Chapter 992: Chapter 992: Why Should I Waste Any More Time Chapter 992: Chapter 992: Why Should I Waste Any More Time Damn! Rong Yan had been calm and collected from the start but didn’t expect the other party to catch her off guard with this move. She didn’t waste time entangling with them about timing issues or anything of the like and went straight to the point, “Ms. Dina, I heard that you are searching for music for the film ‘Around the City.’ I wrote a song and would like you to listen to it.”

She handed over the recorded MP3.

But Hacks Dina had no intention of taking it, stopping in her tracks and saying indifferently, “I only agreed to give you ten minutes, I didn’t say I would give you time afterwards. Letting me listen to your music would be a waste of my time.”

“But you are a director who strives for excellence, a person in pursuit of perfection. Wasting five minutes to listen to a piece of music that could make up for the final regrets you have about your film–it doesn’t seem like a bad deal for Ms. Dina.”

“Oh?” Hacks Dina narrowed her eyes, with a faint sneer, “So you have that much confidence? If you’ve read my interviews in the newspapers, you should know that I’m also very picky. Ordinary works don’t catch my eye. I had already looked at many masters’ works before I sent out the message because I wasn’t satisfied and decided to hold a global audition. What makes you think, at your young age, you can compare yourself with well-known masters in the international music scene? Is it because of your confidence? Or is it because of the money you spent to find out about my schedule?”

“I can tell you, I keep work and personal life separate, and jokes are just jokes. I won’t treat you differently just because you happened to do as I joked,” she asserted.

Rong Yan remained utterly composed after her remarks and said confidently, “I don’t think I am a genius with extraordinary gifts, nor do I believe that I am above everyone else in this world. Music and films both have souls, and I’m not better than those masters; I just believe my work happens to match the soul of Ms. Dina’s film. It’s like a man and a woman, who may appear mismatched to outsiders, even to the point where the man shouldn’t even give the woman a chance, but in the end, they may find they are just the right fit together.”

Just like she is Li Shengxiao, appearing incompatible, but who’s to know without trying?

After being with Li Shengxiao, she found they were quite a good match; both were busy with their things, yet both spontaneously found time to be with each other at night.

“Music and films are like a man and a woman in bed–it takes doing it to know! Don’t you agree, Ms. Dina?”

Her eyes sparkled with confidence. From start to finish, Dina had been cold and blunt, yet Rong Yan wasn’t the least bit uncomfortable. She said what needed to be said, did what had to be done, expressed what she wanted to express… It felt just like when she had first graduated from film school, facing an industry that didn’t want women, yet she fought for every opportunity.

“Time’s up; you’ve wasted your ten minutes,” Dina said, glancing at her wristwatch.

Already?

Rong Yan almost lost her composure and argued, but she managed to hold back, maintaining her pose of offering the MP3, “Ms. Dina, I don’t believe a man and a woman can be sure of being frigid before they’ve been to bed. The same goes for my music–why not give it a chance before you’ve listened to it? Just five minutes, and it might be the time you need to find a soul mate.”