Chapter 174: Chapter 165: Gratitude and Resentment Situation_l
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Red Moon and Lone Wolf have epted Seven Star’spetitive order!
Perhaps the music scene in Qi Continent has been too calm for too long, with few blockbuster news, so as these twopanies began to mobilize, many in the industry couldn’t help but cast their curious gaze.
“Red Moon and Lone Wolf?”
“Are they at odds again?”
Many people wore knowing smiles.
Usually, although Red Moon and Lone Wolf are formidable, they are not top-tier music productionpanies, and there should not be much attention on them. Instead, the focus should be on the battles amongpanies ranked in the top ten.
But the issue is…
Star Month and Lone Wolf have past grudges!
Many people can’t remember the specifics from a few years ago, only that Lone Wolf forcefully snatched a five million order from Red Moon, even causing the Qi Continent’s Music Association to intervene, and eventually it escted to awsuit.
That was just the beginning.
The same year Lone Wolf snatched an order from Red Moon, Red Moon also snatched a three million order from Lone Wolf in the same manner!
It happened when the client was about to sign a contract with Lone Wolf, Red Moon suddenly intervened and took the order for fifty thousand less, andpleted it with excellent quality.
A feud developed between the two.
But apany ultimately prioritizes profits, so both sides eventually reached a reconciliation.
The specifics are not entirely clear to the public, but these twopanies stopped undercutting each other, resulting in a decently peaceful period.
Little did they expect that Seven Star Entertainment, so cunningly, at the same time, signedpetitive orders with both Red Moon and Lone Wolf.
Isn’t this a duel stage for Red Moon and Lone Wolf?
Even though the twopanies have reconciled, upon epting the samepetitive order, wouldn’t they harbor some thoughts?
They’re surely bracing themselves to beat the other!
Furthermore, there isn’t much difference in the strength of these twopanies…
This is what interested everyone. Human nature is to be attracted to excitement. Moreover, thepetitive order that Red Moon and Lone Wolf have epted carries some grudge.
“Seven Star sure knows how to y.”
“This move is genuinely quite something.”
“Most importantly, you can’t use Seven Star of being unscrupulous. After all, Red Moon and Lone Wolf have reconciled. Since they’ve reconciled, we can’t say that Seven Star’spetitive order is malintended.”
“Could such argepany afford to be used of wrongdoing?”
“Seven Star Entertainment didn’t force them to sign the order. If either Lone Wolf or Red Moon didn’t want topete for this order, it wouldn’t be apetition.”
“After all, they are closely ranked, each has its strengths and weaknesses.”
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The industry was buzzing with discussion.
Compared to this matter, Starlight Music’s historical breakthrough into the client’s ranking chart seemed somewhat insignificant.
Although it was mentioned that Seven Star Entertainment did not only seek out Red Moon and Lone Wolf, they actually approached fivepanies in total.
“The other threepanies are just along for the ride.”
“Those three are probably just trying their luck.”
“Among the other threepanies, there seems to be Starlight Music. You all know about Xian Yu from Starlight Music, right? This person is not to be underestimated.”
“Yeah, we know. His song, “Like You”, is quite poprtely.”
“Hepleted Thunderbolt’s three million order. This means, he stands a chance of fulfilling the Seven Star order.”
“Indeed possible, but the odds are quite low.”
“The overall strength of theirpany is a real problem.”
“I think it can be understood as Seven Star Entertainment diverting attention. Seven Star is telling everyone that we didn’t intentionally fan the mes. See, we didn’t just seek out Red Moon and Lone Wolf, we approached fivepanies in total. This is just a coincidence, we chose our partners based on theirpany strength.”
“Couldn’t be more urate.”
“However, this order is no easy task. They say it’s to tailor a song for Shui Yun. Who doesn’t know that Seven Star’s Shui Yun has very high demands for song quality.”
“If you ask me, Seven Star’s price is a bit low.”
“Seven Star seeking out Red Moon and Lone Wolf is to press down the price, otherwise they could have picked from the top tenpanies, or even directly order a custom from Qin Continent. However, without four or five million, the aces over there in Qin wouldn’t be interested in such an order.”
That’s the truth.
Music creators in Qi Continent are ustomed to writing songs for clients, while those in Qin Continent pursue more freedom in creation.
With the revtion of Seven Star’spetitive order, thosepanies that werenguishing at the lower end of the rankings suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
So Starlight Music had taken on apetitive order!
We’re safe for now.
The analysis isn’t difficult.
Among Starlight Music’s songwriters, the only one qualified to take on this order is Xian Yu!
Being a master like Xian Yu, surely he must have ideas about Seven Star’spetitive order.
Even if it’s a long shot, at least for some time, Xian Yu wouldn’t take any other orders.
And the sess rate of Xian Yu getting this order…
Is extremely low!
Because to seed with this order, he’d have to bypass the two big mountains – Lone Wolf and Red Moon!
“Let the fight begin!”
“Hopefully, Xian Yu doesn’t take any orders for a while, just wrestles with Lone Wolf and Red Moon.”
