Becoming a great entertainer started with being cyberbullied.

Fang Ruoxi checked the time and knocked on the door of the ward.

The door clicked open, and He Junzhu, whose eyes were slightly red, saw that it was Fang Ruoxi and immediately invited her in.

On the hospital bed, Geng Bin was originally chatting with his daughter.

Upon seeing Fang Ruoxi walk in, this former singing king, who had experienced the bitterness and sweetness of life, showed her a kind expression for the first time.

"Teacher Fang, what do you need me to do?" Geng Bin handed the child to He Junzhu.

He wasn't stupid; Fang Ruoxi must have ulterior motives for putting so much effort into him.

However, looking at his wife and daughter whom he had lost and then regained, Geng Bin, a man who had always stubbornly refused to compromise with the world, finally lowered his head.

Upon hearing Geng Bin's words, Fang Ruoxi's brows relaxed, and she immediately pressed the call button behind Geng Bin's hospital bed.

"Okay, you still remember this song, right?" Fang Ruoxi handed the sheet music saved on her phone to Geng Bin. "It's this song, 'Longing.' Now that you're discharged from the hospital, come with me to record the song."

Geng Bin, who was limping and had a broken rib: "..."

He Junzhu felt sorry for Geng Bin, but then she remembered that because of their family's situation, that young man surnamed Zou was still in jail in T country.

So, 48 minutes later, Geng Bin, sitting in a wheelchair, appeared at Lighthouse Entertainment with a blank expression.

“Teacher Geng, let’s try going through it once first.” Fang Ruoxi seamlessly switched into workaholic mode.

As she spoke, she pushed her wheelchair into the recording studio.

"Teacher Geng, let's work harder and try to finish recording the song before dawn tomorrow, so we can release it before the 8 a.m. rush hour and climb the charts."

……

As dawn broke, at the headquarters of Tianyin.

"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, God of Heaven, please grant us your mercy! Mercury retrograde, begone! Mercury retrograde, begone!"

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! May the gods of misfortune from all directions arrive swiftly! Lighthouse Entertainment is about to explode with a thunderbolt!"

"I am willing to give up 10 pounds of fat from my body in exchange for maintaining the company's number one position this month."

"Amitabha Buddha, may the Heavenly Venerable protect me from having my bonus deducted this month!"

As soon as Chang Yongyi, the leader of Group Six, opened the door, he felt the wonderful spirit of his colleagues.

Three months after the emergence of the genius music producer Fang Ruoxi, the morale of the people in the Tianyin Music Department improved day by day.

Chang Yong, with dark circles under his eyes, walked over to Xiao Zhou's workstation, carrying a triple-strength coffee.

Ignoring the various scribbles on Xiao Zhou's computer, Team Leader Chang asked, "Is this month a bit easier?"

These past two days, the internet has been full of gossip about Fang Ruoxi and 'scumbag Geng Bin'.

Those marketing accounts spread rumors with such vivid details, it's as if they installed a camera under Fang Ruoxi's bed.

There's a kind of beauty that disregards the law for the sake of traffic.

However, thanks to this incident, Tianyin hired a lot of online trolls to stir up trouble and had influential figures post long articles, which managed to curb the speed at which Lighthouse Entertainment's two songs climbed the charts this month.

Xiao Zhou said, "Hey, much better. Currently, 'Qinghai-Tibet Plateau' has fallen to tenth place, and 'Sorrow' is fifteenth."

"Just hold on for another 10 days, and we'll win!" With that, Xiao Zhou clasped his hands together and bowed to the yellow talisman pasted on the computer.

"Team leader, the new talisman I got is still working."

Team Leader Chang, who had also stayed up all night, downed his triple-strength liquor in one gulp.

"Okay, organize the data. We'll hand it over to Group Four in a bit, then—"

Before the second half of the sentence was finished, the ranking of the top ten monthly hot songs on the screen was updated.

Xiao Zhou, who also witnessed this scene, blurted out a curse, "**! Who is this?! Ten more days left to compete in the rankings?"

