I miss you so much today.

Janus exclusive lounge at TANG Building.

Jonathan invited his team members to relax and enjoy themselves. Vasin then pushed a food cart in. Jonathan patted Vasin's broad shoulder, winked, and said in English to the four players who could not hide their surprise, "Mentor perk: a superstar experience card."

He then left his own rest room and went to the recording studio next door to find the fifth team member who had been out of sorts all morning recording the final song.

Since the Star Show Commemorative Album includes the final champion's performance and five final songs sung by the four teams of contestants and their mentors, the recording was scheduled to take place from the 28th to the 3rd in the larger recording studio.

Jiang Songyun was holding the sheet music, standing in front of the microphone stand, taking deep breaths with her eyes closed, completely unaware that someone was pushing the door open and coming in.

"Does it work?" Jonathan leaned against the wall by the door for a while, then, considering that he didn't have much time to rest, asked.

“What…” Jiang Songyun frowned when he was interrupted. He opened his eyes and saw that the person who asked the question was his idol, who had personally taught him this calming secret. He shook his head honestly at first, and then nodded heavily. “What Brother Naxi taught must be useful.”

Jonathan smiled warmly and didn't expose her. He walked over, glanced at the sheet music with its crumpled edges, and asked, "Want to talk?"

Jiang Songyun's confident expression froze on his face. He then lowered his head and tried to smooth out the sheet music: "I'm sorry, Brother Naxi, I've disappointed you again."

"How could that be?" Jonathan said, sitting down on the ground and patting the spot next to him in a relaxed manner. "The male lead's troubles?"

Jiang Songyun's eyes widened upon hearing this, and he quickly sat down obediently: "Brother Naxi, how did you know that?!"

Jonathan mimicked Jiang Songyun's reaction when he last visited, mysteriously tapping his forehead: "Straight—"

"Intuition," Jiang Songyun replied in unison.

The two of them burst into laughter.

After laughing for a while, Jiang Songyun took out his phone from his pocket, unlocked it, and showed it to Jonathan. He pouted and said, "It's the premiere of 'Yan Ge Xing' today. I've been busy preparing for the final song composed by Jonathan these past few days and haven't checked my phone. I glanced at Weibo before coming here this morning, oh, that's the social media app that Chinese artists use. My private message and comment sections are flooded with messages!!!"

Jonathan paused for a moment: "Today...the premiere?"

Jiang Songyun was so engrossed in the rapidly increasing red numbers on the screen that he didn't bother to read the message. He just scrolled up and down without checking the content. As if his mind had wandered off, he casually asked, "What?"

"Oh, I meant 'exploded' as 'hot'?" Jonathan's expression returned to normal.

“The cyberbullying is all directed at me!!!” Jiang Songyun sighed bitterly, then resignedly put his phone away. “Actually, these kinds of things always happen in the dramas I’ve acted in before, it’s just that I’m not used to being the one directly involved.”

“Cyberbullying…that sounds terrifying.” Jonathan instinctively responded to Jiang Songyun’s emotions, but his thoughts had already drifted far away. “How long has this been going on? Is it affecting your work? Is there anything else I can do?”

"No need, no need, Brother Naxi, you've already done so much!" Jiang Songyun seemed to feel he shouldn't complain so much to his idol, waving his hands in a blurry gesture. "I didn't look closely either, it's only been two or three days? The domestic video website Manldeng is down, I don't know the situation..."

Then, straightening her back and striking a nonchalant pose, she reassured the top idol: "Don't worry, Nasi-ge, my brother will handle it! And those who are criticizing me now are definitely haters who haven't watched the show. Once the army of enthusiastic supporters gets involved and hears Nasi-ge's theme song, I guarantee things will be much better within a day!!!"

“Of course your brother will.” Jonathan affirmed with a slight smile, then took a breath and pulled Jiang Songyun up. “Since it will definitely get better, then we need to cheer up! I’m really looking forward to Songyun’s interpretation as a singer.”

“’Shine for a long time,’ do you remember?”

