The Quiet Rise of Entertainment Superstars

At the board meeting on the 18th floor of Tianyu, a group of bigwigs sat together, with the heads of various departments sitting behind them.

"First, let me talk about the results of the new artist rankings for the four months of this year. From January to March, the best result was the song "Spring Water" from the first part, which ranked eighth. In April, it was the song "Green Grass by the River" from the third part, which ranked first. The official new artist rankings for the first half of the year only have May and June left. In May, our Tianyu only had three songs from Cheng Xingyue from the third part, "A Curtain of Dreams", "You at My Desk" and "My Brother Sleeping on My Upper Bunk", and no one from the other two departments participated. I remember that the first and second parts also recruited a lot of arrangers in the past year, so why don't they have a single song? You should know that our Tianyu is the leading company in China's entertainment industry. Look at your results. Are you worthy of Tianyu's training of you?"

Liu Zhonglei became more and more angry as he spoke, and continued, "Forget about May, there are still people from the third department to support it. In June, at least one song from each of your first and second departments must be included in the newcomer rankings. The quality must be good enough, otherwise why would we support so many idle people? We at Tianyu are a big family with a big business, but we don't support idle people."

"Let's talk about this month's welfare tasks. There are four tasks, and the best tasks were given to you two. This is purely because the company wants to subsidize excellent composers and give you money and resources. What's the result? Only three departments have completed the tasks of the theme song and the advertising song. I will give you another week. If you can't come up with a good song, the welfare tasks for next month will be given to three departments first. Mr. Liang, Mr. Liu, I believe you should agree, right?"

Both Mr. Liang and Mr. Liu looked livid. The performance of the first and second departments had indeed not been ideal recently, so they could only nod.

Liu Xinran tried hard to control the muscles on her face and not let herself laugh out loud. This was the first time that the three departments had made a splash at the board meeting. In the future, more resources would definitely be tilted towards them. It was such an honor.

"Tomorrow is May. I believe everyone here has already heard the three songs that are participating in the Newcomer Chart. They are very good. The Publicity Department must do a good job in promoting the three new songs. We at Tianyu will strive to achieve good results again."

What followed was the affairs of other departments. After the board meeting ended one hour later, Liu Zhonglei called Liu Xinran and took her to the office for a long explanation.

Everyone in the president's office saw that when Liu Xinran left, she was holding a few boxes of good tea in her hands.

Back at the Department 3 on the sixth floor, Liu Xinran was full of energy and immediately convened a department meeting.

All ten people from the three departments were present at this meeting, even Zhang Dongming, who was in charge of the new people on the fifth floor, came.

Xiaoyue was so sleepy that she could hardly keep her eyes open. She took off her black-framed glasses and wiped the tears that came from yawning with a tissue.

Liu Xinran also noticed that Xiaoyue was not in a good condition.

Although this girl is usually quiet, she is definitely full of energy.

But her condition today is not right. She seems to be listless.

The meeting hasn't started yet, but she has already yawned several times with her hands covering her mouth. Then I saw her take off her black-framed glasses, revealing a fair and pretty face. Her beautiful peach blossom eyes were filled with tears, and there were heavy dark circles under her eye bags. What did she do last night when she didn't sleep?

With so many people waiting for the meeting, Liu Xinran stopped asking questions and started the meeting.

"Our three departments benefited from Xiaoyue's help. We received praise at the board meeting today. The company will also let our three departments choose the tasks for next month. Since the company has begun to allocate resources to us, we have to show some results, right? We can't rely on Xiaoyue alone, right? The newcomer list in June is also the last newcomer list this year. I hope that Chen Xiaofan and Daye, who are still in the newcomer period, can also compose a good song to participate. You should be able to complete it, right?"

Chen Xiaofan and Daye both had sweat on their foreheads. When they participated in the newcomer list before, their results were almost okay, but now with Cheng Xingyue's excellent performance in front of them, their songs are a bit embarrassing.

"Don't feel pressured, the important thing is to participate!"

