The Quiet Rise of Entertainment Superstars

In the morning, Xiaoyue was taken away by Teacher Huang after finishing her piano class.

"Here, this is the certificate that your piano music has been included in the piano music library. You must keep it safe." Teacher Huang handed a file bag to Xiaoyue.

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Huang."

Teacher Huang waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Hey, these are just trivial matters. I heard from Zhu Jun that you seem to have another piano piece? Why don't you take it out?"

"Zhu Jun said that?"

Xiaoyue thought that she and Zhu Jun were not familiar with each other, so why would he say that to Teacher Huang?

"Yes, he said he heard you playing in the teaching building, but he was so engrossed in the music that he didn't catch up with you."

Teacher Huang smiled and continued, "Besides, he seems to admire you very much and wants to discuss piano knowledge with you, but you ran too fast, hahahaha..."

Teacher Huang always thought that Zhu Jun was a bit cold and arrogant, but when he met Cheng Xingyue, who surpassed him in piano, his best subject, and even made him lose face, he found it very interesting and hoped that he could grow.

When Xiaoyue heard what he said, she suddenly remembered that when she first came to the teaching building, she played "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Variations" in the practice room on the sixth floor. It turned out that Zhu Jun also heard it at that time.

“There is a song called Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Variations. I played it once in school.”

"Can you play it for me now?"

"can."

Xiaoyue did not refuse. Teacher Huang not only gave her leave, but also helped her add "Girl's Prayer" into the piano music library. This was a big favor.

It was just a small request, so I agreed.

After Xiaoyue finished playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Variations", she found that Teacher Huang was writing quickly on the paper.

When she took a look, she saw that what Teacher Huang had written was actually the music score of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Variations". Xiaoyue didn't say anything, but waited silently for him to finish writing. It was exactly the same as what she played.

Oh, Teacher Huang is amazing, and his memory is also great.

Teacher Huang put down his pen, looked at Xiaoyue complainingly and said, "Cheng Xingyue, don't hide your piano music in the future. It would be a waste if such a good piano music is not known and learned by the public."

"Oh."

"Since you have already played this piano piece, let's also play the piece 'Memories of Childhood' that you learned in piano lesson."

Xiaoyue was confused. Teacher Huang was planning this step by step. Oops, she fell into the trap.

Xiaoyue didn't say much and sat down to continue playing "Memories of Childhood".

Teacher Huang wrote down the music score on the paper with familiarity.

Finally, Teacher Huang was satisfied holding the two piano pieces signed with Xiaoyue's name and decided to go to the Piano Association to register the copyright.

Humph, the last time I went to register copyright, I met my old rival Yuan Feng at the Piano Association who also came to register copyright. I was ridiculed for registering a low-quality piano piece. As a result, I took out my piano piece and severely crushed his piano piece, which slapped him in the face.

There are still two songs this time. If I meet him again, I will definitely beat him in the face.

Xiaoyue didn't know about the interesting things happening on Teacher Huang's side. She went back to the dormitory and took her three roommates to the canteen to eat.

"Cheng Xingyue, what have you been doing on your leave recently?"

Chen Xiaomeng asked seemingly casually while eating, but in fact she really wanted to know whether their guess was correct and wanted to confirm it again.

Wang Xiaonan and Wang Manman also understood what Chen Xiaomeng meant and followed up with questions.

"Yes, it's a month's vacation. We are all so envious. Only you have such a big face."

"That's right. Last time I asked for a day off, I got scolded by the teacher."

Xiao Yue put down her chopsticks and said, "What is there to be envious of? I have paid a corresponding price for all this. I went to Jinshi to shoot a movie. When it is released, you must support it."

After Xiaoyue finished speaking, she cupped her hands, looking surprisingly playful and cute.

"You made a movie? As an actor or director?"

Now, all three roommates were shocked, as this was a cross-industry issue.

"Neither, I'm the chief producer, hehe..."

The three of them had forgotten their original intention of asking Xiaoyue, and they all followed up by asking, "What's the name of the movie?"

"Phone Booth has now been sent for review. If all goes well, we may be able to watch it in theaters soon."

Xiaoyue had no intention of hiding anything about this movie. She couldn't act like she had accomplished nothing in public. She had to be good at something so that it would be easier to hide more of her identity.

"Don't worry, I will definitely go and watch. You have changed your career, so you must succeed."

"We'll go see it together then."

"I'm so looking forward to the premiere. Can we go and watch it too?"

"Of course, don't worry, I'll take care of it."

Xiaoyue generously agreed to the requests of her three roommates.

In the afternoon, there is Professor Chen’s poetry appreciation class. The classmates are still the same classmates, and the teacher is still Professor Chen.

Xiaoyue found that there seemed to be no changes after not having her period for a month, which was good because she liked the familiar environment.

As soon as Professor Chen entered the classroom, he looked at Xiaoyue and gave her an angry look.

Xiaoyue was amused by Professor Chen's pretending to be angry.

"Master Yue, what are you laughing at?" Lin Jingyu looked at Xiao Yue in confusion, then looked at Professor Chen who was very serious. What was so funny?

"It's okay, it's okay." Xiaoyue said softly, put away her smile, and started listening to the class.

Just after the get out of class, Xiaoyue was called away by Professor Chen again.

"Although you have submitted enough homework, I still want to criticize you. Why can't you submit your homework on time?" Professor Chen was really angry when he said this. This reminded him of the days when he had no appetite and could not sleep at night waiting for her. This girl was really hateful. Very hateful.

"Professor, I was injured and hospitalized at the time. Please forgive me this time." Xiaoyue said and showed her little feet in slippers to Professor Chen.

Upon hearing this, Professor Chen became a little worried again. He lowered his head to take a look and saw that there was indeed a large wound on Xiaoyue's fair sole that had just healed and seemed to have been stitched. His tone softened.

