All-rounder Artist

“Nonsense, you’re clearly a rooster!”

Compared to the university student identity revealed today, the clue that Xian Yu is male was already disclosed by “Shadow”.

“Damn, I’m also a student from the composition department of Qin Art, just graduated this year, I didn’t expect Xian Yu to be my junior, and probably even younger than me! So when I’m out there looking for a job, Xian Yu has already battled with Maestro for 300 rounds? I’ve let the alma mater down!”

“I’m willing to call Brother Xian Yu the most terrifying composition prodigy in Blue Star history! He is even on par with Wonder Lu!”

“Teacher Admirable Fish is so low-key!”

“It seems even if you truly become a Maestro, you could only be Maestro Junior, none could be younger than you…”

“Oh, are you implying that Teacher Admirable Fish is short and small?”

“You’re clearly a fish, why pretend to be an old hen?”

“In an era where the words ‘genius’ are overused to the point of being cheap, we never expected to actually encounter a real genius!”

“I had imagined Teacher Admirable Fish as a mature uncle in his thirties or forties, surprisingly turned out to be a college student… But come to think of it, it’s quite refreshing?”

“Pfft, Xian Yu’s statement is rich with wisdom!”

“This statement is quite clever indeed!”

“…”

Because of Lin Yuan’s classic phrase, many netizens started imitating it.

For instance, a netizen with the name “Jun v Chen” said:

“I got a girlfriend who smells nice, why should I know her boyfriend?”

And another netizen named “Big Boss” said:

“If you grab a red envelope and feel good about it, why do you need to know the person who sent it?”

All sorts of trendy jokes appeared one after another.

But the discussion on Tribe is just the tip of the iceberg.

After the official statement from Qin Art, the most bustling place wasn’t Tribe, but the internal forum of Qin Art Academy!

“Turns out Xian Yu is our alumni!?”

“Could it be that the Maestro Junior we’ve been bragging about all this time is actually among us?!”

“Quickly, go check out who the excellent students in the composition department are. Teacher Admirable Fish must be hiding among them!”

“I’m finished, I’m in the composition department and now I feel everyone looks like Xian Yu…”

“Haven’t you noticed? Now the entire school is discussing who Xian Yu is!”

“Just now someone asked if the sophomore who is first in the composition department is Xian Yu, the guy was so ecstatic he jumped onto his chair. Handled it carelessly and almost broke a bone when he fell down…”

“How thrilled one must be if mistaken as Xian Yu.”

“…”

It is indeed so.

Following the university’s official statement, a lot of students wandered all over the school, looking for Fish, as if they would recognize Fish at sight.

Some students, while having their meals in the canteen, were looking around, wondering if Xian Yu was also eating in the same canteen.

What’s even funnier…

The fish in the school canteen seemed to be selling better than before, for no visible reason, as it was rumored in the composition department that eating fish could enhance the talent and ability of a composer?

Unfortunately, these people wouldn’t be able to find out.

In such a large campus, who knows where the Fish is hiding?

Moreover, this Fish barely attends school…

At that moment, Lin Yuan was busy filming with the drama crew.

…

As the in-trend Teacher Admirable Fish, Lin Yuan’s daily life on set remained as it had been, which was nothing more than checking the filming status and making time to teach composition to Feng Shuo, who came daily for lessons.

At this moment.

The filming for “The Tuner”, which had been going on for nearly three months, was about to wrap up.

It wasn’t a deliberate rush to finish before the New Year. A film with low cost and not a large scale could be filmed in a shorter time.

If things go smoothly, there’s no problem with wrapping up the entire film in around three months.

After hanging around the set for a few more days, Lin Yuan felt like he wasn’t really needed, so he made another trip to the company.

“Mr. Lin…”

“Mr. Lin…”

In the ninth floor composition department.

Seeing Lin Yuan, people below greeted him one after another, their eyes filled with reverence, and their attitudes seemed to have changed compared to before.

This was related to Lin Yuan defeating two Maestros in December.

The composition department of Starlight consisted of several floors, with each floor having a representative who was a resident composer in the industry, except for the ninth-floor representative Lin Yuan, who wasn’t a Maestro.

This was quite special.

Furthermore, given Lin Yuan’s age, as the youngest among the representatives, made the composers working on the ninth floor feel somewhat awkward.

Sometimes, composers from other departments would spread unpleasant rumors, which vexed and irritated the ninth-floor composers.

But it was different now.

Following Lin Yuan’s victory over two Maestros, even if the representatives of other floors were Maestros, they wouldn’t dare gossip about the ninth floor.

What’s a Maestro anyway?

Admirable Fish has defeated two Maestros, proved his genius, showing that Mr. Lin deserves this position!

Moreover, company rumors have it that originally, it should have been Teacher Zheng Jing from the Tenth Floor, who was supposed to write songs for Lan Yan, however, as the songs from Teacher Admirable Fish were more excellent this time, that’s why his songs were used…

This gave the other floors even less room to talk.

However, Lin Yuan didn’t care about this. Not long after he entered the office, Wu Yong came over.

“Mr. Lin!”

