"Teacher Brando, you said you finally arranged the melody that has been bothering you for years into a piano piece? Congratulations!"

"Yes, I plan to name this piano piece "Melody of Samsara"

"'Melody of Samsara'? Not bad, Mr. Brando. Was it the Chinese director named Lu Yuan who gave you the inspiration? According to the latest information I have learned, this Chinese director named Lu Yuan seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. In just half a year, he has composed three piano pieces in a row. Well, do you think he is an incredible genius?"

"Yes, not only is he an incredible genius, but he is also amazing! I have seen many geniuses in my life, but no matter which one, no one can compare to him. I can even predict that no one will be able to surpass him in the next hundred years. After all, I have never heard of anyone who can compose a complete piece of music that revolutionizes piano composition techniques in just half a day."

"What! Teacher Brando, this is shocking. Do you mean that Director Lu Yuan also composed a complete song by himself in just half a day? Oh my God, this is really shocking!"

"Yes, it was indeed only half a day. Just an hour ago, I saw him sitting on the piano chair and playing the song "Canon". The appearance of this song "Canon" made me instantly understand many skills that I had never understood before, and opened a brand new door for me!"

"You think so highly of him? Isn't that a bit too much?" another reporter asked Brando.

"No, he deserves this evaluation!"

At noon, Brando was in a very good mood and even met with the weekly reporters who had been waiting outside the villa for a long time.

As they chatted, Brando talked about creation, and after talking about creation, he naturally mentioned Lu Yuan.

This shocked the reporters who came to interview.

They had never heard the old man give such a high evaluation to any pianist. Even the pianist Edward was just a young man with some talent but still needing to be honed in his immaturity in the eyes of the old man.

But!

Today, they found that their concepts were completely overturned!

This Chinese director who suddenly emerged unexpectedly received such high praise from the old man!

They couldn't help but develop a strong interest in this Chinese man.

"Then Mr. Brando, can you play the song of that Chinese pianist for us?"

"I'm sorry I can't play it."

"Why? We really want to hear that piece of music."

"Because this is his song, I can't play it without his permission."

"Ah, that's such a pity."

"No, it's not a pity, at least for me there is no regret anymore!"

Brando smiled after looking at the reporters.

He looked into the distance calmly.

He was very satisfied at this moment.

Yes, unprecedented satisfaction.

…

China.

Wei Lai’s Weibo followers have reached two million, temporarily ranking first in the total fans list, and also temporarily ranking first in the Weibo popularity list.

The story of the fan base increasing from one million to two million and from second to first on the popularity list is actually not an inspiring one.

At first, he had really given up on the Weibo popularity list, and he wanted to focus on the fan number list.

After all, after spending so much money, he was still suppressed by Lu Yuan. What's the point?

However, since the album incident ended, Lu Yuan directly deleted several advertising Weibo posts.

After deleting the advertising Weibo post, Lu Yuan did not post any other hype Weibo posts, so the popularity gradually subsided.

Then Wei Lai saw that the difference between his popularity and Lu Yuan's was only about 20,000!

Yes, it’s just over 20,000!

At this moment, his already desperate mood was instantly rekindled, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and decided to go for the big one.

This is the entertainment industry where traffic and fans are king!

If you have people paying attention to you, your traffic will explode. Even if you just lie at home and sleep every day, you will receive a lot of invitations and advertisements...

No one pays attention to you. Even if you are a great actor with unique acting skills, no one will pay attention to you.

After all, you have no commercial value!

Wei Lai’s acting skills are not that good, and he doesn’t have any representative works. Although his singing is okay, it ultimately doesn’t make any waves in China, so the only thing he relies on is popularity!

He needs heat!

How hot?

The most discussed topic on Weibo, the most fans, and the most headlines...

These are all hot!

Wei Lai felt that the time when Lu Yuan neglected to post on Weibo was an opportunity!

Then Wei Lai did just that!

In order to attract fans' attention and create a hot topic, he even dyed his hair green a few days ago, put on a red dress and uploaded the photo to Weibo. He also secretly hyped it up, pretending to accidentally "reveal" that he actually has the habit of wearing women's clothes. At the same time, he let the Internet trolls lead the rhythm on Weibo, and even bought off many well-known media celebrities to report on this explosive news of his...

After all this operation, he felt that it was not enough, so he made up his mind and spent hundreds of thousands to hire a group of internet trolls to increase the popularity!

Then, the popularity on his Weibo finally exploded!

He even made headlines in the entertainment industry!

At that moment, Weibo was instantly filled with news about him being a "cross-dresser", "transvestite", "cuckold", etc. After a few hours of fermentation, these trending search terms finally suppressed the news about Lu Yuan's advertising, and he became the new king of popularity and fans!

At the same time, the number of real fans is also showing explosive growth, directly breaking through two million!

This makes Wei Lai very comfortable!

After pressing Lu Yuan down, he let out a long sigh, feeling that the unhappiness that had accumulated in his heart was finally swept away!

He is ambitious!

