“You still dare to laugh!”

　　Chen Jianhao said with a serious expression: “Do you want to make your life miserable? My younger cousin is extremely vengeful, since you have provoked her today, you will definitely suffer in the future!”

　　Even though he was being serious, Lu Chen still remained fearless and paid him no heed, Lu Chen smiled and said: “Boss, did you want me to sign the contract?”

　　“Sign or don’t sign, do whatever you want…”

　　Chen Jianhao waved his hand and said: “However, starting from tonight, you are a resident singer of Nepenthes Bar.”

　　Lu Chen was immediately overjoyed: “Thank you Boss!”

　　He was originally a small singer, belonging to the lowest cla.s.s within the bar singer’s circle, there wasn’t even a minimum wage and he completely depended on his share of the tips, with good luck he could still earn a bit of money through hard work, but with bad luck he wouldn’t even be able to sing even one song.

　　However, Resident singers were different, although they had no fixed salary, they were guaranteed time to perform on stage, and their share of the tips were also raised to 70% —— furthermore, they could even leave the stage and go to another bar to perform.

　　Compared to working as a waiter and a small singer, after becoming a resident singer, Lu Chen didn’t even need to work as a waiter anymore, but his income would still greatly increase!

　　“Now you can sing…”

　　Chen Jianhao pa.s.sed Lu Chen a bottle of beer and encouraged him: “Little Lu, if you keep performing at this level and come up with a few more amazing songs, I am sure that you will definitely be successful sooner or later and that you’ll be the biggest star of Nepenthes.”

　　Chen Jianhao had never said this to any other singer in the bar, even to the contract singers Zhang Nana or Qin Hanyang, whose qualifications and reputation far surpa.s.ses Lu Chen!

　　Compared to Su Qingmei, he was a bit more optimistic about Lu Chen’s future prospects.

　　Lu Chen was touched, he downed the bottle of beer in one go.

　　He put the empty bottle down, and after wiping his lips he sincerely said: “Boss, if that day truly comes, I’ll buy part of the bar’s stock, no matter how much it costs!”

　　Chen Jianhao was stunned, but he immediately laughed afterwards: “Good, when that time comes you can be the small boss, ha ha ha!”

　　He knew that Lu Chen meant that he wouldn’t forget his roots.

　　However, Chen Jianhao didn’t truly take him seriously, there were plenty of talented young people floating around Beijing, but only a few could truly succeed, and most of the others remain obscure until they finally fade away.

　　Pointing his finger, Chen Jianhao said: “Little Boss Lu Chen, your customers are waiting for you, hurry up and go!”

　　Lu Chen looked around and saw a few customers waving at him.

　　As a bar singer, unless one was successful enough, few people would refuse to interact with the customers, everyone would drink and chat a bit about music, life, and their dreams, furthermore they would still earn their share of the drinks.

　　The customers of Nepenthes Bar were mostly good people, so there were basically no dirty matters.

　　Even though it was Lu Chen’s workplace, he also liked the atmosphere there.

　　“I’ll be going then…”

　　Lu Chen hesitated for a moment before asking: “Boss, my share of tonight’s tips will be raised to a resident singer’s share, right?”

　　Chen Jianhao suddenly became furious: “Scram!”

　　Lu Chen ran away hurriedly.

　　………

　　When he left the bar, it was almost midnight.

　　The month of may brought with it a slight chill during the nights, the night wind blew along the desolate street and made Lu Chen squeeze his head instinctively as he almost sneezed —— the difference in temperature between inside and outside of the bar was enormous.