package comfortably.

The hamburger gravy exploded in the mouth after one bite, and the aroma of cheese filled the nostrils. Just when it felt greasy, the taste of lettuce and tomato jumped out at this moment, perfectly neutralizing it.

Jin Youxi closed his eyes slightly in enjoyment, and soon after he swallowed it, he couldn't wait to take another big bite, and the sauce in the burger flowed onto his hands.

This eating scene is not particularly elegant, but she has such a face, such indecent movements also look real and cute, without artificiality, and even make people move their index fingers, staring at the hamburger in her hand. Take a wink.

Such a big hamburger, Kim Yoo-hee seems to have eaten it in just two or three minutes. After eating, he looked at the remaining wrapping paper with reluctance, his eyes full of memories.

Beside, a chuckle suddenly sounded: "Your nose is covered with sauce."

Jin Youxi turned her head to look, a tall, thin and handsome boy was sitting near her, looking at her with a smile, pointing to the tip of her nose.

She hastily wiped her nose with a paper towel, and when she saw that the white table paper was stained red with sauce, she flushed embarrassingly.

"Thank you."

The boy just laughed: "This burger looks delicious?"

Now Jin Youxi understood the meaning of his question, and pointed to the dining car not far behind: "I bought it there, and the taste is not bad."

The boy looked in the direction of her arm, lowered his eyes, thanked her, got up and walked over.

Jin Youxi didn't care about this episode, she lowered her head and wiped her hands, tidied up the rest of the packaging, and put it into her backpack.

How can you not have some music when you are full?

Jin Youxi thought for a while, then opened the guitar case again, took out the guitar and hugged it in his arms, stretched his long legs and crossed them, then leaned against the wall next to the steps like this, slipped his right hand on the strings, and the guitar The chords flowed melodiously.

There are no lyrics, just humming along with the chords casually, and her timbre is enough to attract attention.

Jin Youxi, who already had a wealth of road show experience, didn't care. She looked at the sea in the distance, settled in her emotions, and just changed the chords just like playing, and the singing also kept changing tunes. After a while, the prototype of a song came out.

This process was too smooth, so smooth that no one would think that this was a melody created on the spot. The crowd who were watching the sea all looked at Jin Youxi, but Jin Youxi didn't realize it.

After a song, she closed her eyes with satisfaction, but there were bursts of applause and cheers around her.

Jin Youxi opened his eyes, and then realized that he was not shy, but nodded with a subtle smile, and then took out a small notebook from his backpack to record the chords just now.

The people who were cheering just now saw that she didn't seem to plan to play any more, so they gradually turned their attention away.

"Your singing is beautiful." A voice that seemed to be heard just now sounded beside Jin Youxi.

She just finished memorizing the last chord, closed the notebook, and turned her head to look. The handsome boy who could be said to be beautiful just now looked at her curiously, carrying a package from the dining car. burger.

"Thank you." Jin Youxi looked at the hamburger he mentioned, and found that he didn't take the coke he gave along with it. "Working out?"

Surprise appeared in the boy's eyes this time: "How do you know?"

Jin Youxi bent his eyes: "Secret."

If you don't exercise and diet, why don't you take Coke?

The boy laughed again, he seemed to be very fond of laughing, so he just sat next to her and started talking very familiarly.

"My name is Timothee Chalamet, you can call me Timmy."

Jin Youxi has no resistance to this outgoing and lively person, but is a little uncomfortable: "Jin Youxi, you can call me YOXI."

Timothy repeated Youxi's pronunciation, looked at her facial features, and was a little surprised: "Are you...?"

Hearing this question, Kim Yoo-hee, who has been asked many times before, naturally knew what he had to say, and answered, "I am Asian-American, and my father is Korean."

"I see." Timothy understood, and opened the hamburger wrapper, "YOXI, that sounds like a beautiful name."

Jin Youxi nodded, and unconsciously began to tell him the meaning of his name.

With such an extrovert constantly actively communicating, Kim Yoo-hee, who would feel awkward talking to strangers, couldn't help but relax a lot.

After chatting for a while, Jin Youxi knew that this lively and beautiful boy was actually an actor. He originally lived in New York, but this time he came to Los Angeles to attend an audition.

And the role he auditioned for was one of Marvel's most famous heroes-Spider-Man.

Speaking of this, he seemed a little depressed: "My agent said that I don't have much hope, the competition is too fierce."

Jin Youxi has the memory of her previous life, so she naturally knows that the ultimate affiliation of this Spiderman will be a British actor named Tom Holland, but at this moment the boy in front of her is so sad that she can't bear it.

"As long as you try your best, I believe you will succeed. Even if it's not Spider-Man, other characters will definitely succeed in you."

Although she had never heard of the actor Timothée Chalamet in her last life, what is impossible even if she can be reborn?

Timothy turned his head to look at her, her eyes were full of seriousness, he could even feel the sincerity in her words.

Not comfort, but better than comfort.

"That's right." He bent the corners of his mouth, and his drooping and melancholy eyes were filled with sunlight again, "I'm so good at acting, I'm sure I will have a good role."

Jin Youxi wanted to laugh, and nodded in agreement: "That's right, that's it."

Just made a new friend like this, Kim Yoo-hee was a little happy, and when she got excited, she simply picked up the guitar again and sang Bruno Mars' "Thelazysong".

"Standing up and staring at the sea, listening to music and playing the guitar, no one has the right to control me."

The whole style of this song is very brisk. Kim Yoo-hee slightly changed the lyrics on the spot, and even tilted his feet playfully according to the lyrics when he sang the song, which can be said to be very dramatic.

Timothy watched her laughing non-stop, but couldn't help it, and sang along.

"Yeah, no one has power!"

The atmosphere between the two of them could easily infect the crowd around them. After a while, the people who were sitting scattered around began to hum along and snapped their fingers to beat the beat for her.

By the Venice Beach in the evening, the sky has gradually turned from blue to pink, and the farthest distance is still orange-red, like a brightly colored oil painting, which is amazing.

Underneath this oil painting, a girl is set against the backdrop of the setting sun. She sits comfortably on the steps, holds a guitar in her hand, and sings playfully and briskly.The boy on the side looked at her with a smile, and sang along with her to add to the fun, as if he only had her in his eyes.

At this moment, there is no need to think too much, as long as you enjoy the present moment, it will be the happiest memory.

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