Chapter 102

On the way back to the hotel after work, Xie Yang checked Weibo.

As expected, there were two topics with Ge Zhuo's name on the hot search list, namely #Ge Zhuo's seclusion# and #Ge Zhuo responds to doubts#. Clicking on the first topic, a video of an interview with Ge Zhuo before he received the award appeared at the top of the page.

The title of the video is "Exploring Ge Zhuo's reclusive life". Jie Yang took out his headphones, plugged them in, and clicked on the video.

The interview was conducted at Ge Zhuo's home. In a room decorated in a Zen style, Ge Zhuo and the interviewing reporter sat casually on the tatami. Between them was a carved low table, on which was placed a complete set of quaint and elegant tea sets. Ge Zhuo was personally making tea for the reporter.

After the tea was brewed, Ge Zhuo spoke and set the tone for the entire interview with one sentence.

He said: "If a person is not calm, he cannot produce good works."

Afterwards, Ge Zhuo had a conversation with the reporter about this sentence, especially the word "quiet", which was full of chicken soup and pretentiousness. During the conversation, Ge Zhuo took the reporter to visit his home, which was decorated in a very simple and natural way. He looked at the bamboo forest and distant mountains outside his home, which was the standard for a hermit master, and performed a piece of piano playing in the forest for the reporter.

Just as the breeze blew, the bamboo leaves swayed, the afterglow of the setting sun shone, Ge Zhuo in the center of the picture closed his eyes, and his hair fluttered... A video cover with perfect composition, built-in filters, and full of artistic sense was freshly released.

At the end of the video, Ge Zhuo smiled calmly and said, "For me, it doesn't matter whether my work wins an award or not. I participate in the award mainly because I want more people to hear my work. It's hard to find a soulmate in life. If someone can understand and like the music I compose, then I will be very satisfied."

At the end of the interview, the camera froze on Ge Zhuo's indifferent smile and a big word "静" written in cursive on the wall behind him.

Xie Yang took off his headphones, gave the interview a perfect score, and then clicked on the comment section below.

There are obvious traces of water army in the comment section. The hot comments are all lamenting that Ge Zhuo is a clean stream in the entertainment industry, praising Ge Zhuo's songs as "sincere works that touch the soul". These are completely different from those comments of the slutty bitches out there who only cater to the market, attract fans and make money.

Xie Yang couldn't stand this style of discussion, so he quickly exited the thread and clicked on the second topic.

The page refreshed, and the first post was a music critic’s Weibo, which was posted just after the Golden Melody Awards.

Lao Wen with a very picky ear: The Best Composition Award went to Ge Zhuo? ? ? Am I crazy or are the judges crazy? Such an excellent composition as "iud" didn't win any award? Even if it’s not “IUD”, it should be Xue Xian’s “Chenghuo”. The works of these two young singers are really sincere. At the very least it should be Tang Xiaoshu. Ge Zhuo's song "Everything" is really ordinary!

There are thousands of comments under this Weibo post, most of which express the same sentiment.

Logically speaking, this questioning Weibo post with so many comments should have become a hot topic long ago, but perhaps because the entire Internet was paying attention to Mu Zhouyi's affairs in the past few days, it did not cause much splash.

At least before this, Xie Yang had no idea there was such a Weibo post.

Under this Weibo post, the second one on the page is the Weibo post that really sparked the topic. That was a screenshot of a video posted by a marketing account showing Ge Zhuo being interviewed after winning the award. It already had nearly 10,000 comments.

In the screenshot, reporters surrounded Ge Zhuo and asked him what he thought about many listeners saying that the music he composed was not as good as the other selected songs. Ge Zhuo replied good-temperedly that everyone has a different musical style and the audience of the songs is also different. It is normal to have doubts, and he accepts all doubts.

The hot comments under this Weibo post successfully sparked a fight.

Hot comment 1: What do you mean by a lot of listeners? I think they are referring to the fans of two young handsome guys. Just because they have big faces and have debuted for only a short time, they think all the awards are theirs. They are so arrogant.

Hot comment 2: Hahaha, the person who didn’t care about the award finally got the award, and the person who fought for the award ended up being a runner-up. Sure enough, the judges know what constitutes good music.

Hot review three: I really don't understand this year's Golden Melody Awards. Alas, I can only say that there are not many people who really make music with their heart, and not many people who know how to appreciate it. I am also disappointed by some musicians who make random comments just to cater to the market.

