Song Yuqin, who had already hung up the phone, still didn't understand what Zhaoyang meant by his last words.
What does it mean that after today, all public opinion will be crushed?
Even if someone takes on all the burdens and leaves the industry, it will be difficult to quell public opinion; it will only gradually lead the situation in a positive direction.
The collapse of Sunset's reputation and the sharp drop in its profits are undeniable facts.
Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I already have a lot of bad things going on lately, and the more I think about it, the more irritable I get!
In short, release the new song first.
"After the new song is released, will Zhaoyang announce his complete retirement from the entertainment industry?" Xiao Zhang's face showed worry: "Even though he's retiring, I'm worried that releasing a song at this critical juncture will only attract more criticism to Zhaoyang."
"Say whatever you want." Song Yuqin's expression was numb. "I'm going to see the chairman now. Arranging for Zhaoyang to go to the Wanxia branch needs to be done on schedule."
Once this matter is finalized, the criticism from within the country will no longer be able to affect Zhaoyang.
What no one realized was...
After Li Zhaoyang announced his retirement from the entertainment industry, and Wanxia released the song "Decent," the public opinion, which had been somewhat suppressed, suddenly erupted.
The official website of Sunset Glow, which had already dropped to around 6.2 points, saw a surge of negative reviews in the next ten minutes, causing its rating to plummet to 5.6.
So much so that when Song Yuqin found the chairman, the office fell into a brief silence.
Today, it wasn't just Song Yuqin who came to see me.
Because the chairman will be at the company for the next two days, many people, including the vice president, general manager, and heads of various departments, have come to see him.
"...Chairman, our reputation for Evening Glow has completely collapsed. Yesterday's revenue growth dropped from 78% to 11%, and the impact will likely be even greater today. Perhaps we should pull Zhaoyang's new song from the charts?"
The marketing general manager was standing at the door reporting, and he didn't dare to go in.
"Beep beep beep~" Just then, a phone rang, and someone's phone rang.
He went outside into the corridor to answer the phone.
Two minutes later, he rushed in again, shouting in a panic, "Chairman... something's happened!"
He is the head of the technology department.
"Speak!" The top leader is really annoyed by these leaders who are always shouting this and that.
The technical director grinned and said, "Zhaoyang has already announced his retirement from the music scene, and he also mentioned his new song... Just about 10 minutes after we uploaded 'Decent' to Wanxia Music, the Wanxia official website system crashed. The technical department reported that we received thousands of negative reviews within 10 minutes, and Wanxia Music's overall rating plummeted to 4 points!"
The top leader shifted slightly, forcing himself to remain calm, and said indifferently, "Just bring over the data and let's take a look."
“Okay…” The technical supervisor projected the data fed back to his phone from the technical department onto the chairman’s office screen.
What should have been an office has now turned into a meeting room…
The above shows all the data indicating a decline in data, and also clearly shows the influx of countless negative reviews:
"Can't you do anything about it? How come Li Zhaoyang wants to make another quick buck after retiring from the entertainment industry? Don't be so greedy. Don't think we'll buy it just because he's retired and is releasing a final work!"
"I originally thought that Li Zhaoyang would just take all the responsibility and leave the industry, but I didn't expect that a leopard can't change its spots."
"Get out of here! The Chinese music scene doesn't welcome you. We absolutely will not buy into your so-called 'final work'!"
"..."
There were a whole bunch of similar negative reviews, flooding in almost like a madman, which caused the Sunset website system to crash.
"Chairman... what do you think we should do next?" This was the first time the technical director had encountered such a big problem.
It was as if all the bad things had happened on the same day.
This hurdle is too difficult to overcome.
Even if Zhaoyang withdraws from the Chinese music scene and goes to develop her business at Wanxia, Wanxia's reputation in China has already collapsed, and it will be difficult to recover. Even if it can be recovered, it will be difficult to compete with Xingtu for market share again.
Not to mention the pressure from some large listed music companies.
"Let me think..." The leader turned his gaze to Song Yuqin: "Little Song, what brings you here?"
Just as Song Yuqin was about to ask if the matter of Zhaoyang's expansion to the branch should be put on the agenda, she was interrupted by a voice.
"The official account of Zhaixing has been blocked." The head of the operations department raised his hand to speak: "My assistant messaged me saying that the Chinese Music Writers Association has intervened."
"What?" Even the top leader couldn't sit still anymore.
The Chinese Music Writers Association is the official and most authoritative organization in the domestic music industry. Other issues can be minor and will pass if we just wait it out.
Once the authorities get involved, things will get very serious.
"What's going on?!" the top leader demanded.
The operations manager gave a wry smile: "The Chinese Music Writers Association website has released a supreme order. Please take a look at your computer..."
The top leader sat back down at his computer and found that the official website of Evening Glow had been tagged, but because the system had crashed, he couldn't access it. He could only open the official website of the Chinese Music Writers Association to see what was going on.
The top-pinned news item is an order marked with the words "crackdown"—
The battle between Xingtu and Wanxia has caused too much public outcry; this matter should come to an end.
[Considering that Li Zhaoyang, the artist and songwriter of Sunset Glow, has an extremely negative influence on the industry.]
Therefore, the Writers' Association will issue an order to Wanxia: immediately ban Li Zhaoyang (including all his stage names), and prohibit him from registering any stage name in the Chinese music scene under his name in the future.
[Furthermore, to preserve the remaining rights of Sunset Company, "Sorrow" and "Countdown" will not be removed from shelves.]
However, the new song released using the hype surrounding her retirement will be banned immediately!
[It is hoped that all companies in the music industry will keep in mind the importance of "industry self-regulation."]
After the crackdown order was issued, the top leader immediately changed the strategy.
"Xiao Song, immediately contact the Evening Glow branch and also add the new song 'Decent' to the highest level of confidentiality and move it to an overseas registration and release site."
The leader's cold eyes revealed a venomous glint: "Xingtu... why did you push a kid in his twenties to this point?"
In such a vast Chinese music scene, can't they even tolerate a songwriter in their early twenties?
"Chairman, I'll go and coordinate with the Evening Glow branch right now." Song Yuqin knew that the situation was becoming increasingly tense.
Just as she stepped out the door, she heard the general manager's phone ring. The conversation that followed made Song Yuqin's heart skip a beat.
"What? You want to terminate your cooperation with Wanxia?"
"What? Ning Jing is going to comply with the official crackdown order and terminate our cooperation?"
"What? You slow-moving faction members are also terminating your cooperation?"
"..."
After receiving more than ten phone calls, the general manager was on the verge of a breakdown.
More than ten companies have requested to terminate the cooperation... This means that the sunset's days may be numbered.
Finally, the general manager was so angry that he smashed his phone on the spot: "It's understandable for other companies to terminate their cooperation, but Ningjingting is a music platform, and they're just responding to the bullshit crackdown order!"
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