Zi Jie's voice was trembling slightly, and her smile was very unnatural.

  Li Qian's expression was even more unnatural.

  He was very surprised.

  First and foremost, of course, is the fact that Qiji secretly recorded a tape, but this matter can be big or small. She secretly recorded herself singing, which made it possible for her songs to leak out, but to some extent, doesn't it also prove that those songs, as well as her own singing style, have won her fondness and appreciation?

  And to be honest, Li Qian is also very careful about protecting his work and tries not to leak anything, but even if some songs were leaked due to carelessness, it would only be a few or dozens of songs at most.

  To put it mildly, at least excellent song works are not rare things for Li Qian.

  In his previous life, he was born in the last year of the 1970s and grew up in an artistic family, so to speak, he had been exposed to music and film since childhood. As for domestic music alone, from the late 1980s when the domestic pop music scene began to take off, to the decline of traditional music and the rise of online songs in the second decade of the 21st century, this spanned almost thirty years of musical history.

  And in these thirty years of his music career, not only has the domestic pop music scene undergone tremendous development, but it has also been the most vibrant thirty years. So... to select a few hundred good songs from the musical achievements of thirty years, whether by being more selective or by choosing the best among the better ones, is not a difficult task at all.

  If we have to make a comparison, it can be said that even in the current popular music scene, by 1995, there were already works accumulated that could rival the achievements of the past thirty years. The works in Li Jian's mind are enough to compare with the entire music scene today without falling behind.

  Moreover, although the domestic pop music scene in this time and space started ten or twenty years earlier, has its accumulation really reached the level of thirty years later?

  Based on what he has heard, known, felt, seen and learned so far, Li Qian holds a serious skeptical attitude towards this!

  Although the development of both sides has its own characteristics and focus, the overall environment has not changed. The direction and trend of the world's development also cannot make any rapid progress, so, in terms of overall level, Li Qian feels that the current domestic music scene is basically consistent with its era - it is probably at the level of the mid-to-late 1990s.

  This also means that, even if we put aside his works and the massive music library accumulated in his mind over thirty years, and simply rely on his understanding and grasp of the popular trends for the next twenty years, Li Qian still has enough confidence to make a name for himself in this music scene!

  So, if possible, it's better to keep the resources in your own hands from leaking out, but even if they really do leak out, it's actually not a big deal.

  If you were kept in the dark about this matter until the song was really leaked, or even when others had already released it as a record and you only found out then, of course, you would be super unhappy. But now, when things are still within a controllable range, the other party has already actively apologized to you, and they did so in such a formal manner. In that case, this matter naturally isn't a big deal anymore.

  Compared with this matter, it was Qijie's initiative to apologize that surprised him even more.

  It is necessary to know that in China, the dignity of teachers is indeed one of the most basic orders of the entire society. The so-called "heaven, earth, king, father, and teacher" is almost the foundation of Chinese civilization. Moreover, at present, due to historical development, traditional moral views are preserved more completely and deeply rooted in people's hearts than they were in the time when Li Xiang lived.

  So it's not that teachers can't make mistakes, but even if they do, when facing their students, they generally won't choose to apologize directly. They usually just express a hint of apology and consider the matter settled.

  Even in the previous life of Li Qian, in that time and space, the dignity of teachers was not as deeply rooted in people's hearts as it is in this time and space. However, after more than a decade of being a student, he had never heard of any teacher apologizing to students on their own initiative.

  Teacher Qi Jie did this, obviously it takes some courage.

  It's just that Teacher Qi can formally apologize, but if he also formally accepts the other person's apology... it would be too awkward.

  After a moment of surprise, Li Qian's gaze swept across Liao Liao and Huang Wenjuan before falling back on Qi Jie. Seeing her tense and awkward expression, Li Qian immediately broke into a relaxed smile and said, "Let's just record it then, it's only a few songs after all."

  As they spoke, he also reached out to take a few tapes handed over by Qijie, and smiled: "Let me see what you've recorded."

  Li Qian was surprisingly so relaxed and nonchalant, which really caught Qi Jie and Liao Liao, Huang Wenjuan off guard - especially in the eyes of the latter two, their hard work had been secretly recorded and almost leaked, shouldn't they be furious? Even if they didn't show anger for the sake of their teacher-student relationship, at least they wouldn't give a good face, right?

  But there isn't any at all.

  Several people were stunned and couldn't come back to their senses for a while.

  At this time, Li Qian took over the tape and looked at it for a moment, suddenly smiled again, "This was recorded a few days ago? Is this name given by Teacher Qi? It's all correct... Oh no, this is not called Bo Suan Zi, the name of this song is actually 《Desolate Sandy Island》. Wow, everything else is correct!

