The Quiet Rise of Entertainment Superstars

When Xiaoyue woke up, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon and her stomach was rumbling with hunger.

When I walked out of the lounge, I saw an insulated lunch box on the coffee table.

Xiaoyue opened it and saw that it was the same seafood dinner she had had last time. Sister Liu was really so generous and considerate.

Just after finishing eating, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

"Why are you here?" Xiaoyue didn't expect that the person who came was Liu Wenjie.

Liu Wenjie looked at Cheng Xingyue, whose hair was disheveled and who was packing her lunch box, and sat on the sofa, saying, "I'll bring you food."

"Ah, did you deliver the meal?" Xiaoyue didn't expect Sister Liu to be so lazy. She looked up at Liu Wenjie.

Liu Wenjie happened to meet Xiaoyue's sparkling peach blossom eyes and was stunned.

She is so beautiful. Without her black-framed glasses, she looks like a different person. Her face is small and delicate, which is absolutely suitable for the camera.

"What are you looking at?" Xiao Yue saw him staring at her stupidly, she touched her face and found that she was not wearing glasses. She reached out and put them on, and turned back into the ordinary, pretty girl.

Damn, are these glasses magical? They can actually seal your appearance.

Liu Wenjie cursed inwardly, and then came to his senses. He blushed and dared not look at Xiaoyue again. He said, "Our Black Panther band will release two songs at midnight tonight. Do you want to wait with us until twelve o'clock for the new songs to be released?"

"You guys wait, I'm old and can't stand it anymore." Xiaoyue sat on the sofa, looking shabby and had no image at all.

"You are only twenty-one years old..." Liu Wenjie always felt that Xiaoyue was sometimes very old-fashioned and treated everyone as children.

"By the way, you seem to be a student of Peking University, right?" Xiaoyue's mind was full of things about school, so she decided to find out about the situation of the music university from the side.

"Well, I'm a sophomore in the Management Department. Why are you asking this?" Liu Wenjie became interested. This was the first time that Cheng Xingyue asked him about his personal affairs.

Only when you care about me will you pay attention to me. Who knows, you might even fall in love with me...

"Have you received any notification from your school? The one about the Huaguo College Student Music Festival."

"I got it, but it has nothing to do with me. At Kyoto University, the most important thing for us is to participate in this kind of music festival. If we want to participate, it's the Vocal Music Department's business."

"Why?" Xiaoyue was very puzzled. Shouldn't every university actively participate in this kind of music festival?

"As you know, technology is advanced now, but entertainment has not kept up with the development. Music festivals also limit the subject matter, and they always sing the same old songs over and over again, without any novelty. Besides, our school is Beijing University, a place to cultivate talents. We support the official request to develop entertainment by opening a vocal music department."

Haha, no wonder the entertainment industry can't develop. How can it develop with the attitude of these universities towards entertainment? Besides, it's not hard to find a good voice, but it's really hard to find a good song. If you limit the subject matter, no one dares to use a new song to compete with other people's classic old songs. Otherwise, wouldn't that be stupid?

"By the way, aren't you from a music university? The music festival is also hosted by your school once a year. You should know the most about it. Why are you asking me?" Liu Wenjie looked at Xiaoyue in surprise.

"Of course I know all this, but it was not my turn to participate in previous years. This year, those who are doing internships outside are required to participate, so I just asked casually. I may have to go back to school." Xiaoyue briefly explained the situation.

"Do you want me to go back to school with you?" Liu Wenjie wanted to have more opportunities to spend time with Xiaoyue, so he suggested it actively.

"No need. Please go away. I have something else to do." Xiaoyue drove him away.

Liu Wenjie left with resentment. Couldn't this girl's heart be warmed? He didn't believe it. There was still a long way to go.

Xiaoyue finished typing and left work.

Tomorrow is the weekend, so it’s a good opportunity for me to go back to school quietly. It’s in the same city of Beijing, so it’s not far away. It only takes an hour by car to get there.

Besides, various music forums are unusually lively tonight.

While people enjoy the convenience brought by high-tech life, they also want to enrich their spiritual world. However, often the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. Every time a new song is released, people rush to listen to it, but there are only a few songs that they really remember and want to download.

There is a post that currently has the most comments.