Xie Yang raised his eyebrows, clicked on the comments under the first and second hot comments and flipped through them. Sure enough, he saw his and Xue Xian's names below, with his name mentioned more often. A fan came in to speak for him and Xue Xian, saying that he and Xue Xian didn't feel that the awards were all theirs, but they were ridiculed by the crowd. A straightforward passerby came in and said that he indeed thought his and Xue Xian's works were better, and then unsurprisingly he was labeled as worldly and not understanding real music.

It has to be said that this method of praising and criticizing "everyone is vulgar except me" and "the pure stream is suppressed by the market" will always work, because there will never be a shortage of "immortal" listeners in this world who claim to be pure, sober, and have unique tastes.

They are arrogant and unreasonable. Apart from the songs they listen to, other people's songs are vulgar and low-level. In this respect, they are more domineering than any other domineering president.

A fight is inevitable. I believe that if the momentum gets going, more and more people will step on Jie Yang and Xue Xian.

The phone suddenly vibrated, it was a message from the really domineering president.

Xie Yang clicked it.

Qiu Xing: Don’t watch those messy things, eat well, have a good rest, and don’t stay up late.

Jie Yang curled his lips and typed.

Xie Yang: Are you also checking Weibo?

Qiu Xing was typing for a long time, but in the end only sent three words.

Qiu Xing: Let’s go eat.

Xie Yang: I haven’t arrived at the hotel yet, I’m in the car. It's quite interesting to browse Weibo. It's a waste not to watch the free monkey show. It can whet your appetite while eating.

After a while of typing.

Qiu Xing: Then wait an hour and then look again.

An hour later?

Xie Yang: What did you do?

Qiu Xing replied immediately: Help you vent your anger.

When Xie Yang saw the message from Qiu Xing, he was about to put down his phone after replying to the message, but he got out of the car while swiping his phone, entered the hotel while swiping his phone, went back to the room to wash his hands and face, and then took Wu Shui to the restaurant for dinner while swiping his phone again.

During this hour, Xie Yang witnessed the transformation of public opinion on Weibo from "Ge Zhuo is being questioned" to "Ge Zhuo deserves the title", "Xie Yang and Xue Xian's works are too commercial", and "Xie Yang and Xue Xian are arrogant".

Someone made a left-right comparison picture. On the right, Ge Zhuo said that winning or not was not important; on the left, Xie Yang said that I entered the circle just to sing and make money; on the right, Ge Zhuo sat casually on the ground, brewing tea and playing the piano; on the left, Xie Yang was playing and fighting with Tong Jian and others in the luxuriously decorated Yangxing, singing songs with childish and crude lyrics on the guitar; on the right, Ge Zhuo smiled politely at Xie Yang and Xue Xian when he stood up to receive the award; on the left, the new IUD group and Xue Xian all changed their faces when the awards were presented, and applauded reluctantly.

Putting aside other things, just from this picture, we can indeed see that Ge Zhuo and Jie Yang are completely two different musicians, one is "worldly" and the other is doing well in the secular world.

Just as Jie Yang was about to be labeled as a worldly commercial person and Ge Zhuo's extraordinary personality was about to be firmly established, a topic suddenly became a hot search topic, which was #Golden Melody Awards apologizes for the shady dealings#.

Xie Yang raised the corner of his eyebrow, knowing that someone had arrived, and put down his chopsticks to concentrate on browsing Weibo.

After clicking into the topic, an apology statement just released by the official Golden Melody Awards Weibo popped up. In the statement, the jury revealed that several judges and persons in charge had accepted bribes and influenced the fairness of the awards. They solemnly apologized to the public and all participants for this matter, and then announced the punishment of several people and the decision to permanently blacklist the singer who bribed, and stated that this year's Best Composition Award was invalidated.

There are not many comments under the statement at present, and most of the few comments are question marks.

Xie Yang closed the comments and was about to take a closer look at the statement when a WeChat message from the truly domineering president popped up.

Qiu Xing: Eat well and don’t play with your phone.

Xie Yang paused in his Weibo browsing and looked at Wu Shui who was sitting next to him.

Wu Shui didn't dare to look Jie Yang in the eye, and advised him guiltily: "Boss, playing with your phone while eating will cause indigestion."