"Ready to go, hehe~~~"

Seeing that Jiang Songyun had regained his energy, Jonathan encouraged him to hurry up and join the other contestants next door. After all, having plenty of energy and stamina is essential for a good performance during the afternoon's official recording.

Outside the recording studio, a figure silently weighed the energy drink in their hand, then slipped away as footsteps approached from inside.

After half-embracing and half-pushing Jiang Songyun out of the recording studio, Jonathan's lips curled into a smile. He pulled out his phone from his back pocket and squinted at the six caller ID numbers listed by date in his recent call log.

Exhale.

The familiar, drawn-out sound of wind lasted for nearly ten seconds. The call connected, but neither of them spoke.

After a long pause, Jonathan spoke first, choosing his tone carefully and in an ambiguous manner: "Oh dear, I forgot to lock the screen and accidentally bumped it. But it just so happens that I was thinking of you especially today."

"Is there anything you want to tell me?"

-

The call was disconnected. Jiang Songhe opened her mouth, but swallowed the words "I miss you so much too" that she hadn't said. She quickly straightened up, pushed open the office door, and went straight to Yunhe's office area.

The project staff, who hadn't left work by 8 PM, stared at each other with worried expressions. Jiang Songhe walked over and tapped the partition between the row of desks with his knuckles. The staff collectively snapped out of their daze: "President Jiang, we think we've been messed with by Ciyi."

Jiang Songhe knew this, of course, but arguing about whether it was a waste of time was the most urgent task. The immediate priority was to resolve the issue of "Yan Ge Xing" being flooded with negative comments and bullet screens, which was affecting the viewing experience and reputation.

"Immediately enable automatic protection in the background, restrict the comment permissions of abnormal users, block high-frequency words in the barrage of troll comments and all words related to 'Dream Pillow Life', and also enable comment moderation."

"Received, Mr. Jiang."

"Preserve evidence, contact the platform operations department to apply for customized protection intervention and supervision, and send a copy to our legal department so that they can draft an official statement and publish it on the official Weibo account as soon as possible, and prepare a lawyer's letter for later use."

"Okay, I'll go now."

"Ask if the post-production special is finished yet. If necessary, send someone to their company to copy it and upload it to the entire internet as soon as possible."

"clear."

"The publicity team's matrix accounts will recommend the show based on the first three episodes, mentioning both its strengths and weaknesses. We will invite other KOLs from our resource library to write reviews; participation is welcome, but they don't need to influence the direction of the copywriting."

...

Yunhe's office area instantly functioned like a machine operating in a state of orderly chaos. Three hours later, the effects of a series of anti-explosion measures gradually became apparent. On the now much cleaner and more refined screen, serious comments from viewers began to appear, as well as signatures and check-ins to support the actors on screen.

The market share of "Yan Ge Xing" on Kaiai Data has increased to 13%.

The signs of cyberbullying on the TV show and social media platforms have shown a clear trend of abating. Just after midnight, Jiang Songhe came to the office area again and explicitly reminded the employees, whose faces were covered in food dust and oil, that "during the promotion period, meals and taxi fares will be reimbursed, and overtime applications should be noted with triple hourly pay."

Then, with a wave of his hand, he proactively sent all components back to the factory for charging.

Once only one person remained in Yunhe Company, Jiang Songhe turned off the lights in all office areas and returned to his office, sinking into the sofa. After rubbing his temples for five minutes, he pulled out his phone from his pocket and stared blankly at the most recent call record.

He shrugged and let out a deep sigh.

I continued to zone out for almost an hour before getting up, taking my lead-heavy car keys from the table, putting on my coat, and going home.

-

"Janus, everything is ready. When shall we kick off?"

The recording session ended on the 28th, and the arranger, at Jonathan's request, stayed in the control room to wait for orders.

In the smaller recording studio, Jonathan sat on a high stool under ambient lighting, staring silently at his phone.

“That kid…uhh Jiang Songyun, right? Need me to call him over now?”

The time on the phone screen jumped to 18:00.

Jonathan lowered his eyes and chuckled, then raised his head and brought his lips close to the microphone.

"Nah, never mind. Sorry for wasting your time."

(No, never mind, sorry for wasting your time.)