the next day
The warm sunlight outside the window reflected onto the floor.
Li Zhaoyang woke up groggily, rubbed his eyes, got out of bed to brush his teeth, and prepared to go to work.
On her way to the company, Manager Zhang called her.
Ask when you'll be starting work.
It turns out that the top-of-the-line computer that the director bought for himself has arrived.
After arriving at the company's composition department and clocking in, Li Zhaoyang went straight to the office and, sure enough, saw a large box that hadn't been opened yet.
A man's dream is to own a top-of-the-line computer.
"How much does this set cost?" Li Zhaoyang was amazed by the exquisite main unit box after unpacking it.
"130,000."
"So expensive?"
"The director has already instructed that your job from now on is to play games and find more inspiration. Besides, your song 'Sorrow' won the July quarterly championship and achieved so many sales. A computer worth a few hundred thousand is just small change."
Manager Zhang continued, "Would you like me to assemble it for you?"
"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, supervisor."
A short while later, the atmosphere of assembling computers in the office was interrupted by a sound.
"Zhaoyang, you?" Chen Zuan appeared at the door: "So nonchalant?"
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Li Zhaoyang looked completely bewildered: "Zu'an, what's wrong now?"
Chen Zuan: "Look at your account on Zhaixing. The music director of Xingtu tagged you. It's already early this morning and the number of reposts is almost over 200,000."
Upon hearing the words "Music Director of Starway," I suspected that the other party was up to their old tricks again.
It's almost the end of the month, and Xiaochou's paid data has pulled ahead of the second place by at least 5 million, which is beyond any remedy.
Li Zhaoyang took out his phone and opened the official account of Zhaixing, and sure enough, he saw that many people had tagged him.
There are fans and industry insiders.
Among the messages mentioned, I saw Chen Tianyi's profile picture. Clicking on it, I saw an invitation message.
[One of the two aces, Chen Shaoyan, a veteran singer, is making a strong comeback and has issued a singing challenge to Zhaixing, who is currently enjoying great popularity.]
[If you lose this singing battle, reveal your identity to the public and publicly tag Teacher Chen Shaoyan, calling him a senior.]
"Who is this Chen Shaoyan?" Li Zhaoyang was unfamiliar with the name and had no recollection of it.
Chen Zuan: "I don't know Chen Shaoyan, but you should have heard of the phrase 'Ace Duo'."
Li Zhaoyang nodded: "I have heard of it."
Chen Zuan: "The two aces are known as the two strongest songwriters in China after the God of Songs. One is Zhang Zhenyuan, a master of one-on-one battles, and the other is Chen Shaoyan, a master of stability."
In the gold and silver rankings compiled by Chen Shaoyan, he was basically the champion. Over the past two years, he made a total of 5 bids. The first was in the spring season two years ago, where he won the championship with an overwhelming advantage. The last bid was in the February season six months ago, where he also won the championship. There's even a rumor in the industry that once the "Master of Steadfastness" makes a bid, you know who will ultimately win the championship.
After explaining to Zhao Yang, Chen Zu'an became confused: "You don't know Chen Shaoyan, so why did he come to send you a challenge?"
"Zhao Shanshan's singing career was ruined, and Chen Tianyi harbors a grudge, so he went so far as to ask Chen Shaoyan to challenge Zhaoyang." The director's voice came from behind.
Song Yuqin already knew everything, and a hint of anticipation appeared in her eyes: "Zhaoyang, will you accept this challenge?"
Before yesterday, Song Yuqin wouldn't have asked such a brainless question. Having heard "Countdown," she felt she still had a fighting chance.
Moreover, this battle is entirely beneficial to Zhaoyang.
Losing isn't shameful, after all, he's one of the two top players, known by netizens as the "Master of Steady Wins," and he almost always wins the championship, never having made a mistake.
If they win, Zhaixing's popularity will reach new heights thanks to Chen Shaoyan's name.
"Director, are you joking or serious? That's Chen Shaoyan. He doesn't need to consider this kind of singing challenge; of course, he should just reject it outright." Chen Zu'an, who was also an ace player, was very wary of that guy.
Even among the top players, there are differences in strength.
For example, these top-notch songwriters only earned this title when they were in their forties.
They got it when they were only in their early thirties; the difference is obvious.
Chen Zuan was a little slow to realize what was happening, but Huang Weizhou, who had just arrived, was unusually quick-witted: "Could it be that Zhao Yang's new song is of very high quality?"
Half of the composing department colleagues have been drawn in by the challenge posted by Starway and have come over to watch.
Li Zhaoyang responded indifferently, "I won't answer."
This answer met the expectations of all the colleagues.
Song Yuqin also felt there was no problem, remaining calm and composed, saying, "Everyone, go ahead and get busy, stop crowding around."
After the computer was assembled, Li Zhaoyang then notified Bian Ling'er to go to the recording studio to record a song.
We'll try to record the full version today.
Perhaps because Bian Ling'er was practicing diligently when she got home that night, today's recording went exceptionally smoothly.
Finally, before lunch and dinner, the entire recording of "Countdown" was completed, and the result was quite good, not inferior to those popular singers at all.
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Star Path, Director's Office.
After waiting all morning without receiving a response from Wanxia, Chen Tianyi was getting a little frustrated.
No one with a sound mind would respond to such a challenge.
"Tianyi, what should we do? If we don't respond, Teacher Chen won't release the song." If the other party doesn't release the song, Zhao Shanshan can't record it, which is not what she wants.
"We need to give them something in return," Chen Tianyi thought, pondering how to make this singing battle happen.
He quickly came up with a solution.
"Will it work? What if something goes wrong..." Zhao Shanshan was a little worried.
"Silence is golden." Chen Tianyi gritted his teeth, edited another message, tagged Wanxia Zhaixing, and pressed enter to send it.
To foster a friendly exchange in this singing competition, Xingtu promises that if Mr. Chen Shaoyan loses, Xingtu will unconditionally promote all of Wanxia's musical works for one week.
A one-week promotion period is worth at least tens of millions, and it's hard to say how much it could be, since who can say for sure what the revenue generated by the promotion will be?
That's really extravagant.
Not long after, the president of Starway indeed found his way to the director's office.
"Chen Tianyi, are you out of your mind?" The president burst in and yelled, "Why did you add promotional conditions to this singing competition that offers no benefit whatsoever?"
When Chen Tianyi sent that message, he had already thought of a countermeasure:
"President, please calm down and listen to me. After the 'Sorrow-Relieving' feature by Zhaixing went viral, many people are now wondering who is behind Zhaixing. If we use this popularity to issue a challenge, everyone will follow our lead. These are all potential traffic sources. As long as we can monetize these potential traffic sources, that's money."
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