  Several people were stunned.

  Li Qian took out his portable recorder from his bag and smiled: "Let me listen to the recording quality."

  As they spoke, he chose a cassette tape and put it in, wearing one earphone to listen for a while. He smiled, took off the earphone and said: "The quality is okay, just a bit of noise. Next time, Teacher Qi, you tell me which song you like, I'll cooperate with you and record it well!"

  As they spoke, he took out the tapes and handed three cassette tapes to Qijie, saying: "Since you like it, just keep listening, just... try not to spread it outside, okay? Don't mind, don't take it to heart!"

  Qijie pulled at the corners of her mouth and forced a smile.

  It's really... so embarrassing!

  Even if she had just mustered up the courage to apologize to Li Qian at that moment, she didn't feel so embarrassed.

  The teacher did something wrong and also needs to apologize, so in her heart she wouldn't think that apologizing to her students is something shameful. On the contrary, now Li Qian's unexpected reaction makes her suddenly feel like she has become a child who stole someone else's candy, while Li Qian has instead become a kind and lovely good uncle.

  "It's okay little friend, if you like to eat it then take it and eat it, just don't do this kind of thing again in the future. If you want to eat candy, you can tell uncle, uncle will give it to you, is that okay?"

  But... Hey, I'm your teacher!

  But now she can only say: "Thank you for being willing to forgive me, this tape is still..."

  Li Qian smiled and shook his head, then continued to hand it over to her, "Take it and listen!"

  Zijie could only awkwardly take it over.

  It wasn't until then that Li Qian's gaze finally turned back to the other two people who had been standing behind Qi Jie all along.

  Noticing her gaze, Liao Liao took a step forward, and Qi Jie hastily introduced: "Li Qian, this is my good friend, Liao Liao, she's a professional singer. This is her assistant, Huang Wenjuan. Liao Liao heard about these tapes from me and insisted on meeting you, so I brought them here."

  Liao Liao nodded and stretched out his hand, "Hello, Li Qian."

  Li Qian smiled and stretched out his hand, lightly shaking hands with her. He didn't have the awkwardness or stiffness that someone of his age should have. He said "hello" and nodded at Huang Wenjuan before raising his hand to tap his forehead with his finger, slightly furrowing his brow. "Don't remind me, let me think," he said. "The name Liao Liao is very familiar to me. I heard your song just the other day... Ah, yes! Your song was called... 'Quiet You', right?"

  Liao Liao was suddenly surprised and asked: "Have you heard?"

  Li Qian nodded vigorously, "Of course! I love it! Especially... your voice, it's really too unique and has a great texture! Your singing skills are also top-notch! However, my feeling is that the song seems too literary, and can't fully bring out the wild flavor that should be in your voice."

  Liao Liao's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this.

  However, before she could say anything, Li Qian smiled and said: "But I'm really sorry, I was listening to... you know, 'New Song Selection' or something like that, haha, pirated copy!"

  Liao Liao heard this and immediately lost his smile.

  This is... quite frank!

  So she asked: "If you like it, why don't you buy the genuine one?"

  Li Qian looked very embarrassed and said: "So I'm saying sorry, it's true that we should buy the original version, but you know, one single song costs 4 yuan, and I want to buy many songs, my pocket money is not enough... But don't worry, for the pirated versions I've listened to before, once I have income, I will definitely make up for all of them with the original version. Including your single CD."

  Liao Liao heard this and burst out laughing, "No need, I'll give you one later."

  Li Qian smiled and didn't say anything.

  After Liao laughed, he then asked: "So... you guys are here today to... find me for something?"

  Speaking of which, Liao Liao immediately put away his smile and looked at Li Qian seriously, saying: "Yes, I heard your song from Teacher Qi, I like it very much, not exaggerating, super super like! It just so happens that I'm collecting songs for my new album recently, so I want to ask, are those songs all original? And the copyrights are still in your own hands, haven't been sold out, right?"

  Li Qian nodded, "That's right, it's still in my hands."

  As they spoke, he thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled and pointed to the tape in Qijie's hand, saying: "I mean, if this tape doesn't get passed around outside, it's still in my hands."

  Qijie heard this and her face suddenly flushed with a hint of red.

  Is this... being teased again?

  But at this time, Liao Liao just smiled in agreement and soon became serious again, looking at Li Qian with a look of longing in his eyes, asking: "So, can you sell me a few songs?"

  ***

  Sanjiang is a good recommendation, so I want to rush up the list. Can you all support me with a few recommendation votes?

  That's it for today's chapter, and there will be two more chapters tomorrow!