"This girl, why didn't you say anything at that time?"

"Wouldn't it be only making you worry if I told you?" Xiaoyue was secretly delighted. She had finally gotten away with it and quickly put on her slippers.

There was some distress in Professor Chen's eyes. It seemed that this girl had suffered a lot, but she was still able to write such a good poem. It took a lot of hard work. Suddenly, he remembered that there was another thing he wanted to ask Xiaoyue's advice on.

"You must protect yourself in the future. There is one more thing. The president of the Literature Association came to me and asked if I wanted to join the Literature Association?"

Literary Association? Isn't that a place where old men and women live in retirement? I am young now, why should I join a literary association? I will not do such a losing business as to be inferior to others for no reason.

"Do not want to."

Professor Chen was choking on the words that were about to come out of his mouth. Wasn't this girl's refusal too straightforward?

"Can you tell me why?"

"Professor, have you forgotten? I am from the music arrangement department, and writing poetry is just a hobby. I don't want to go into literature, so why should I join the literary association?"

Xiao Yue tried her best to find a reasonable excuse and refused to admit that it was because of her generation. Humph, she was about the same age as those old men and women in her two lifetimes combined, right? So why should she make herself unhappy and be a generation lower than them?

Professor Chen suddenly realized that this girl was an arranger, and a very famous one at that. There was really no need for her to change her career and join the Literary Association.

"Okay, then I will reject the Wenxie."

After saying goodbye to Professor Chen, Xiaoyue decided to go to the company.

"You've come at the right time. Here, your Level 3 arranger certificate has been with me for a few days. You didn't come to the office, so I forgot to give it to you." Liu Xinran went straight to Xiaoyue and threw a file bag to her.

When Xiaoyue opened it, she found that she was indeed a third-level arranger officially issued by the Chinese government. There was also her ID photo on it. She was still chubby and wearing black-framed glasses as before.

Not bad, that’s good. Even if someone uses this photo, they can find me now.

Seeing Xiaoyue's smile, Liu Xinran said, "Are you so happy? It's just a Level 3 arranger certificate. In fact, if you work harder, you can easily get a Level 2 arranger certificate."

Xiao Yue laughed and said, "It took me three months to get into the top 30 of the rankings to become a Level 3 arranger. Wouldn't it take six months or a year to get a Level 2? Aunt, please don't lie to me."

"What are you talking about? When have I ever lied to you? China has always had very strict control over this kind of level. If you don't believe me, go to the music website and check how many arrangers have been certified by the country?"

"How much is it? It's not a common thing, is it?"

"How is that possible? In China, no, in Blue Star's entertainment development, there are less than a thousand level three arrangers, and more than a hundred level two. There are no more than fifty level one arrangers like me in the world, and only ten people at the level of Qu Dad. No one has ever gotten the title of Qu Shen."

Liu Xinran talked incessantly about the entertainment situation on Blue Star, which really surprised Xiaoyue. Is it so backward?

"I got the Level 2 arranger certificate when I was 30. I worked hard for six years."

"I got the first-level arranger title last year. It took me nine years to get it."

"Is it so difficult? No wonder we only have level three arrangers in our three departments, and no level two arrangers at all." Xiaoyue was very surprised. She didn't expect it to be like this.

"Many arrangers don't like to sign with entertainment companies after getting the second-level certificate. They set up their own studios and make much more money writing and buying songs for others than working for entertainment companies. This is also the case with Tianyu. There are six second-level arrangers, all in the first and second departments. There are three first-level arrangers, including me. The other two are not in the company all year round, and it's good enough for them to write one song a year. Only Tianyu is relatively powerful, with at least two song masters."

Xiaoyue felt that the road ahead was dark and it would be difficult to get through it.

Liu Xinran patted Xiaoyue on the shoulder and encouraged her, "You are already very good. Now people on the Internet say that you have the potential to be a song god. Look at this month, your songs have surpassed three other song masters. You have a promising future."

"Okay, aunt, this doesn't encourage me. Let's talk about the standard of reaching level two." Xiaoyue said with a wry smile.

"Get it into the top ten of the music charts in six months. I think you can do it if you work hard. Who knows, you might even break the record and become the youngest second-level arranger."

"Six months, top ten?"

Xiaoyue touched her chin and it didn’t seem that difficult.

"Does this six months need to be recalculated?"

"Correct."

"Then I still have hope. I'll be twenty-one next month, so it shouldn't be a problem to get it before I'm twenty-two..."

Xiaoyue whispered softly, and Liu Xinran heard it clearly, but was also shocked by Xiaoyue. It seemed that this girl was very confident.

Suddenly, Xiao Yue sighed again. It seemed that she had only recorded one song this month, and she sang a song in Guangnan dialect in China. There shouldn't be many people who like it, right? Was she going to suffer a Waterloo?

"Xiaoyue, why are you sighing?"

"It's over. I only have one song next month, and it's in Guangnan dialect. Doesn't that mean I'll be missing a month from the charts?"

"What? When did you record the song?"

Liu Xinran's voice suddenly rose, because she had solemnly promised Liu Zhonglei yesterday that Xiaoyue would definitely not have any new songs next month.

"Just a few days ago, when I was editing the film, I took the time to record a song in Guangnan dialect called 'Boundless Oceans and Vast Skies' for Zhang Zehua."

"Guangnan dialect?"

“Yes, it’s a very rare language.”

Liu Xinran patted his chest, finally feeling relieved. However, no minority language has ever made it into the top 50, so he was relieved. Otherwise, those first-class arrangers and composers who released songs this month would be very angry.

"That's fine. Let me know if your movie has been reviewed."

Liu Xinran left with a sense of relief.