9 Chapter 8: Unworldly_1
Translator: 549690339
The company’s latest debut made it to the third place on the Erging Artists Chart!
The news surged through Starlight Entertainnt as soon as the Erging Artists Chart launched, reinvigorating the spirits of the company’s employees.
“Damn, finally a big shot has co and saved us.”
“Will our music departnt’s bonuses not get deducted this year?”
“Damn, even our film and television departnt have been given tasks. Everyone from each departnt must download ‘Life Like a Sumr Flower’. This year we finally have a third placer and it seems the higher-ups want to protect this montum.”
“Exactly.”
“After all, Starlight is among the top three entertainnt companies in the Qin Continent. If it fails in the Erging Artists Chart, it will surely impact the company’s image. You know, many music college graduates in Qin Continent choose their employer based on these wind vanes…”
There are countless entertainnt companies in the Qin Continent.
Among them, the most prestigious three are undoubtedly Starlight Entertainnt, Sand Sea Culture, and Brilliant Silver Fire.
In the past seasons for newcors, the artists introduced by these three companies could almost dominate the top seats on the Erging Artists Chart.
However, in recent years, while Sand Sea and Brilliant Silver Fire remained stable, Starlight Entertainnt’s performance has been lagging. This has led outsiders to start questioning Starlight’s authority in the music field —
This impact is pretty severe!
That’s why the company’s senior executives pressured Zhao Jue, who was entirely responsible for this matter.
If it wasn’t for this reason, under normal circumstances, the value of a single newcor season would not be enough to upset the bosses of the company.
And with the company employees’ discussions —
Xian Yu’s na was naturally spread by everyone.
In contrast, there was very little discussion about Sun Yaohuo.
You must know, this is an era when ordinary people pay attention to composers, especially in an entertainnt company—such a typical intra-industry environnt!
The status of a composer is much higher than that of a singer.
Why else would there be a term “Maestro” in the industry?
Everyone knows one thing:
The success of a song often cos from the composer’s lody touching the listeners’ hearts.
In other words —
The success of ‘Life Like A Sumr Flower’, created by Xian Yu, is not picky about the audience.
Even if the company had not chosen Sun Yaohuo and instead chose soone else to sing, anyone with decent vocal skills could turn this song into a hit with the support of company resources.
This is precisely why everyone admires the composers after the song becos a hit.
Of course —
This doesn’t apply to those singers with absurdly unique vocal traits.
These type of singers are extrely rare in the music world. Their vocal skills are so exceptional that they can make any song sound good — they are ace-level talents. Their status is high enough to rival those of the prestigious Maestros.
When these outrageously talented singers collaborate with god-like Maestros, they often bring out the best in each other, neither of them is expendable.
After all, not every song can be sung by everyone.
It’s like bringing anyone to sing an opera in the studio is unacceptable.
Of course, this does not an that the more difficult a song is to perform, the better it is. So songs that everyone can sing are outstanding, and you can’t deny the excellence of such songs.
…
anwhile, in the outside world —
The atmosphere of the erging artist season, following the release of the Erging Artists Chart, is spreading across the Qin Continent.
The attention of various companies has also temporarily shifted from Sand Sea Entertainnt, which firmly holds the first place in the Erging Artists Chart, to Starlight Entertainnt, one of the top three entertainnt companies.
“Wow, Starlight’s newcor has returned to the top three this year.”
“After all, it’s one of the established top three entertainnt companies. Starlight Entertainnt couldn’t possibly fail every year.”
“It’s so true that the old top three leave no room for survival. Sand Sea is unbreakable as the first place, Brilliant Silver Fire delivering stable performance as the second, and then Starlight regains its glory as the third. While they feast, we smaller companies can only sip on the soup.”
“…”
In addition to entertainnt companies, music critics, of course, are also following the Erging Artists Chart, especially the songs in the top three, which are the focus of many.
On Weibo,
music critics have launched an offensive, recomnding their favorite new songs from the Erging Artists Chart.
To everyone’s surprise, the majority of music critics’ choice for the recomnded track is unanimously the third-place song, ‘Life Like a Sumr Flower’!
With such a wind, many netizens have also gotten interested in ‘Life Like a Sumr Flower’, and the comnt sections under the recomndations have also gotten lively:
“What a beautiful title.”
“Life, like a sumr flower, in its splendor. Death, like an autumn leaf, in its tranquil beauty. Even before listening to the song, based on the phrase, this song is beautiful.”
“Among the ten music critics I follow, seven have recomnded ‘Life Like a Sumr Flower’. I must go and give it a listen.”
“I’ve listened to the song and it’s pretty good. I’ll download it.”
“I’ve also listened to it. Personally, I think the song is average.”
“It’s true that personal taste trumps all. Anyway, I was stunned by ‘Life Like a Sumr Flower’ on my first listen. This is the first ti a song without high notes has stunned .”
“Wow, there’s sothing about this song.”
“Thanks to the recomndation from the critics, this song is probably my biggest gain in this year’s newcor season. Without further ado, I’ll add it to my playlist and favorite it.”
“…”
This is also sothing customary in the Qin Continent.
Every year during the newcor season, nearly all music critics would take advantage of the season’s popularity.
Either they recomnd the songs they love, or they accept bribes from entertainnt companies and post the drafts prepared by the companies in advance.
There are more of the forr.
Less of the latter.
Because in the Qin Continent, music is seen as sothing holy, and the public is not stupid to let critics fool them.
