The man heard what she said and turned to look at Zhang Yiqing. He saw that the young man's clothes were on the inexpensive side and didn't look like he was a young heir or wealthy young master from a prominent family.
However, since the young man got to the upper floor using the young lady's gold card, he didn't show any disdain in his eyes and even showed respect to him.
Zhang Yiqing noted that the staff seemed to belittle him inwardly. But he was used to that kind of stare.
"That is very unfortunate, milady. The information of the guests and members of the club are confidential and I'm only in charge of checking in the guests to the private rooms."
It was a rule in the club. He cannot simply disobey it just because a gold card member asked for it, right?
Moreover, from what he had heard before, the two gold cards of the club was owned by two mysterious men. However, it was a woman who was standing before him right now, which could only mean that she either stole or got the card from someone.
So, of course, the staff member couldn't do anything. He could give access to every privilege a cold card owner of the club could get to Ran Xueyi. However, he wouldn't and couldn't allow her to abuse it. Besides, gold card member owners don't have that authority to just ask for a guest or member's information.
Ran Xueyi paused and frowned. Song Yu Han mentioned that with this card in her hand, she could do whatever in the club without being questioned. However, it seems that the power it holds was not that great.
"Uh... it should be alright. I think I can just wait for them out here," said Zhang Yiqing. He saw that what Ran Xueyi was asking for from the staff member was impossible so he didn't push it either.
Anyway, there was only one exit and it was the same entrance they used. And unless there was an unexpected event where people would use the emergency exits, Zhang Yiqing doubted that he would miss his group members in the hallway.
Ran Xueyi however, didn't want to give up. With the hours ticking by, who knows when Zhang Yiqing's group members would come out. Besides, there was something nagging her about this situation.
However, since Zhang Yiqing already said so, she wouldn't push it either.
So, in the end, the two of them took their seats in the waiting area.
Ran Xueyi calmly took a sip from her glass of juice while Zhang Yiqing, who was seated across from her was fidgeting and couldn't seem to relax at all. He kept on looking at the director of the hallway and every time someone came out of the private booths, he would whip his head with an expectant look in his eyes.
When another minute passed, Ran Xueyi finally couldn't take it. "Stop glancing around. You're making me dizzy already."
Zhang Yiqing felt embarrassed and he said sorry to her. When another several minutes passed, Zhang Yiqing finally couldn't take it. It seemed that his nerves got the better of him that he couldn't stop his mouth from speaking.
"Aren't you wondering why I'm desperate to see my group members?" Ran Xueyi stared at him as he asked her this. When she shook her head and showed how genuinely uninterested she was in her reason for being here, Zhang Yiqing couldn't help but feel relieved and at the same time nervous.
He continued: "Our group is on the brink of disbandment. My company already informed us of this. But I don't want us to separate until the disbandment date is finalized. However, my group members started to scatter around and no longer want to practice our songs."
Three years ago after he left the training camp, Zhang Yiqing quickly got signed to a second-tier entertainment company. They gave him a very good contract and even pushed him to a group that would debut that same year. Zhang Yiqing was completely overjoyed by this news. An idol group would need a lot of time and years dedicated to combine teamwork and deepen the relationship between the group members.
But Zhang Yiqing's group, [Exile], was not like other idol groups. The moment he joined the group, it was already decided that they would debut a few months later. And so, the group members had too little time to practice their songs and dances. And with Zhang Yiqing's talent and skill in both dancing and singing, he was quick to memorize everything. But it did seem to work with his other group members. Thus, the differences in their skillset turned into a wedge that divided the group into 1v4.
As Ran Xueyi listened to him spill the backstory of the idol group Exile, she finally understood that Zhang Yiqing was the only one who tried so hard to match the group's pace. Since he was more advanced and talented than the rest of them, he had to cut off his wings and match these normal human beings during rehearsals and performances, hiding away the gem that shone brightly during the training camp.
"But until recently... me and my group members were still doing well. We still talked like good friends and even voiced out our thoughts." Zhang Yiqing solemnly said. "It must be because of the disbandment that made them this way. I could at least understand that they didn't want to be cast away from the entertainment circle and found a way out of this loss. If I can convince them to stay and create our own band after our contract ends then, they don't have to sell their own pride and dignity."
Ran Xueyi was surprised at his words. It seems that Zhang Yiqing's planned to take his group members and create their own band even without a company to handle them. In the age of technology and the internet, any independent band could get thousands of fans through live streaming online.
However, Zhang Yiqing's plans aren't necessarily what his group members wanted in their idol career.
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