Chapter 137: Chapter 132: The Thinker_l
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After thepetition, a great number of discussions sprung up online. Xia Fan’s name was mentioned frequently. Additionally, discussions about Xian Yu appeared in spades for the first time ever!
Xian Yu was indeed famous.
All his works so far have been fairly popr. However, due to his behind-the- scenes persona, no work of his has ever had the chance to truly explode into fame. But the stage of “Bloom” has made it impossible for everyone to ignore his existence any longer!
Have you guys noticed?
Someone joked, “Considering that Zhao Ying Ge was in thestpetition, both the previous and current champions of “Bloom” have coborated with Xian Yu. So, is it the case now that the champion of this program will have to coborate with Xian Yu to be truly sessful?”
This was of course just a joke.
Everyone quickly shifted their focus back to “Initial Dream”. As Zhao Jue mentioned, this song was officially released at the stroke of midnight on the first of August, and it was not the studio version:
It was the live version from “Bloom”!
The recording, of course, was technically processed.
Things like audience cheers and apuse were mostly edited out, only leaving behind the screams that filled the venue after the song ended.
Using Zhao Jue’s own words, the live version was released first, and a studio version would be releasedter.
After all, re-recording takes time.
Lin Yuan did have a recorded version, as it was his annual assessment piece, but its effect may not necessarily be better than the live version.
Many viewers who had watched the program came to download “Initial Dream”.
This song is definitely going to be a hit!
There’s no doubt it’s the championship song for this season.
It would be strange if this song didn’t take first ce. It’s the champion song for “Bloom”, and it’s a new song from Xian Yu!”
At this point, someone realized: “Aren’t there two top-tier singers releasing songs in August?”
The Battle of the Two Yus?
I just listened to the songs of Chen Zhiyu and Jin Shuyu, and Chen Zhiyu’s is really good, far better than Jin Shuyu’s!”
Wait a minute…
Does this mean that Chen Zhiyu…
Could potentially…
Take second ce…
This woke everyone up.
Was Chen Zhiyu about to solidify his status as the ‘Perennial Runner-up’ even more?
Also at the stroke of midnight in August-
Chen Zhiyu sat nervously in front of his bedroomputer.
He refreshed the interfaces of numerous music yers. However, upon seeing the headlines of the song promotions, he froze. His whole body seemed to turn into a grey statue—
A statue that could be named ‘The Thinker’.
There must be something wrong with how I opened it.
It took a minute for Chen Zhiyu to crack a relieved smile.
It wasmon for systems to have glitches. There was even a time when he released a new song, but it wasn’t disyed on any of the music yers until 1 am.
He closed the yer.
Chen Zhiyu reopened it.
And he once again turned into a statue.
His manager appeared at the door, and after smiling a bit, he stepped in. But when he saw Chen Zhiyu sitting stunned in front of hisputer, an inexplicably strange feeling arose in his heart. This scene seemed eerily familiar:
Are you okay?
He asked, tentatively.
Chen Zhiyu snapped back to reality. He looked warmly at his manager with a genial smile and beckoned, “I’m fine. I’m sure everything will be alright. Come closer, let’s listen to the song together!”
That’s great!
The manager breathed a sigh of relief. When he first walked in, he thought something had happened. But what could possibly happen? There was no Xian Yu this month, and Jin Shuyu was nothing to worry about.
What song is it?
He sat down with augh, but almost immediately, he cried out in horror: “Chen Zhiyu, what are you doing!”
Nothing!
Chen Zhiyu wound the headphone cord around the manager’s neck, pushing down on his struggling body, and chanted: “Let’s die together, let’s die together, didn’t you say that there would be no Xian Yu this month and I would surely take first ce? Why did Xian Yu still appear? It was definitely your jinx!” Chen Zhiyu really was an exceptional singer, his lung capacity was frightening.
Murder!
The manager squawked, face as white as a sheet. Xian Yu’s song release method this time was too special, who could’ve expected it!
Still, considering this was awful society, Chen Zhiyu finally held back his destructive urges and calmed down.