With a full smile on his face, Wu Yong walked in: “It’s confirmed that this year’s Spring Festival Gala, Teacher Lan Yan will be performing ‘Red Sun’. He’s already rehearsing now.”

“Hmm.”

“Additionally, I need to report some situation to you. The year is anyhow ending, so the company has already made some arrangements regarding next year’s plans. Minor alterations have been made in our work style. The idea from above is that each composing floor should choose two singers for concentrated training. These singers should be non-top tier talents, as the market has changed a lot after the merger with Qin Art. A lot of singers have lost their initial dominance in the music industry. We need to launch some fresh faces. They’re specifically requiring…..”

Wu Yong explained the situation to Lin Yuan.

In essence, the company’s five composing floors should each select two representative singers for cultivation, with the aim of nurturing them into top-tier talents!

It must be one male and one female.

The choices between departments should not overlap.

The timeframe runs until the end of next year.

By that time, the higher-ups will summarize the department’s training results for each singer.

This is linked to department performance.

If the results of the singer training are poor, the performance standards won’t be met.

And for each floor, performance is directly related to resource allocation, so every department is cautious about their singer selection.

He confirmed Lin Yuan’s understanding.

Only then did Wu Yong continue, “So, I wanted to ask Mr. Lin if there are any preferred candidates. We need to make our move soon, or else all the suitable individuals will be monopolized by the other floors. For instance, several floors are eyeing Zhao Yin Ge among the female singers because her fame is high. The feedback for all the songs that she has released so far has been good, and hence, promoting her would be relatively simple. There are also two singers similar to Zhao Yin Ge, and I have marked them out on this list.”

Lin Yuan asked, “List?”

Wu Yong laughed and answered, “The so-called list refers to the range of singers we can choose from. I have already sent it to you. You can take a look. The ones I have marked in red are all high-quality candidates, while the yellow color is the second choice. Only if there are no other options, we may need to fall back on the black color.”

“Hmm, let me take a look.”

Lin Yuan opened his computer and looked at the list Wu Yong sent. As expected, it contained non-top-tier singers, and there were no Kings of Singing. Among the names, Zhao Yin Ge and a few other names were marked in red, indicating that they had the best foundational skills and were the easiest to train.

There were many more options in yellow, a total of seven to eight names.

The rest were all marked in black, being the most numerous ones.

Wu Yong reminded him, “Among female singers, Zhao Yin Ge is the top choice. For male singers, I recommend Shang Boyue as my first choice. Having debuted for three years already, Shang Boyue already has considerable influence in the industry. However, Shang Boyue is highly competitive. It’s also acceptable to choose Huang Xuanyuan, and if worse comes to worst…”

“Hmm.”

Lin Yuan responded casually while looking at the list and specifically searching for a name. He had his own target in mind.

Soon enough, Lin Yuan found the name “Sun Yaohuo” among the black entries.

The name was not highlighted, making it a bit hard to find, but all Lin Yuan needed was to confirm that his name was on the list.

“It’s definite that I have to partner with Senior Yao Huo…”

Without any hesitation, Lin Yuan promptly wrote down Sun Yaohuo’s name.

Once he confirmed the male singer’s choice, he then looked at the name Zhao Yin Ge, with a little hesitation.

He began writing down but paused midway.

“Is Zhao Yin Ge considered a small singer?”

He looked up at Wu Yong.

According to Lin Yuan’s contract, if he teams up with a small singer, he gets a higher share. It could be directly settled by himself.

“Not at all!”

Wu Yong, oblivious to Lin Yuan’s intentions, made a vigorous effort to upraise Zhao Yin Ge’s status: “The names in red are not small singers. Zhao Yin Ge is the most promising one in the company to become a top-tier singer. She is a budding star that every department wants on their team. Moreover, she already has a collaborative foundation with you. Her debut song ‘Easy to Ignite and Explode’ was composed by you…”

“I understand.”

Lin Yuan spoke out, crossing off Zhao Ying Ge’s name.

Wu Yong was delighted. From his position, he was unable to see Lin Yuan’s choice. However, from his guess, once he made the statement, Mr. Lin would surely start taking Zhao Ying Ge more seriously!

Lin Yuan didn’t speak, as he was in the middle of a thought process.

If he wasn’t choosing Zhao Ying Ge, then who should he pick as the female singer?

Lin Yuan was inclined to select a female singer with whom he was more familiar and also competent enough.

Right then.

He noticed “Jiang Kui” among the yellow names.

Jiang Kui was highlighted in yellow.

Jiang Kui’s interpretation of ‘Balloon’ was quite good.

More importantly, Jiang Kui could tackle ‘Big Fish’ very well.

The most important point is…

Uh huh, there was no hesitation this time.

Lin Yuan directly wrote down Jiang Kui’s name.

“I have made my choice.”

He voiced out.

Wu Yong displayed an expectant smile, “Mr. Lin, who are the two you have chosen? I will go and talk to them.”

Lin Yuan replied, “Sun Yaohuo, Jiang Kui.”

Wu Yong: “…”

His smile instantly froze on his face.