“…”

Xie Yang suppressed his urge to watch the show, put his phone down and ate.

After dinner, Xie Yang immediately picked up his phone and went back to his room. He curled up on the sofa and opened Weibo again.

The statement, which previously received few comments, has now become a hot topic. Below it, a Weibo post by a blogger who is certified as someone in charge of the Golden Melody Awards, which was posted a few minutes ago and contained evidence that Ge Zhuo bought the award, was also prominently displayed.

The evidence he released was very comprehensive, including photos of Ge Zhuo having dinner with the bribe-taker, transfer records, and chat records. It was a complete accusation.

At the end of the evidence, there was also an award letter for the original best composition winner, with the letters "iud" clearly printed on it.

These two Weibo posts successfully ignited public opinion. All those who had previously been jumping around and despising Jie Yang and Xue Xian fell silent, and the music critic who had been scolded for a whole day finally spoke up again.

Lao Wen, who has sharp ears: Buying prizes? ? The Golden Melody Awards are awesome, but Ge Zhuo you are so shameless! Just buy the award if you want to. Why are you pulling down newcomers? Are you afraid of being killed on the beach by the next generation?

There is a new topic #Ge Zhuo buys award# on the hot search list, which is next to the two topics #Ge Zhuo lives in seclusion# and #Ge Zhuo responds to doubts#, which seems very ironic.

Qin Cheng suddenly called and said, "The team I arranged was completely useless, and none of the evidence I collected was used."

Xie Yang said: "Congratulations, you saved a job."

Qin Cheng laughed and hung up the phone.

After eating this much, Xie Yang felt that the matter was almost over. He put down his phone, went to take a shower, and stopped paying attention to what was happening online.

The next morning, Xie Yang habitually took out his mobile phone and opened Weibo while brushing his teeth. He was surprised to find that the topics from yesterday were still at the top of the hot searches, and their positions had not changed at all.

This is not normal. It is impossible for the hot search to remain unchanged all night, and doesn’t Ge Zhuo have any public relations?

Xie Yang was puzzled, so he checked the popular items and almost choked on the toothpaste foam.

The most popular post, a Weibo post exposing Ge Zhuo posted by a certain marketing account, was highly viewed with tens of thousands of comments. This marketing account stated that Ge Zhuo's so-called "reclusion" was actually fake, and that the suburban house was rented temporarily by Ge Zhuo. Ge Zhuo's real residence was a luxurious community in City B. It also revealed that Ge Zhuo had a hobby of clubbing, and his life was not "quiet" at all. He also found evidence that Ge Zhuo hired internet trolls to hype up his persona and used the tactic of praising and then criticizing.

At the end of the Weibo post, this marketing account followed suit and made a left-right comparison picture.

On the right, Ge Zhuo said that winning or not is not important, on the left, there is evidence that Ge Zhuo bought the award; on the right, Ge Zhuo casually sat on the floor, brewing tea and playing the piano, on the left, Ge Zhuo went to the bar, flirted with girls, and smoked with his legs crossed; on the right, Ge Zhuo smiled politely at Jie Yang and Xue Xian when he stood up to receive the award, on the left, there is evidence that Ge Jun bought internet trolls to step on Jie Yang and Xue Xian.

So talented.

Xie Yang quickly put down his phone and washed up, then picked up his phone again and called Qiu Xing.

Qiu Xing answered immediately and asked, "Just got up?"

“I like this way of venting my anger.”

“…”

Qiu Xing hummed modestly.

Xie Yang smiled and said, "My graduation ceremony will be the day after tomorrow."

Maybe it was an illusion, but Xie Yang felt that the other end of the phone suddenly became very quiet. He asked, "Do you want to attend my graduation ceremony?"

An artist who is quite popular openly brings another person to such a special occasion as a graduation ceremony. Even a fool can understand the meaning behind this.

Qiu Xing didn't say anything, and even his breathing seemed to have stopped. There was silence inside and outside the receiver.

"Vengeance?"

A light exhalation sound was heard, and then Qiu Xing's voice, pretending to be calm, came, with a faint tone: "You beg me?"

Xie Yang suppressed his laughter: "Well, please."

Qiu Xing snorted heavily, his tone was obviously happy, and said: "I have never seen you act so spoiled... When is the flight back? I'll ask someone to pick you up."

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