Five minutester.
He and his manager sat together, expressionless as they listened to “Initial Dream” in its entirety.
On theputer screen.
Rolling across the news headline was the message: [Xia Fan defeats Tang Yue, ‘Bloom’ creates shockwaves by iming the championship, the new song ‘Initial Dream’ is a hit amongst the audience, witness how Teacher Admirable Fish descended like a deity!]
This news really is nonsense.
The agent’s voice was without any ups and downs: “How could a deity descend to earth? It’s just that Admirable Fish has released a new song. Anyway, I think it’s all right.”
Huh, nothing more than that.
Chen Zhiyu had a derisive smile on his face.
Both of them stood up, walking towards the refrigerator like zombies. They withdrew the red wine they had wanted to open to celebrate their 1st ce prizest time but never got the chance to.
Chen Zhiyu said: “I’m afraid I won’t get to drink this wine anymore. Might as well finish it today.”
The agent nodded his head: “Indeed.
While saying that, the agent sent a message to his wife: “I won’t being home tonight.”
His wife replied: “Going that all out?
The agent replied: “I’m afraid he’ll do something foolish so I want to stay with him. Sorry.”
His wife replied: “…
About to put down his phone, the agent suddenly saw a Weibo message. His expression started to be a bit peculiar.
Zhiyu.
What’s up?”
Chen Zhiyu was pouring the wine.
The agent, with aplex tone, suddenly said: “You’ve made it to the top trend.”
Chen Zhiyu looked up at the agent: “You must be mistaken. I guess it’s been two years since Ist made it to the hot trend, and I haven’t even made the top ten this year.”
But you are on it now.
The agent said, “Look, your fans have increased by more than a hundred thousand. By the way, how manyments do you usually get on your Weibo posts?”
Chen Zhiyu thought for a moment: “Over ten thousand, I guess.
The agent said: “Thements on the Weibo post about your new song have already exceeded a hundred thousand… It seems like… you’ve made it big?”
My song won?
Chen Zhiyu suddenly felt blood rushing to his head. He grabbed his agent’s phone, looking forward to seeing thements!
Topment: Heartbreaking
Second topment: Pat on the head
Third topment: Stay strong
Fourth topment:…
Chen Zhiyu’s face was indescribablyplex. He suddenly said with full of grief and indignation: “This trending topic, I’d rather not have it!”
Meanwhile.
Jin Shuyu was a bit nervous as he opened up Chen Zhiyu’s new song, and after listening for a few minutes, his eyebrows furrowed.
First ce is… suspended.
ncing at various banner advertisements, Jin Shuyu suddenly saw a push notification: “Admirable Fish’s new song helps Xia Fan clinch ‘Bloom’ championship, ‘Initial Dream’unched to a shocking reception!”
He quickly clicked on it.
Midway through listening, he abruptly took off his earphones.
He took out his phone, Jin Shuyu posted on his friend circle, the content was just three words:
Everyone will die!
The attached image was a picture of a fish.
After thinking about it, Jin Shuyu felt that this was not appropriate, as he had a lot of friends within thepany.
What if someone in thepany starts spreading rumors?
What if Teacher Admirable Fish thinks I’m expressing my dissatisfaction with him?
So, he just made the visibility of this friend circle post:
Only visible to Chen Zhiyu
They both were top-tier singers in the same circle, adding each other as friends was a normal thing, only that the two of them never chatted after bing friends.
Five minutester.
For the first time in his life, Jin Shuyu received a like from Chen Zhiyu.
Another two minutester, the other party evenmented: “Your words, I feel like I’ve heard them somewhere… Nevermind, I don’t remember. What I’m curious about is, why didn’t you rest for a few more monthsst time?”
Jin Shuyu replied: “Yeah, why didn’t I rest for a few more months?
Chen Zhiyu replied again: “Some things, once you’re used to it, it gets better. In this world, no one understands you, Jin Shuyu, better than I do. But I must say, yourpany, sure is ruthless.”
Jin Shuyu replied again: “Company actions, please do not me the employees.”