“With this order keeping Xian Yu upied, the rest of the Starlight Musicpany is nothing to worry about.”
“Xian Yu is truly fighting alone.”
“As long as Xian Yu doesn’t produce songs, at most in two months, me can push Starlight Music out of the top too again.”
This is themon sentiment of severalpanies that feel threatened by Starlight Music.
In one of thepany’s group chats, suddenly, someone expressed their worry: “What if Xian Yu pulls off this order?”
His words caused a few seconds of silence in the group, then sparked a lively discussion:
“You mean both Red Moon and Lone Wolf failing at the same time?”
“If Xian Yu really manages to pull off this order, the ones who should worry are not us. Do you think thosepanies ranked in the eighties could stay as steady as Mount Tai?”
“We’ll all die together.”
“But is it possible?”
The department manager suddenly chimed in: “If Xian Yu had any brains, he might abandon Seven Star in a few days, switch to other orders, and then our position would be shaky.”
With these words, the group fell silent again.
Even though it was a bit humiliating to be on the run from Xian Yu, everyone admitted that the manager made sense.
We can’t just hope Xian Yu will be tripped up by Seven Star’s order.
The most likely scenario was that he was just trying his luck and would give up in a couple of days.
So, Starlight Music was still a threat.
If everyone didn’t seize the opportunity to release their orders quickly, being knocked down a rank would just be a matter of time.
Even a one rank drop would affect thepany’s order volume and order price, or else why would everyone care so much about the leaderboard.
Starlight Music, of course, had heard about the industry chatter.
Despite thepany’s pitfalls, it was not isted from the music scene of the Qi Continent.
Everyone seemed to ept the notion that thepany was just there for a ride along.
Gu Qiangyun himself admitted that this order was more of a shot in the dark.
This didn’t suppress the morale at Starlight Music; on the contrary, everyone seemed rather optimistic recently.
After all, thepany had made it into the Top 100 of the Qi Continent B-side chart!
The effects of being in the top too were immediately evident.
Shortly after Starlight Music squeezed into the Top too, severalpanies reached out.
These first-tierpanies hinted at intentions for coborations through their words.
Gu Qiangyun, of course, was extremely weing.
Starlight Music was disorganized, not just because thepany was weak, but mainly because itcked opportunities!
In the past, many first-tierpanies simply didn’t offer this kind of coboration opportunity.
But now, with the increase in orders, Gu Qiangyun had the chance to pick and choose.
Several talentedposers in thepany finally got new orders after a long hiatus.
Yet, a few potential orders still fell through, just like before.
A considerable portion of the first-tierpanies came for the name of Xian Yu.
If Xian Yu didn’t take their orders, they weren’t interested in coborating.
For this reason, Gu Qiangyun held a rare meeting, and the main theme was for everyone to seize the opportunity!
This was an opportunity that Mr. Lin brought to thepany!
If it wasn’t for Mr. Lin single-handedly elevating thepany to the Top too, they wouldn’t have this many orders and so on.
Lin Yuan didn’t attend the meeting.
He was still in school at this time.
He didn’t need to put much effort into his daily coursework anymore.
Thanks to Yang Zhongming’s character card instruction, Lin Yuan had basicallypleted the knowledge points for this semester.
If there were exams now, Lin Yuan felt he could easily rank in the top five of the ss.
So whether he was in ss or after school, he was always thinking about the order.
What kind of song fits Shui Yun’s standard?
It has to match Shui Yun’s style and differentiate from her previous works…
Lin Yuan decided to share his thoughts with someone.
The first person that came to mind was Gu Dong, so he sent Gu Dong a message. It was more of a casual chat than seeking advice: “What do you think of Shui Yun’s songs?”
“Listening to her songs is like listening to a story.”
Gu Dong knew right away that Lin Yuan was thinking about the Seven Star order, so after saying this, she hastily added: “Mr. Lin, don’t take this order too seriously. Even if we can’t make it, it’s okay. Thepany has been receiving new orders recently. If any of them are suitable, we will let you know.”
Clearly, Gu Dong also feared that Lin Yuan would obsess over this order.
Lin Yuan didn’t reply. Gu Dong’s evaluation was meaningless.
When he got home that night.
Lin Yuan decided to watch Shui Yun’s live performance videos for a while, but because he was too quick, he identally hit the triple-speed button.
There’s no speed setting for listening to songs.
But there is for videos.
Lin Yuan reflexively wanted to return the speed to normal, but his hand stopped halfway as he was moving the mouse.
The song yed at triple speed in his ears.
It sounded somewhat weird.
After all, Shui Yun’s songs were sentimental and slower paced. This type of slow bad, when listened to at several times the speed, created a strange dissonance, as if the singer was just babbling.
However.
As this feeling of disharmony grew stronger, an idea suddenly crossed Lin Yuan’s mind—he felt that Shui Yun needed a song that was less sentimental, ideally with a quicker tempo than her previous songs.
“System.”
Lin Yuan said: “Create a song, ‘Kisses Everywhere.''”