The Quiet Rise of Entertainment Superstars

"Oh, I don't want to think about it anymore. I'm almost bald..." Sister Ma looked at the handful of black hair on her slender jade fingers irritably. She was so anxious that she started to abuse herself.

"Calm down, calm down, calm down!" Xiaoyue closed the Weibo page on her computer and hurried to send her warmth to Sister Ma. She was really worried that all her black hair would be plucked out by her.

"My ears are about to break. I've listened to no less than thirty songs this morning to look for inspiration..." Brother Qing had dark circles under his eyes. He took off his headphones and rubbed his stiff cheeks, trying to sober himself up.

Xiaoyue was not worried about new songs. She had so many good songs from her original world in her mind. Besides, the minister only asked for the submission of song demos. She only had to find a suitable song in the afternoon and extract a small part to arrange the music on the computer software.

Not seeking to be particularly outstanding, as long as not to be eliminated, this is really the inner thought of the Buddhist Xiaoyue.

After lunch, the team leader Zhang Dongming announced a rule with a stern face: "I don't care what the other groups do, our fourth group's arrangement demo must be handed over to me within three days, otherwise..., you know..."

There was a hint of intimidation in his voice.

A group of rookie trainee arrangers looked at Zhang Dongming tremblingly.

Oh my god, the requirements have been raised again. The original seven-day task has been directly reduced to three days. This is really driving me crazy.

Xiaoyue also felt some pressure and decided to finish the sample in the afternoon.

But when it came to choosing the song, Xiaoyue was in a dilemma. Given the current level of entertainment music, she could only find songs from the 1980s in her own world. It seemed that she could only find a song from the 1980s, but which one?

Others worry about coming up with a good song, while Xiaoyue worries about picking a song that is not particularly outstanding.

The situation she is facing now is that she can only take things step by step, which is also the path she wants to take the most. She no longer wants to challenge the impossible like she did in her previous life, which is so immature.

Songs like "New Mandarin Duck and Butterfly Dream", "Three Variations of Plum Blossoms" and "Waiting for a Thousand Years" became famous along with the TV series. If they were taken out on their own without the blessing of the TV series, the lyrics would be a bit out of place. By the way, "Green Grass by the River" is okay. The composition is catchy, the lyrics are simple and repetitive, and I only needed to take a small section for my demo, so I did it.

Xiaoyue worked immediately and produced a demo in an hour. She listened to it several times and then went to find the team leader Zhang Dongming with the USB flash drive.

Xiao Yue knocked on the door three times, and Zhang Dongming's relatively gentle voice came from the office: "Come in!"

When she pushed the door open, she saw Zhang Dongming sitting in the boss chair, puffing away like a heavy smoker.

Xiaoyue had just taken a breath when she started coughing. After she recovered, she walked over and spoke.

"Team Leader Zhang, this is the sample I made this afternoon. Please listen to it!" After saying that, he put the USB drive on the desk.

Zhang Dongming paused after putting out the cigarette, and looked at the girl in front of him with some surprise. She was neither tall nor short, a little plump, and wore black-framed glasses. One could only tell that she was pretty. He knew Xiaoyue's background very well. She came from a well-off family and heard that she was able to get an internship in the company through someone else. She had been in the company for a month, but was not outstanding and was even a little unknown. He didn't expect that after only two hours of pressure from him, she would be the first to submit a demo of her arrangement.

Zhang Dongming came back to his senses, immediately put out his cigarette, picked up the USB drive and plugged it into the computer. For some reason, he seemed a little anxious.

"Don't stand, sit down and listen together."

Xiaoyue nodded calmly, then sat in the chair opposite Zhang Dongming.

A beautiful and rhythmic melody came out from the computer speakers, and a robot female voice sang: "The grass by the river is green, the sky is evergreen, the wildfire can't burn it all, the wind and rain can't blow it down..."

Although the robot female voice lacked some emotion in the singing, it was definitely in tune and at least expressed the lovesickness of the song.

At this moment, Zhang Dongming's heart was filled with shock and his eyes were shining. This is a good song!

The lyrics seem to describe the tenacity and vitality of the green grass by the river, but in fact they express the deep longing and endless love for the lover, which is really good.

The song demo of "Green Grass by the River" was only one minute and thirty-five seconds long. Zhang Dongming listened to it three times before turning off the speakers with a feeling of being unsatisfied. He looked at Xiaoyue with burning eyes and said, "Your name is Cheng Xingyue, right?"

Xiaoyue nodded calmly, but she was actually a little panicked inside, because she could tell from Zhang Dongming's reaction that he was very surprised, which meant that the song she chose was too outstanding, and it did not achieve the expected effect she wanted at all!

"What's the name of this song? It's really good, very catchy, with great lyrics and music, it's definitely a masterpiece!" Zhang Dongming was so excited that he couldn't find good words to express it for a while. Anyway, he liked it very much. It was much better than those straightforward songs about you love me and I love you.

"'Green Grass By the River', um, team leader, this song of mine should be able to pass the assessment, right?" Xiaoyue only cares about this now, and will talk about the other things later.

"Of course, of course she passed, she is definitely at an excellent level!" Zhang Dongming said immediately. It was really rare to find such an outstanding intern. Fortunately, he did not show his prejudice that she had used the backdoor before, otherwise wouldn't it be awkward to get along with her in the future?

After hearing this, Xiaoyue looked very happy, but she actually felt a little regretful in her heart because she had been too prominent.

"That's good. Then you can take the test and keep it on file. I won't bother you anymore."

Zhang Dongming quickly saved a copy on his computer and changed it to "Cheng Xingyue's "Green Grass by the River"". Then he pulled out the USB drive with a smile on his face and returned it to Xiaoyue.

Xiaoyue took the USB drive, nodded and thanked him with a smile, then prepared to leave.

"Wait!" Zhang Dongming didn't expect that the girl would just take the USB drive and leave. She had no intention of communicating with the leader to deepen their relationship. He said, "Your demo should contain a complete song, right?"

Xiao Yue nodded, understanding what Zhang Dongming meant. She still wanted to delay it a little longer, not wanting to shock the world, so she said, "Yes, but I haven't figured out everything yet."

Zhang Dongming's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said quickly, "Your next job is to finish this song. It's already the end of March, and it's only five days until April. Who knows, it might even make it onto the April new artist charts. You can move to the office next to mine and focus on writing songs. That's the most important thing."

"Uh, okay!" Things were going further and further away from what she had imagined. This was supposed to be a matter of passing the assessment, so how could she participate in the April newcomer rankings? Time was still so tight, but now that it had come to this, Xiao Yuejia felt that it was not impossible. At most, she could just keep a low profile later. She just didn't want to ruin the song, so she had to find a suitable singer, not someone of the same level as the original, but someone who was about the same level.

As for changing offices, the team leader also meant well, and only a fool would refuse. However, the office next to the team leader is really nice, with better privacy, so no one can see what I do.

"Team leader, can I designate the singer for this song?" Xiao Yue went back to the office and asked Zhang Dongming.

Zhang Dongming had not expected her to make such a request. The company had contracts for song management for arrangers of different levels. Copyright, profit sharing, designated singers, etc. were all clearly written in the contract. For songs written by interns like Xiaoyue, the singers were basically designated by the leaders, and the profit sharing was pitifully small. However, thinking of Xiaoyue's background, he nodded and said, "Sure, the profit sharing can also be given to you according to the standard for arrangers, 20%."

"Thank you, team leader." Xiaoyue achieved her goal and the share was not important, so she ran away.