All-rounder Artist

“Lin Yuan.”

When he saw Lin Yuan again, Zhao Jue warmly said, “Zhao Ying Ge has signed a contract with me, and she really likes ‘Easy to Ignite and Explode’.”

“That’s good.”

Lin Yuan’s intention was to do Zhao Jue a favor.

Zhao Jue said, “Let’s have you sign a contract first, following the same old rules. The company gets eighty percent, and the remaining twenty percent is split between you and Zhao Ying Ge…”

“Alright.”

Zhao Ying Ge is not just an ordinary tool.

So, Lin Yuan had already prepared himself to share more of the money. He didn’t have any objections, half for each of them was fine.

Although Lin Yuan was a bit stingy about it.

But no matter how Wu Yong bragged, Lin Yuan’s heart still belonged to a tool, because in Lin Yuan’s view, tools are cost-effective and of good value.

“Let’s not say anything else.”

Zhao Jue patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder, “This is a huge favor. 1 will repay you in the future. I have enough influence in Starlight to say this.”

Lin Yuan said, “You’ve treated me to a meal.”

Zhao Jue laughed, “If a simple meal can be exchanged for ‘Easy to Ignite and Explode,’ would treating you to more meals make you a superstar? This can’t be settled with just a meal. I can’t take advantage of you without giving something in return. You can reach out to me if you need anything in the future.”

Zhao Jue had said this statement once before.

But the second time he said it, the meaning was completely different.

Lin Yuan didn’t think much of it, he just nodded and said, “Let’s sign the contract.”

Zhao Jue nodded.

Five minutes later, Lin Yuan followed Zhao Jue to the artist department and met Zhao Ying Ge.

“Hello, Teacher Admirable Fish.”

As Zhao Ying Ge greeted him with a smile, she was somewhat surprised by how young Admirable Fish looked, she thought he would be at least over thirty.

“Hello.”

Lin Yuan shook her hand politely.

Zhao Ying Ge wanted to chat with Lin Yuan a bit more, but he didn’t seem interested in being conversational.

She tried to start several conversations, but Lin Yuan only responded politely, thus Zhao Ying Ge had to stay quiet. She had her own pride to uphold.

The two signed the contract.

Zhao Ying Ge asked, “Does Teacher Admirable Fish have anything to add?”

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and said, “Don’t alter the released version, but feel free to change any subsequent versions.”

Zhao Ying Ge said, “I’m not planning to change the composition, arrangement or lyrics.”

“Hmm.”

Lin Yuan proceeded to excuse himself and left.

Once Lin Yuan had left, Zhao Ying Ge murmured, “Are all the composers in our company this aloof?”

“Yes.”

Zhao Jue said without surprise, “Most people in the composition department are aloof, Admirable Fish’s personality is considered good, at least he is very polite.”

“Okay.”

Zhao Ying Ge asked expectantly, “Now that all the contracts are signed, are we releasing the single on the first of next month?”

“Of course.”

Zhao Jue laughed, “I’ve said before, our company is very efficient. Once you’ve signed with the company, our promo department has already started creating buzz for your new song. Your fans already know that you’re releasing a song next month.”

Zhao Ying Ge was the champion of “Bloom”.

The show had just ended and Zhao Ying Ge, the champion, was still very popular. So the company wanted to strike while the iron was hot. The timing was perfect to release a song given her current popularity and ride the wave of “Bloom”.

If they delayed it for too long.

The champion’s popularity would fade.

At this moment, Zhao Jue’s phone suddenly rang.

After answering the call for a while, her face darkened, and she said coldly, “Are Dazzling Silver Glow and Sand Sea teaming up?”

After a while, Zhao Jue hung up the phone.

Zhao Ying Ge looked confused, “What’s going on?”

Zhao Jue answered rather irritably, “Next month, Sand Sea and Dazzling Silver Glow are going to have two top-tier musicians release new songs on the first, even though they originally planned to do it in March next year. It’s clear they changed the schedule to target you specifically.”

“So we have to change our schedule?” Zhao Ying Ge frowned.

Though she had faith in “Easy to Ignite and Explode,” the artists that Silver Light and Sand Sea were sending out were top-tier.

What did top-tier mean?

It signified that even if their songs weren’t all that great, they’d have a swarm of fans ready to purchase them.

Just like Qian Xingyu, who was on the New Talent Chart.

Even though everyone knew that Qian Xingyu’s songs might not be the best ones on the New Talent Chart, his popularity alone could boost his songs’ heat considerably.

“It’s not that simple.”

Zhao Jue shook his head, “Under normal circumstances, we could indeed change the schedule, let them both miss out, and then watch them fight each other bloody in next month’s new songs chart. The problem is, you can’t afford to delay! Because your popularity comes from the champion boost of ‘Bloom,’ delaying a month would reduce your heat by a third.”

Zhao Ying Ge gritted her teeth, “1 can bear to lose a third.”

The united front of these two companies was clearly a retaliation against Zhao Ying Ge for not choosing them.

To put it bluntly, if Zhao Ying Ge had chosen to sign with Sand Sea before, Starlight Entertainment might be the one teaming up with Dazzling Silver Glow today.

So, while she was indeed angry about this, she also understood their perspective.

“It won’t just be a month.”

Zhao Jue’s eyes twinkled with a cold gleam, “If you do not release a song in January, you won’t be able to release it in February either, you’d have to wait until March, because February is Blue Star’s Spring Festival.”

“Spring Festival…”

Zhao Ying Ge’s face changed.

She had conveniently forgotten!

The song charts in December each year were always fiercely competitive, and though the month of Spring Festival was not as intense as December, due to the Blue Starian special sentiment towards this festival, a fair number of big names would release songs this month!

So, releasing in February was still not as good as in January.

As for postponing until March to release the song? That was absolutely out of the question.

By March, several months would have passed since ‘Bloom’ ended. Zhao Ying Ge’s championship popularity would have likely dispersed considerably by then.

“So we have to go head-to-head?” Zhao Ying Ge asked nervously.

She had confidence in ‘Easy to Ignite and Explode.’

But the situation with the new song chart was too complicated.

Take December’s new song charts for instance; because of the many formidable contenders, even ‘Big Fish’ couldn’t break into the top ten

Of course.

This had to do with ‘Big Fish’ entering the field in the middle of the month.

But this also indirectly showed that the ranking of a song was not solely dependent on its quality; factors such as the fame of the performer and the songwriter also played significant roles.

Teacher Admirable Fish had started to gain some fame.

But there was still a gap when compared to the top composers.

She, too, had gained some fame; the championship of ‘Bloom’ carried some weight.

But when compared to the top-tier singers, there was still a considerable difference in fan count!

“There is no way out.”

Zhao Jue narrowed his eyes, “The fact they dare to send two top-tier singers to target you, shows they’re convinced we have no way out. We have no choice but to forge ahead.”

Such a targeted move was rare.

If it wasn’t for the immediate gratification, the target could simply change their schedule.

However, the cleverness of Dazzling Silver Glow and Sand Sea lay in their accurately assessing Zhao Ying Ge’s situation and seizing this unique opportunity, leaving Zhao Ying Ge with no chance to reschedule!

If they can’t have it, they’ll destroy it.

This was how fierce the competition was amongst the top three in the Qin Continent.

If they succeeded in sabotaging the release of her debut song, then Zhao Ying Ge’s championship title from ‘Bloom’ wouldn’t hold much value.

Zhao Ying Ge understood this as well.

So she was quite anxious..