Let's go back an hour.
Sihai Group.
This diversified corporate building is located in the heart of New York City. It is a massive conglomerate that integrates finance, film and television, music, literature, games and more. It is a giant and a top 500 company in the world, holding a pivotal position in the United States.
Meanwhile, in an office in the music department.
The music minister was talking to two shapely women.
The group was conversing in Japanese.
"Ms. Wen Lan and Ms. Jing Qiu, Sihai Group has signed you unconditionally and is creating your own albums for the future. You should know what Sihai Group wants, right?"
The music director of the Shihai Group is a Japanese man named Noda Kazuto.
Indeed, standing in front of Minister Noda Kazuto were Zhang Wenlan and Zuo Jingqiu, who had jumped over from the sunset.
The two women definitely knew what the music minister wanted to hear.
It's nothing more than some secrets about the sunset.
When the topic of sunset came up, Zuo Jingqiu gritted her teeth, eager to spill everything she knew: "Minister Noda, what do you want to hear? My sister and I will tell you everything we know."
"Wow, the two ladies are very nice."
Noda Kazuto rested his chin on his hand with satisfaction, pondered for a few seconds, and then asked directly, "I heard that a director has been transferred from headquarters. What's her background? What are the development plans for her?"
He didn't know what Wanxia's next plan was.
However, the Sihai Group has already prepared its next plan for Sunset.
Two albums are ready.
A Chinese album, modeled after Sunset Glow's style, is squeezing out their market.
An English album, used to attract popularity.
“Yes!” Zuo Jingqiu said angrily when talking about that director, “She was an unreasonable woman. Just because she was parachuted in from headquarters, she used the same old methods as in China to fire us two sisters without even asking questions!”
Zhang Wenlan felt that Jingqiu hadn't hit the nail on the head, so she added, "Minister Noda, you must know from your position that my sister and I release new songs very frequently every year."
"Yes." Noda Kazuto also felt that these two singers were releasing songs too efficiently, which was the main reason why he signed them unconditionally. The secondary reason, of course, was to find out about the internal situation of Evening Glow.
Zhang Wenlan laughed, a sinister laugh: "We sisters have handled more than half of the compositions in the Evening Glow Composition Department. Now that we're gone, Evening Glow will be in a vacancy for a while. Moreover, the new director is very ruthless. I think she must have offended a lot of people."
"Hmm." Noda Kazuto listened attentively, gesturing for them to continue, but he was secretly plotting something.
"And..." Zuo Jingqiu remembered something: "This director wasn't parachuted in alone; he also brought a lyricist and composer with him."
"What? A lyricist and composer? Is he a music god?" Noda Kazuto was startled and sat up abruptly.
Is this the plan for the sunset?
With a new music god descending from the sky, it's no wonder they dared to fire the two singers who were the main source of revenue.
Baka! Is Sunset Headquarters really going all out?
"Huh? Minister Noda, what are you saying?" Zuo Jingqiu was startled by the other party's attitude. She thought to herself that she hadn't mentioned the name "God of Music": "There is no God of Music."
"No Song God?" Noda Kazuto asked warily, "Ms. Shizuaki, are you sure?"
"I'm sure, because the other person is very young, looks like he's in his early twenties, and I heard he's a bronze medalist." Zuo Jingqiu felt that Minister Noda was being too sensitive. How could a fledgling lyricist and composer possibly be a music god?
If he were a master of music, the sunset would have already taken flight.
The title "God of Music" represents the highest honor in the music industry.
With a top-tier song artist at the helm of a company, even if he releases only one new song every year or even every few years, the company will not collapse as long as he doesn't do anything reckless.
Because having a renowned musician like Qu Shen at the helm will attract many talented peers to the company.
There is only one goal: to receive guidance from the master Qu Shen once or twice, which would be a tremendous asset.
"Okay... as long as it's not the God of Music, it's fine." Noda Ichito sat back down.
"Minister Noda, as you saw, Sunset Glow offered high salaries this morning to recruit more singers," Zhang Wenlan reminded her.
“Yes, I’ve heard.” Noda Kazuto nodded. “They also recruited a washed-up band that our Shihhai Group didn’t want. From this point of view, Sunset is indeed experiencing a gap in their careers. I have a plan.”
The next second, Noda Kazuto called his female secretary in and told her all about his plan.
Taking advantage of the huge window of opportunity presented by the sunset, we will spend three times the price to recruit the sunset's contracted singers, with Sihai Group covering all breach of contract penalties.
Upon hearing this, the female secretary frowned: "Paying three times the price is no problem... but wouldn't it be too much to cover all the penalties for breach of contract?"
Noda Kazuto revealed a sinister smile: "What would happen if the sunset during a period of celibacy were left hanging?"
The female secretary pondered for a few seconds, then recalled Sihai Group's previous plan: "Acquire Sunset?"
Noda Kazuto: "If there are only a few singers left in the Evening Glow area, it will be the best time for the Four Seas Group to acquire them. Immediately notify Evening Glow and tell them that we will go to their territory in a while to talk about the acquisition."
The female secretary looked puzzled: "Wasn't it supposed to be that we sidelined Wanxia before discussing the acquisition?"
Noda Kazuto looked at the two female singers and asked, "Isn't there a saying in your Dragon Country, 'Courtesy first, then force'?"
"Yes." Zhang Wenlan was a little confused about what Minister Noda was going to do.
"Then let's try a strategy of politeness first, then force. Let's give Wanxia a little something to sweeten things up. If they agree to our acquisition, we won't need to sideline them. If they refuse to listen to our politeness, we'll just poach Wanxia's artists. We'll also release those two albums, spend money to boost their popularity, and make sure Wanxia gets nothing by the end of the year. Finally, we'll take advantage of their weakness and acquire Wanxia at the lowest possible price."
Noda Kazuto finalized the decision and instructed, "Secretary, notify the market manager to come to Wanxia's place around 5:30 to discuss this matter. Also, Ms. Wen Lan and Ms. Jing Qiu, you two should go as well."
"Should we go too?" The two women agreed in unison without hesitation: "No problem!"
Having just suffered a major loss at the hands of the new director, Wanxia, and now backed by the Sihai Group, he is determined to get revenge for what he suffered.
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