"Brothers, my favorite song this month is "Green Grass by the River". I wonder if there will be a similar song in June..."

Comment 1: "My brother Chen Jie is about to release a new song "Hot Summer Love", everyone please support him..."

There were various responses below: "Get lost, what the hell is Chen Jie, all he does when singing rock is yelling, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night after listening to him..."

"Chen Jie fans, get out of the comment section."

Comment 2: "I also like "Green Grass by the River". I heard that the composer Yue, who wrote the song, will release three songs this June."

There were a lot of responses: "Ahhh, is this true?"

"I'm living on Green Grass by the River in May, just waiting..."

"Just wait..."

There was a queue at the back, all of them sitting and waiting.

Comment 3: "I heard that the talented young singer Xue Ying'er is going to cross over to sing and participate in the new singer rankings. Isn't this bullying other new singers..."

The people who responded were all Xue Ying'er's fans: "Support Xue Ying'er to cross over and beat the others."

"Is the guy above me an idiot? Can't he just focus on acting? Forget about singing, you have a hoarse voice, it's unpleasant to listen to."

The forum was noisy and Xiaoyue thought it was boring so she just glanced at it and logged off.

All five members of the Black Panther band were in the bar and VIP box, as well as their exclusive managers Chen Ye and Liu Xinran.

Liu Wenjie is under a lot of pressure right now. He usually doesn't feel pressure when singing on stage, but this time is different. This is his first time releasing a song as a lead singer. If it is successful, he can realize his dream of becoming a king of singers. If not, he can only go home and inherit the family property and become his president.

He drank glass of red wine after glass, and before twelve o'clock, he got himself drunk and lay motionless on the sofa.

"Oh, this kid is still young after all..." Liu Xinran couldn't help shaking her head and chuckled, then took out her cell phone, took a photo of Liu Wenjie drunk and sent it to Xiaoyue.

Xiaoyue had already turned off her phone and fell asleep.

As soon as twelve o'clock arrived, Liu Xinran and others quickly opened the China Music Network, found the new artist list area, searched for Tianyu directly, and then the relevant information of the three songs popped up.

Liu Xinran clicked on the first song "A Dream in a Curtain" and suddenly remembered that the TV series of the same name "A Dream in a Curtain" seemed to be online on the evening of May 1st. It must be said that Deng Sikai was still very courageous. He directly changed the original name of the TV series and changed it to the same as the theme song. It can be seen how satisfied he is with this theme song.

Song: A Dream

Composer: Yue

Lyricist: Yue

Composer: Yue

Singer: Zhang Tianqi

The second song is "You, My Deskmate", which is the same except that it is sung by the Black Panther band.

The same is true for the third song, "The Brother Who Sleeps on My Upper Bunk".

After finally getting through five minutes, the first ranking finally came out.

"A Dream in the Dark", ranking 87, listen, download

"My Deskmate", ranking 68, listen, download

"The Brother Who Sleeps on My Upper Bunk", ranking 96, listen, download

In the box, except for the drunk Liu Wenjie, the other six people stood up and cheered happily.

It occupied a good ranking in the first refresh, which was the beginning of success.

The ranking was refreshed every five minutes afterwards. The six people were excited every time they saw it. For three songs, not only did the ranking not drop, but it also rose steadily.

You know, there are nearly a hundred more new songs released in May than in April, with more than 300 songs in total. How great is the competitive pressure!

At four o'clock in the morning, Liu Wenjie was awakened by cheers. He was still in a bad mood when he suddenly remembered that his new song had been released. He actually fell asleep while drunk and missed the moment of witnessing history. He was very upset.

"Wenjie, wake up. Check out the ranking of our new song. We're famous." The bassist of the Black Panther band pulled Liu Wenjie and asked him to look at the ranking on his phone.

Liu Wenjie took a look and saw that "You, My Deskmate" was already ranked eighth and "My Upper Bunk" was also ranked fifteenth.

"Woo, woo, we finally succeeded..." The five members of the Black Panther band hugged each other and cried.

Chen Ye looked at the five people, smiled and said to Liu Xinran: "Let them cry, it's not easy for them either. They have waited for three years to release a new song. How many three years can we have in our life..."

Liu Xinran nodded, unable to stop smiling, her cheeks were already sore and she was probably going to get a few more wrinkles.