He feels that this year's Weibo Hot King is only him, and only him!

But……

A few hours later, when he opened Weibo again to read the headlines, he suddenly found that the headlines were not about him again.

He stared blankly at news like "Lu Yuan creates miracles", "Lu Yuan wins four awards in a row", "The Goya Awards no longer make Chinese people despair", "Director Lu wants to be the king of advertising"...

He took a deep breath and subconsciously clicked on it. He saw the award ceremony video of Lu Yuan winning four awards in a row and his acceptance speech in the video...

Naturally, there are countless comments and countless netizens below...

He closed his eyes.

It's a mysterious feeling of suffocation and despair.

When he opened his eyes and subconsciously took another look at the popularity list, he sighed silently.

His heart was trembling.

Sure enough, his popularity once again became the second...

Then the cross-dressing fetish, cuckold fetish, transvestite, and the hundreds of thousands of dollars in hype funds were all wasted.

Fortunately, at least I am still number one on the fan list.

After looking at the gap between her two million fans and Lu Yuan's 1.6 million fans, Wei Lai finally saw comfort in her despair.

But once you have bad luck, worse luck will follow!

In the evening, Wei Lai looked at the fan list again, and he was speechless to find that he had even ranked second.

Lu Yuan's 1.6 million fans increased to 2.1 million in just half a day...

"Damn, this guy also spent a lot of money on it?"

This was the first thought that came to his mind.

Then Wei Lai felt a great pain in his heart, and his whole body was in a state of collapse...

It's a humiliating feeling of being pressed to the ground and rubbed.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and looked at the headlines.

Then……

"Surprise! Lu Yuan actually composed another piano piece?"

"Famous pianist Brando: This is a piano piece that revolutionizes arrangement!"

"A magical Chinese boy, a genius that only appears once in a century!"

"He is a director, a screenwriter, an actor, and at the same time... he is also a pianist?"

"Lu Yuan, a big liar who keeps saying that he has run out of ideas, but secretly keeps creating!"

“Perhaps he will be the only Chinese to appear in the American Piano Weekly?”

"We have all been deceived! He is a talented liar!"

Huaxia Daily, Huaxia Evening News, Entertainment Weekly, Newspaper...

In just half a day, countless online newspapers were reporting this astonishing news. Piano lovers in China, in particular, were almost going crazy. After all, China had produced such an amazing pianist!

How could they not be crazy?

At this moment, all the headlines of every portal were filled with various news about Lu Yuan. Previously, it was Lu Yuan who won four awards in a row, and now it was Lu Yuan who has reached the pinnacle of success in the piano field!

Lu Yuan's popularity has exploded to an unprecedented level!

Many people in the entertainment industry have gone crazy.

Of course, Wei Lai also felt that he was crazy.

When Wei Lai saw that all his efforts and money had gone to waste and he was also branded as a cuckold, his mentality completely collapsed.

He even shed tears of despair.

You said, it would be fine if you just went to Spain, but why did you win the award?

It would be fine if you just won the awards and came back, but why did you start composing piano music again?

So when the hell did you get in touch with Brando?

Aren't you out of ideas? Aren't you no longer able to play the piano?

Do you think it's fun to slap yourself in the face?

wrong!

Aren't you targeting me specifically?

Every time when I spend money to do something, you come out to suppress me. What on earth are you doing?

What kind of hatred and grudge is this?

I have no grudge against you at all. When your company moved, I even went there to send you my best wishes!

Damn it!

When Wei Lai thought of this, he became even angrier!

What did you say when you held my hand?

Say that we will make money together, work hard together, and cooperate with each other in the future.

So this is what you call mutual cooperation?

OK! I accept it!

It’s okay for me to stop using Weibo. Can’t I just focus on singing?

Is your throat bad?

Can’t I sing and dance because my voice is not good?

If not, try some rap!

Anyway, I like this too.

As for Weibo?

Okay, whoever wants to play can play!

I won’t serve you anymore!

…

Lu Yuan didn't know that he had successfully helped a young hunk quit his Weibo addiction.

He doesn't pay attention to this.

At this moment, he is having his second cup of coffee in the largest coffee shop in Madrid, Spain…

The person for this meeting was Director James.

Beautiful piano music, dim lights, and an ancient European environment.

The night is very beautiful.

The coffee was still bitter and still not the taste Lu Yuan liked, but fortunately Lu Yuan added sugar this time.

And added a lot of sugar.

He likes the sweet feeling.

"Mr. Lu Yuan, I didn't expect that you would make big news in just one day's absence. This is incredible, incredible!"

"Ahem, Director James, why are you here this time..."

“This is the script for my movie California Nights…”

"Um?"

"I was going to use your song 'The Romance of Love' for the interlude, but I ended up wanting to use a song, but I haven't found a suitable song yet, so I'd like to ask Mr. Lu Yuan for help."

"This..." Lu Yuan took the script of "California Nights" and started reading.

The script was not in English, but in Chinese so that Lu Yuan could understand.