Lin Rui had no time to pay attention to the battle situation outside. At this moment, he was staring intently at the skyrocketing reputation points, laughing from time to time.

Standing outside the door, Zhou Rongze hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping himself. This was the third time he had come downstairs. The first two times he saw Lin Rui sitting in a chair, staring blankly and grinning foolishly, his rational mind told him that this guy was probably having another inspiration.

For such rare talents who experience sudden bursts of inspiration, in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes and scaring away their inspiration, he can only turn back along the same path.

But right now, looking at Lin Rui who was still laughing from time to time, Zhou Rongze felt extremely tired.

Especially with Uncle Qiao's encouraging look that seemed to say, "Go ahead and call him, see if he dares to answer," Zhou Rongze was so angry that his face turned red. In the end, he simply closed his eyes, turned around, and left.

"That's it?"

Half an hour later, Lin Rui logged out of the system, still feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

In just a short while, his reputation value skyrocketed by 230 million!

"In the end, the sense of belonging is a bit lacking, but the large number of them makes up for the problem of insufficient base. Opening up the cultural wall has brought me a lot of benefits."

As Lin Rui was thinking to himself, he ran into Uncle Qiao, who was coming out of the break room, just as he left the office.

"Lin Rui, it seems like President Zhou needs to talk to you. He's come back and forth three times already."

"Is there?"

Lin Rui asked a question subconsciously.

Despite being immersed in the system, Lin Rui was still able to react to changes in his surroundings.

He was hearing perfectly fine, but he had no recollection of Zhou Rongze ever contacting him.

Uncle Qiao smiled slightly, offered no explanation, gently patted Lin Rui's shoulder with an expression that said, "Uncle Qiao understands you," and then leisurely sat back down in his chair with his thermos.

Lin Rui didn't think too much about it and went straight into the elevator after leaving the production department.

thump thump thump…

"Please come in."

Zhou Rongze, who was sitting in the chair, saw that it was Lin Rui who opened the door. He immediately stood up with a smile and took out a small packet of tea from the storage cabinet.

"This is fine tea from Fanzhou, would you like to try some?"

"OK."

Nodding, Lin Rui sat down and asked, "President Zhou, I heard from Uncle Qiao that you were looking for me?"

I made three trips back and forth, but seeing that you seemed to have a burst of inspiration, I didn't want to bother you.

I see, no wonder I had no recollection of it.

Zhou Rongze didn't ask Lin Rui if he was inspired to create another masterpiece. Whenever a work was reported to the copyright department, someone would always bring him a list on his desk.

Zhou Rongze still feels lingering fear when he thinks about how Lin Rui submitted the copyrights for more than forty works in one go that day.

Of course, the copyright department will remain tight-lipped about any copyright matters related to the word "Floating Life" and will never dare to disclose them to outsiders.

Apart from Lin Rui himself, only two specialists in the copyright department and Zhou Rongze knew about it.

Li Donglai's confidence in Lin Rui also stemmed from Zhou Rongze's regular reports. With dozens of works in hand, Li Donglai had no worries. He only needed to work with Gui Bei and Yin Hu to make arrangements.

"With New Year's Eve approaching, I discussed some strategies with Chen Bin."

He couldn't count on Li Donglai. Firstly, the richest man was too busy, and secondly, if he consulted Li Donglai about everything, it would make Zhou Rongze seem incompetent.

Therefore, Zhou Rongze focused his attention on Chen Bin.

It has to be said that he's an absolute genius. Frankly, Zhou Rongze feels it's a shame he's just Lin Rui's assistant. If Chen Bin could be used in the business world, he might just be the next Situ Changqing!

"Based on the information we have so far, in addition to you, they will also send people to target other artists, such as the top stars and the first, second and third-tier artists."

"But that's nothing. Even without this mess, we'd still compete for this ranking. Even without us, they'd still fight to the death."

Zhou Rongze sneered: "It's nothing more than a lot of talk. None of us have experience with the combined ranking of the sixteen states, but we have experience with the combined ranking of four states. In terms of experience, we have more than them. Your work is of high quality. You don't need to worry about what happens next. It's time for us to warm up and take the stage."

After a pause, Zhou Rongze changed the subject and said seriously, "Chen Bin and I are in agreement. Even if the worst happens, they can lose, but you can't."

"Lin Rui, the success or failure of your work is closely related to their performance on the charts."

"Because their influence is limited to the first region, and not everyone will buy into it."

"But your fame, thanks to the three promotional videos, has spread to all sixteen states."

Lin Rui fell into thought.

He had considered what Zhou Rongze wanted to express before, but it might not have worked under the circumstances at the time.

However, after the three promotional videos were recognized by the China Literature and Art Association and published on its homepage, Lin Rui gradually recognized the feasibility of this method.

He can no longer rely on counterattacks as before; instead, he must take the lead and secure a winning start!

Only in this way can he influence the other works that belong to him on the list.

In this environment of coexistence among sixteen states, unless there are local fans, let alone first- or second-tier artists, even top stars would probably not be very popular.

"Mr. Zhou, I understand what you mean."

Lin Rui nodded seriously.

Seeing Lin Rui's expression, Zhou Rongze smiled and waved his hand, "Come on, have some tea."

…

As New Year's Eve drew closer, Shen Yun, Sun Youlin, Ye Yinhui, Xu Huijing, and others who were filming in Huazhou gradually returned to Xiazhou.

For three days in a row, everyone seemed to be working like crazy in the recording studio, honing their voices and trying to sing the best songs in the best possible condition.

Wen Wenxuan designed a dance on her own. After watching it, Lin Rui gave some suggestions. Wen Wenxuan's comprehension was quite good. After she integrated the ideas, Lin Rui nodded in approval.

Now, Wen Wenxuan has already started filming the music video.

On the other hand, Li Mubai has returned after successfully passing through the pass.

Having watched countless melodramatic soap operas about fortunes changing every thirty years, this guy actually had the audacity to go and discuss the life-or-death topic of love and marriage with Sun Youlin. Seeing Sun Youlin scratching his head as if he wanted to strangle this guy, Lin Rui secretly felt sweat for Li Mubai.

You've got guts!

But clearly, this setback was not enough to make him back down. After being turned away by Sun Youlin, Uncle Qiao gloriously became the substitute victim!

No wonder Uncle Qiao suddenly took leave without permission. Lin Rui thought Uncle Qiao was sick. It turns out that Uncle Qiao was afraid he wouldn't be able to hold back and would chop this guy up with a kitchen knife!

Upholding a fearless spirit of exploration, Li Mubai's audition truly amazed everyone present, including Lin Rui, who was also extremely surprised.

By his standards, Li Mubai's emotional expression in "Xia Sha" deserves at least 80 points!

This 80-point standard is almost comparable to Sun Youlin, who has been divorced four times and scored twice on the football field!

"Sister Qi, what movie did you show him?"

"Xiao Rui, would you like to give it a try?"

Luo Qi smiled knowingly, as if to say, "If you just nod, I'll make sure you're well-fed and clothed."

"never mind."

With a very rational wave of his hand, Lin Rui could almost guess how many times Li Mubai had suffered mental torment.

The recorded audio files were handed to Lin Rui one after another. After confirming that there were no problems, Lin Rui asked the staff to copy the audio files and then distribute them to the representatives of various music platforms who had been waiting at the company for a long time.

The promotional poster is complete!

Audio test complete!

Everyone is eagerly awaiting midnight tonight!

New Year's Eve!

A battle of gods!