Chang Yong started from the tenth place and worked his way up, eventually finding an unfamiliar song at the eighth place – "Longing".

"Longing" Composer: Fang Ruoxi, Lyricist: Fang Ruoxi, Arranger: Shen Qiu, Vocalist: Fang Ruoxi, Geng Bin [Produced by Lighthouse Entertainment].

Seeing this string of 'Fang Ruoxi' made Xiao Zhou want to pinch his philtrum.

Team Leader Chang was initially terrified, but when he saw the last name, 'Geng Bin,' his blood pressure, which was about to spike, immediately dropped back to a safe level.

But having reached the position of group leader in the Tianyin Composition Department, Chang Yong doesn't act on intuition; caution is his principle for surviving in the workplace.

So Chang Yong picked up his headphones, paid to download "Longing," and clicked play.

At the beginning, Fang Ruoxi sang the first line of lyrics.

"Red beans grow in the south—"

This singing style is completely different from the usual dolphin-like singing style... wow, let's listen to it again.

"It's something that happened a long time ago."

"What is longing? Nobody cares anymore."

Then came a rich, resonant male voice: "Drunk and asleep in the city that never sleeps—"

That one sentence alone made Chang Yong's eyelids twitch.

After many years, Geng Bin's voice has not weakened at all, and is even better than before.

As the songs continued, Team Leader Chang's expression grew increasingly grave.

Chang Yong took off his headphones after the last line of lyrics.

First, he analyzed the song from the perspective of a professional music practitioner.

Why did Geng Bin become so popular back then?

Because of his good voice, and of course his good looks are one aspect, but what really won him over in Cantonese-speaking regions and overseas is his amazing 'vocal transition'.

This song may not showcase Geng Bin's vocal techniques to their fullest extent, but it's enough to easily surpass the song that Tianyin Records released for their chart-topping hit this month...

Chang Le took out his phone, hesitated for a moment, and then dialed the number of Zhang Hanyu, the head of the music department.

The eldest daughter of the Zhang family, who succeeded Zhang Xun as the new head of the music department, appears to be a career-driven and strong woman.

If the department manager were still Zhang Xun, Team Leader Chang wouldn't dare make that call.

That would only get you a severe scolding from Zhang Xun.

However, after the new minister took office this month and did a few things swiftly, everyone could see that she is a real career-oriented woman who intends to get things done and has a strong desire for control.

So, he made that call.

The call was answered quickly.

Zhang Hanyu's voice was gentle and soft, "Hello, who is this?"

"Minister, I am Chang Le, the leader of Group Six in the Music Department's Chart Group."

Zhang Hanyu gave a soft "hmm," and asked, "Minister Chang, what's the matter?"

Even just hearing her voice over the phone made Chang Le stammer, "Yes, yes, Minister, a new song called 'Longing' has been released. It's that, that Fang Ruoxi's new song."

"I understand. I'd like to hear your opinion. Please inform your department to prepare for the meeting. I'll be at the office in about 15 minutes."

Zhang Hanyu's voice changed instantly.

beep.

The call ended, and it took Chang Le a few seconds to come to his senses.

Group member Xiao Zhou looked at their group leader with envy.

You should know that the new minister is practically the goddess in the hearts of all the single men in the department.

She's good-looking, fair-skinned, beautiful, and rich.

Unfortunately, only staff members at level six or above are allowed to call the new department head to report on their work.

Chang Le picked up the phone and said seriously, "The minister said that we need to start a meeting in 15 minutes. Our group can't leave yet. We have to have another meeting before we leave."

Xiao Zhou let out a wail, staring at the newly released song as if it were his father's killer, "I knew it! Ahh! Fang Ruoxi is our nemesis!"

Chang Le looked at the name 'Geng Bin' in the song information and said, "That's not necessarily true."

Geng Bin may sing well, but his reputation is absolutely terrible, practically toxic; anyone who gets involved with him is doomed.

Fang Ruoxi must have taken the wrong medicine to think of asking Geng Bin to record a song.