What Zhao Shanshan didn't know was that the reason the data was bad in the first few minutes after the release was because most of the popularity of the singing competition was concentrated on Chen Shaoyan and Zhao Shanshan.

At first, no one would go to listen to the music released by Sunset.

but.

Everything has a comparison.

After listening to Zhao Shanshan's performance, many fans and casual listeners thought it was amazing. With such quality, how dare "Stargazing at Sunset" try to compete with "Starry Night"?

With that in mind, everyone went to see "Countdown," and the result was an unstoppable frenzy.

The key point is that I only discovered that "Countdown" has a music video after listening to it.

Then...it all exploded.

They were all left on the "Countdown" side, and even forgot about the singing battle and the song "Crying for Love".

After another round of data updates.

"Crying for Love" won the championship.

"Countdown" has broken into the top five and firmly holds fourth place; its ranking has improved too quickly.

"Something's not right."

Zhao Shanshan didn't have time to drink her coffee. After putting on her headphones, she clicked to play the song "Countdown".

It's true that there's a buzz surrounding singing battles.

However, there is a preview of the song.

If many netizens only watched "Countdown" out of curiosity and only listened to 60 seconds of it, it would be impossible for it to have such a high number of paying users.

That leaves only one possibility... The song written by Sunset Glow and Stars was of very high quality, which kept the audience who were supposed to be there to listen to the song and made them willing to pay.

As the rhythmic prelude to the countdown began, Zhao Shanshan listened intently.

Lyrics by: Zhaixing

Composer: Zhaixing

Singer: Bian Ling'er

The fact that it was a singer she'd never heard of before that made Zhao Shanshan even more surprised and suspicious.

——

The cherry blossom season hasn't arrived yet, and I still don't have a camera.

The restaurant I haven't visited yet, I'm still looking forward to it, with you on my trip.

Paris, waiting for the sunset, holding your hand beneath the Eiffel Tower.

——

"A song title like this for a love story?" Zhao Shanshan was puzzled, but at least she breathed a sigh of relief.

When comparing love songs, you can appreciate just how powerful Chen Shaoyan's "Crying for Love" truly is.

If "Countdown" were only like this, it would never have achieved such high popularity.

Just as she was wondering, her thoughts were slowly moving forward with the rhythm of the melody. Bian Ling'er's singing was also perfectly crafted, gradually reaching its peak.

——

Cherish every little thing, every single day, for fear that it might suddenly be too late.

I will love you well...

The clock hands keep counting down the remaining happiness we have.

The fervor of their embrace at that moment will forever remain profound.

My heartbeat keeps counting down the remaining warmth of my life.

At least I love you with all my might; my still-black hair is safe from turning gray.

——

The emotions build gradually, from low to high, from nothing to something, and the beautiful melody of the voice-over creates a very smooth and mysterious artistic conception.

In addition, her sweet and clear singing voice makes people feel like a ray of warm sunshine shining into their hearts.

It's a kind of love story spanned by a "countdown," yet it doesn't lose its freedom of flight, while also possessing a captivating and powerful vocal style.

The following lines, "After darkness comes the rising sun, after tears comes perseverance, the heartbeat keeps counting down, the remaining warmth of life, at least it's painful yet joyful, loving is what makes one truly alive, with you I ask for nothing more," directly establish the foundation of this song, giving people a feeling that is not cloying.

Rather, it is a masterpiece crafted with heart and soul. The overall artistic conception tells us to cherish what we love and every moment of time. In this life, every second we live is a second less.

It's a love story, yet it's written in such a sophisticated way.

After hearing this, Zhao Shanshan stood there, stunned, her mind still buzzing, not yet realizing what had happened.

"Is this... music with a love theme?"

Before hearing the countdown, Zhao Shanshan thought "Crying for Love" was already a top-notch work in the realm of love songs.

That idea crumbled after the countdown ended.

You can imagine that love music with a melancholic style is of good quality and doesn't feel out of place at all.

What we fear most most is comparison.

There is no harm without comparison.

If you compare the two from the reverse perspective, crying for love seems particularly pretentious.

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Zhao Shanshan quickly switched to another server to refresh the data.

"Countdown" is now in second place, closely following "Cry for Love".

"No way..."

Zhao Shanshan had a bad feeling.

Until she saw that "Countdown" actually came with a music video.

"What?"

"You still have the leisure to shoot a music video?"

Without hesitation, Zhao Shanshan clicked on the link. As the screen shifted, the countdown began with the arrival of night.

On stage, a "princess" wearing a fitted long dress closed her eyes and held a microphone, creating a scene that seemed to be frozen in time.

To be precise, this video looks like it was cut out of a painting.

Beautiful as an angel, pure and flawless, graceful and poised, with impeccable manners... these descriptions are not an exaggeration when applied to this singer.

About ten seconds later, the singer began to sing with the air of an "exotic princess".

Because of the fitted long dress, the singer could not make large movements, but could only sway her body slightly, like a princess dancing gracefully, or a fairy descending to earth.

The sense of sophistication at the very end is elevated to an unsurpassable level at this moment.

That exquisite beauty was like a brand, directly welded into the depths of Zhao Shanshan's mind.

"So...so beautiful!"

As a girl, Zhao Shanshan's first impression of the music video was that it was beautiful.

It's breathtakingly beautiful!

"How is this possible..."

The countdown and this music video fit together perfectly, as if this style of music video was tailor-made for that singer.

The image of the exotic princess was already lingering in Zhao Shanshan's mind.

Even a woman with such discerning taste thinks the singer in the music video is incredibly beautiful, let alone male viewers.

Jealousy crept across her face, and her bad premonition reached its peak. She then switched to check the data again.

The champion: "Crying for Love", with 1.8238 million paid views.

Second: "Countdown", with 1.8197 million paid users.

It's worth noting that this song was able to win the championship in a very short time mainly due to Zhao Shanshan's pressure and Chen Shaoyan's huge fan base, coupled with the popularity of the song battle.

Despite having a relatively small fan base, they almost caught up with the last-ranked data...

Zhao Shanshan clicked the mouse to refresh the August quarterly data.

The champion: "Crying for Love", with 1.8238 million paid views.

Second: "Countdown", with 1.8221 million paid users.

A dozen seconds later, the data was refreshed again...

Champion: Countdown, 1.8461 million paid views.

Second: "Crying for Love", 1.8329 million paid views.

"That's impossible!"

Just after Zhao Shanshan refreshed the data again, the number of paying users for the two songs began to show a widening gap.

They were almost tied, separated by only about 10,000.

In just a minute or two, the difference had already reached about 50,000.

The difference in quality is immediately apparent!

Zhao Shanshan even imagined herself recording the countdown and filming the music video herself, thinking how wonderful that would be.

"Who exactly is this 'Star Picker'?"

In a tense moment, she took out her phone and dialed Chen Tianyi's number, but the line was busy.

...