The Bodyguard System

Just as Jaden was about to respond, someone suddenly walked towards them. It was a lady who was wearing a business suit. She possessed an outstanding appearance, but with a domineering aura.

"Mr. Castro, your song has already undergone the review, and it has passed the review. We will look for an artist, and your song might be released within this month, or at the start of next month." The lady stated in an official tone.

Castro was visibly excited upon hearing that. Even though he had been speaking nonchalantly with Jaden, that did not imply that he was not nervous. All this while, he was quite nervous, and was just talking with Jaden in order to suppress the nervousness that he was feeling.

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"Thank you." Castro said with an excited expression. Then he asked, "Is there a possibility of me joining the composition department of your company?"

The lady was not expecting Castro to ask that question. She looked at him as she contemplated for a moment before she responded, "The possibility is only small, but a possibility is a possibility nonetheless. In case you are needed to join the composition department of our company, you will be contacted and be informed of that."

Castro nodded but he was obviously not excited as he was before. He understood that if they are informing him that they would contact him later on, it implied that there was a great possibility that he would not get the chance.

But Castro was not willing to give up. He wanted to be a composer, and he had to make it big in this small city first. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to be able to make his career shine in the big first tier city.

Both Sylvia and Scarlet understood this concept. But there was nothing that they could do other than looking at Castro with encouraging gazes.

Immediately after the lady said those words, she left. Castro remained seated on the chair in the waiting lounge, as he contemplated the next step that he was supposed to take.

He was not willing to use connections in order to get into this company, and become a composer. He wanted to use his own abilities in order to be able to get in this company, and it was only by using his own abilities that he would be respected.

In case he decided to use the power of his family, it was obvious that many people would look down on him, even if they would not show it openly. That was something that he did not want. He basically did not like people talking negatively about him behind his back.

Jaden did not say anything either. But, from the fact that Castro had managed to compose a song that was accepted by Dazzling Entertainment, he believed that Castro possessed quite some capability himself.

And from the way that the lady was talking to him, it was clear that she did not know about his background. Otherwise, even though this company was amongst the leading entertainment companies present in the city, it would definitely give the Johnson family face in such a situation.

It would not be impossible for them to go ahead and try inviting Castro to become a composer in the company, even if he was not willing to.

Jaden's impression of Castro improved. And, there was one thing that he had noticed so far from his observation. Starting from Scarlet to Sylvia and finally to Castro, it seemed that they did not like using their family name when handling many things.

Of course, it was impossible for them to be able to completely hide the fact that they were from the Johnson family. But nonetheless, in situations that they did not need to state their identity, they basically did not.

Scarlet lacked freedom, and Castro seemed to be one that wanted to prove himself. As for Sylvia, even though Jaden had interacted with her, it was within the Johnson residence. As for outside the Johnson residence, Jaden did not know that much about her.

About 2 minutes later, Castro seemed to have made a decision. But he did not say what he had decided upon out loud. Instead, he continued sitting on the couch casually while crossing his legs.

"Should we go?" Scarlet asked suddenly.

"I think we are already done here. We can leave, right?" Sylvia responded as she looked at Castro questioningly. Of the three of them, Castro was obviously the oldest.

"Why are you in a hurry? I want to see the results of Jaden's composition. I want to see if the song that he composed is better than mine or I was above him." Castro commented casually.

"Tsk!" Scarlet was obviously displeased by this, but she did not say anything. Instead, she took out her phone, before she began scrolling through it, completely ignoring the people around her.

Upon seeing her reaction, Sylvia could only shake her head. Then, she looked at Jaden, only to see that Jaden did not seem to care that much at all about Scarlet's reaction.

In the end, Sylvia could only continue sitting their helplessly, as she did not know what to do. After all, this was not something that she could interfere with.

They continued waiting, while Castro occasionally chatted with Jaden, asking many questions about Jaden. Jaden simply gave short answers, trying to discourage Castro from asking too many questions about him.

But it seemed that Castro did not seem to care what Jaden was trying to imply. Instead, immediately after Jaden answered one question, Castro would ask another one, as if he had already prepared the questions that he was going to ask Jaden beforehand.

Jaden could only helplessly answer the questions, sometimes giving vague answers, or maybe giving false information instead of correct one. As for those that he did not want to respond, he would only end up shaking his head.

The lady who had been there to inform Castro about the results did not come back for a while, but when she came back, she came back with the results of the remaining people.

One by one, she called out the names of the people, before giving them the results of the review of the songs that they had composed. Some people were obviously excited to have their songs accepted, but the majority of them left with downcast expressions.

Finally, after everyone had left apart from Jaden and the three Johnsons, the lady came towards him. This time, her stern expression changed into a smile.

"Congratulations Mr. Moore. Your song has passed the review, and we would like to express our willingness to buy the rights of this song from your hands. Is it possible?" The lady asked while smiling at Jaden.

Jaden had already expected that the song was going to be accepted. After all, if the previous one that he had written and was of a lower quality as compared to the one that he had presented at this moment was accepted, well, he presented it himself, but nonetheless, it was a hit, not to mention the one that he had improved.

As for the matter of purchasing the rights of the song, Jaden was obviously not willing to sell them. They could have the rights of using the song in several ways, but he would definitely not give them the rights of owning the song.

"I can accept your company to find an appropriate artist to sing the song, and you will possess all the other rights of the song, other than the ownership rights." Jaden stated.

The lady was obviously hoping for more than that. But, she was excited nonetheless. Jaden accepting off the bet to give them all the other rights of the song, it was clear that they had benefited greatly, considering the way that the one that was in charge of reviewing the song had said.

In fact, the results of the composition of the songs for the people that had been here would have come out earlier. After all, the review of the song was done by several people, and not just by a single person. So, several songs could be reviewed at the same time.

The moment that Jaden submitted the song, it was reviewed almost instantly. But the moment that the person that was reviewing the song heard the song composition, he was amazed that he immediately asked the others that were also in charge of reviewing songs to listen and review the song that had been composed by Jaden.

After they had listened to the song composition, even though it did not have the lyrics, they felt amazed by the skills of the composer. So, they immediately asked about the details of the one who had composed.

Then, upon hearing that it was a young man, they thought that there was a possibility that this young man had just managed to compose such a good song by luck. So, they sent the lady who was in charge of giving the results, to go and bargain with him.

"That is good too. As for the lyrics-" The lady was just about to say that they would look for the best lyricist in the company to create the lyrics for the song, when Jaden suddenly interrupted her.

"Don't worry about the lyrics. I have the lyrics for the song, I can present them to you as well." Jaden said as he looked at the lady.

But what Jaden had said had made the lady together with the three Johnsons to be completely awed. That was especially for Castro. He could not believe that Jaden, who looked younger than himself, was actually way better than himself in composing songs.

And more than that, he could even write lyrics? Or could it be that he had found another person to write the lyrics for him?