This has to do with the unique characteristics of the Qin Continent.
In Blue Star, there are eight continents in total: Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, plus the “Capital” Zhong Continent.
Each continent has its own characteristic.
Among them, the Qin Continent is universally recognized as the “Land of Music” on Blue Star!
It is ho to many musicians.
The neighboring Qi Continent is known as the “Grand Hall of Movies.”
But official data has shown that most of the movie soundtracks in Qi Continent are produced with the help of Maestros in Qin Continental.
anwhile.
Eighty percent of composers active on the Blue Star arts stage co from Qin Continent!
Not just songs of various styles,
but also piano … violin … symphony …
And so on.
All kinds of music art have a huge comrcial space in Qin Continent.
Hence, it clearly shows that the people of Qin Continent are deeply passionate about music, which is why the New Singers Season has remained a traditional event here.
Growing up imrsed in it,
people of Qin Continent pride themselves on having a “high taste in music.”
If soone from Qin Continent brings up a topic related to music in front of people from the other seven continents, their sense of superiority would simply be off the charts.
…
Zhao Jue called Lin Yuan.
As the call connected, the chief agent excitedly said: “Lin Yuan, you’ll be moving to the composers’ departnt soon, also, congratulations on making it to third place on the New Talent Chart!”
“Am I third?”
On the other side of the phone, Lin Yuan thought for a while, then seriously asked, “Given the New Singers Season, is this rank considered good?”
…
Zhao Jue was stumped by this question.
It took her a while to digest it before realizing what Lin Yuan ant. She responded with a baffled: “Have you not been keeping an eye on the New Talent Chart today?”
“I think my classmate was following it.” Lin Yuan said.
Zhao Jue was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. There were so many things wrong with Lin Yuan’s answer that she didn’t know where to start.
She forced herself to carry on the conversation: “Yes, third place is a great achievent, but today is just the first day. I will help you maintain your ranking going forward.”
“Thank you, Ms. Zhao.”
Lin Yuan treated Zhao Jue with due respect.
But Zhao Jue felt a little overwheld by Lin Yuan’s calmness, which contrasted starkly with her own excitent.
Does this make look like I’ve never seen the world before?
She had to abruptly change the subject: “Well, you should co to the company when you’re free to sort out so paperwork. Also, your song’s inco will be transferred to your account at the end of the month. I’ll hang up now.”
“Okay.”
ntioning the inco from his song, Lin Yuan’s voice showed a hint of anticipation. This finally gave Zhao Jue a sense of “I have actually seen the world”.
“This kid…”
Chuckling, Zhao Jue shook her head, hung up the phone, and shifted her gaze back to her computer.
It was the leaderboard for the New Talent Chart.
Since finishing her lunch, Zhao Jue had been staring at this page, not daring to take her eyes off it for a second.
She feared that with one blink, the third place ranking would be lost.
But as she kept watching, Zhao Jue sensed sothing was amiss.
Not that fourth place was catching up.
The fourth place song had only just under 30,000 downloads.
Compared to that, the number of downloads for “Life Like A Sumr Flower”, from this morning up to now, had already reached a whopping 50,000!
But sothing felt off here.
Seems like the download count for “Life Like A Sumr Flower”, was increasing a bit too rapidly?
Second place was a song by Brilliant Silver Fire.
“Aries”, a song by singer Zeng Yi, composed by Li Yang, had 53,000 downloads.
When the chart was released, “Aries” had 43,000 downloads, and so far, it had risen by 10,000.
But “Life Like A Sumr Flower” started with only 33,000, and by now it had increased by nearly 20,000!
What does this an?
Could it be that Starlight is going to overtake Brilliant Silver Fire?
The mont this thought crossed her mind, it grew like a weed, her heartbeat quickened.
Refresh!
Refresh!
Refresh!
Moving the mouse, Zhao Jue repeatedly refreshed the webpage, and just like she suspected, the data for “Life Like A Sumr Flower” and the second place song were getting closer, making her heartbeat race even more…
At six o’clock in the evening,
Just before closing ti,
Zhao Jue didn’t know how many tis she had refreshed the leaderboard, but this ti, she clearly saw that the second pace in the New Talent Chart was now:
“Life Like A Sumr Flower”!
Downloads: 59,800!
The third place song, Brilliant Silver Fire’s “Aries”, had downloads remaining at 59,100, and was squeezed out of the top two!
At that mont,
Zhao Jue almost let out an ecstatic laughter.
While she was still thinking about holding on to the third spot, “Life Like A Sumr Flower” had silently overtaken Brilliant Silver Fire and secured the second spot on the New Talent Chart!
Only the first is a bit out of reach.
In past New Singer Seasons, this achievent of “Life Like A Sumr Flower” was equivalent to sweeping the entire New Talent Chart, and taking the crown outright!
Just then, the phone rang.
Zhao Jue answered it, asking knowingly, “What is it, Ol’ Zhou?”
The voice on the phone said, “Could you open the door, please?”
Zhao Jue hesitated a mont before opening the door.
Outside the door, a middle-aged man was standing with an excited smile on his face, “Ms. Zhao, second place…no, I an… it’s been a while since we’ve had a al together. Tonight, order whatever you want, it’s on ! Also… when will Xian Yu be reporting to the composition departnt? We really need more people in our departnt.”
“Oh.”
Seeing Ol’ Zhou’s puppy-like behavior, Zhao Jue suddenly felt he was quite inexperienced.
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