Seeing how miserable they were, Liu Xinran could only comfort them.

"But I haven't finished composing the music for the company's TV series yet..."

"Me too. I'm in a rush to finish the soundtrack for the cartoon that's going to be aired next month. I really don't have time..."

Wow, both of them actually have excuses.

Liu Xinran was completely speechless. These tasks were the daily soundtracks within Tianyu, and she really didn't know what to say.

In addition to completing song writing for external orders and participating in various rankings, arrangers also have to do the music composition work for various industries within Tianyu. These jobs are generally done by people who cannot release singles. After all, the company does not want to keep idle people.

Xiaoyue has not received such a task assigned by the company yet. After all, she is already very productive, so who would dare to come to her?

"Okay, I got it. Let's talk about the song chart for July. No matter whether you are a newcomer or an old singer, you can participate. There are still two months left. I hope you can all work hard and write a good song to participate. As for the tasks assigned by the company, you can put them aside for now, okay?"

"Okay..." everyone agreed.

"The meeting is adjourned. Xiaoyue, please stay for a moment."

Liu Xinran brought Xiaoyue to her office, pointed at the two boxes of tea on the table and said, "The president asked me to bring you a few boxes of tea just now. I'll split it in half when we meet, and give you two boxes. Do you have any objection?"

Xiao Yue wanted to sleep now, so she said weakly, "No problem, you can keep them all."

At most, you can come back and get another box after you finish your own tea. It’s free storage, so don’t miss it.

"Xiao Yue, you're not in a good state today..."

"I couldn't sleep last night." Xiaoyue sat down on the sofa with her eyes closed.

"Is the work pressure too great?" Liu Xinran was a little nervous. She sat on the sofa next to Xiaoyue and asked like a close older sister.

Just now on the 18th floor, she had made a solemn promise to the president that she would never put pressure on Cheng Xingyue and would work hard to create a friendly and joyful atmosphere so that she could be inspired to write better songs.

The president even criticized her specifically, saying that she had thrown all the tasks to Cheng Xingyue this month and that she did not value talent at all. Good resources should be used where they are needed most.

Xiao Yue sighed, afraid that Liu Xinran might misunderstand, and explained: "No, it's my own family matter, I will take care of it."

"Well, Sister Liu, if there's nothing else, I'll go back to the office first." I was very sleepy, but I was embarrassed to fall asleep in the minister's office.

"Uh..." Liu Xinran didn't expect this to be the reason. Although the two of them were very familiar with each other, she didn't dare to ask more questions. She could only say, "Okay, take the tea and go back to have a good rest. I'll bring it to you when it's time for dinner."

"Thank you, Sister Liu." Xiaoyue took the tea and went back to her office to catch up on her sleep.

When other colleagues saw Xiaoyue leaving Liu Xinran's office with tea, they all looked envious.

"No, no, no..."

"Although Sister Liu is usually very generous, she treasures tea leaves very much. It's amazing that Xiaoyue can take tea leaves from her."

"I've seen it at least twice..."

Xiaoyue returned to the office and lay down directly on the big bed in the lounge. She fell asleep in a few minutes.

She was very happy last night when she was carrying her things home, but then she received a group text message notification from the music university.

On June 10th, the China University Student Music Festival will be held in Beijing. As the organizer, all students from the Music University who are doing internships outside the country are requested to contact their class tutors as soon as possible to receive their assignments. The deadline is May 10th. Those who fail to contact their tutors will be punished with academic demerits.

Xiaoyue was panicked. She was completely in the dark. Apart from the address of the music university, she didn't know any of her classmates or teachers. Who should she contact?

I searched through all the original owner's communication apps and finally found the electronic admission letter I received more than two years ago in my mailbox late at night. I found out my class: Class of 97, Arrangement Department (4).

There was not even any contact information of her classmates or tutors in her phone, and Xiaoyue was very anxious because she had no idea how she had been doing in school over the past two years.

I lay in bed alone, tossing and turning like a pancake. Before I fell asleep, it was dawn. I had to wash up and go to work.