Chapter 225: Chapter 225 Invitation to a Meal
But the end result was clearly not as good as expected.
The black mark of "arrogance" was yet to be scrubbed away, but now added to the list were "bullying the juniors," "low emotional intelligence," and "acid tongue."
Fortunately, this controversy also generated substantial attention, with netizens mostly joking around, not really slinging profanities.
But what was that arrogant, self-centered musical genius up to right now?
Rushing to compose a song for a trainee who was practically unknown?
Were they deaf? Or blind?
But at least the trainee sang quite pleasantly, with a distinct vocal quality.
The most crucial point was her innocent, pure voice that sounded untouched by any formal training.
Upon thinking it over, it didn’t seem too hard to understand this arrogant genius’s idea.
Hannah looked amusedly at the excitedly blushing individual, nodding her head. "Of course I accept, it’s an honor for a musical genius to compose a song for me."
She gave a charming smile, causing James Landon to blush harder.
Realising he was a bit too excited, he rubbed his head awkwardly, "Actually, I’m not some genius. I simply love music..."
As he spoke, he looked up at the delicately smiling person in front of him, asking her, "It’s past lunchtime, and there’s probably nothing left to eat in the cafeteria. How about I take you out for a meal?"
Hannah’s eyes widened, "Really?"
James Landon greeted this with a soft smile, nodding, "Of course."
Hannah quickly nodded in agreement, eager and impatient.
Being kept in the building for a few days had nearly driven her crazy. She hadn’t seen her Lord Sponsor, could not even make phone calls.
James Landon took Hannah out of the building, and she changed out of her uniformed attire.
Following at James Landon’s side, her baseball cap pulled down low, she looked just like an ordinary artist’s assistant, drawing no attention.
Close to the recording building was a largescale film and television shooting base. Hence, many paparazzi usually lurked around, making the security of local restaurants and hotels very tight.
James Landon’s manager rushed over the moment he got word that James had taken Hannah out.
He had been with James since the day he made his debut. Rather than a manager and artist relationship, it was more akin to a friendship.
His decision allowed James to participate in the recording of "Shining Star Journey 2."
As it turned out, this decision wasn’t particularly impressive, but at least there were no serious slip-ups.
But now, what James was doing seemed nothing short of courting disaster!
"James Landon, come out this instant!" The manager was stopped outside the restaurant, leaving him with no choice but to call the person inside.
James Landon answered the call, glancing apologetically at Hannah.
Hannah shook her head, signaling that she was okay.
As soon as James Landon went out, he received an earful from his manager. "Are you nuts, don’t you have enough bad reputation yet? Taking a trainee out alone, do you believe tomorrow’s headline would be ’James Landon manipulates trainee?’"
He had been fretting over his clueless artist, who only seemed to have his talent for music going for him, constantly keeping an eye on him, as though he were taking care of his ancestors.
He was afraid that if he didn’t pay attention, he would get into trouble.
Like the last time when he refused to write songs for artists from other companies. There were certainly simpler ways to handle that.
