Becoming a great entertainer started with being cyberbullied.

By the end of the month, the competition among the three entertainment giants had intensified.

The composition department staff rely on coffee to keep going and monitor the charts 24/7, all so that when the rivals are about to crush them, they can use all available resources to promote their songs and keep them alive on the charts.

At this time, the Tianyin Composition Department.

With deep dark circles under his eyes, Xiao Zhao staggered towards the "overtime hell" as if his soul had left his body, carrying half a dozen imported Red Bulls in his hand.

Logically speaking, the composition department of Tianyin Music School rarely works this hard.

"How about we change our department team building activity to a trip to a temple in the suburbs at the end of this month?" Xiao Zhao heard his colleague Lao Huang say as soon as he entered the door.

No one answered.

The entire department worked in two shifts, staying up all night for 25 days straight, like training a hawk. Nobody wanted to talk at that point.

Old Huang said slowly, "Let's just pray and ask the Bodhisattva not to let us encounter the 'Tian Ji Horse Racing Game' again this year."

For many years, Tianyin has been dominating the other two music companies, attracting all the elites in the music industry.

Opportunities to work like a slave for your boss and earn overtime pay are extremely rare.

But this month, Tianyin Entertainment is going to boost the career prospects of its rising star, Zhou Shucong.

Zhou Shucong is just one month away from topping the monthly trending list and joining the ranks of 'Kings'.

Therefore, Tianyin's veteran king will not make a move this month. As long as he defeats the kings and queens of the other two companies, he can win the 'King' crown.

Wang Lei, his eyes bloodshot, furiously typed away at his keyboard, preparing to publish a lengthy critique of two rival singers' new songs under the pseudonym of a company music critic.

"Damn it, the Star Emperor changed generals at the last minute, and he actually replaced them with KB48! Why didn't Lei just get KB84 instead!"

Wang Lei cursed in a mix of Mandarin and Haigang dialect.

As Xiao Zhao entered and handed out Red Bull, he sighed, "When an avalanche occurs, no snowflake is innocent. The hatred we harbored in our old classmate group has led to this shameless revenge between our two families today."

Yes, after learning that Tianyin only released Zhou Xiaoge Wang this month, the other two companies played dirty tricks.

First, Wei changed the director before the battle, temporarily changing the release date of the theme song "Sha Po Lang" for the movie "Cold Star" originally scheduled for next month to this month.

Tian Jingjing, the only girl in the group of six who stayed up all night, said with deep resentment: "Brother Lei, you're so rude! You knew that Lina, who was originally supposed to be chosen, couldn't beat our little king Zhou, so you flipped the table! I curse that the entire composition department will be out of toilet paper when they go to the toilet!"

Star Emperor replaced the originally planned queen Lina with KB48, a super idol group composed of 48 popular female stars.

"Damn it, you can't beat one trafficster, so you bring in 48? Fine, fine, I'll make these bastards know that once I'm Empress, you're all my concubines for life!!"

In this beautiful state of mind, Tian Jingjing, who usually likes to slack off and gossip at work, received a special notification on her phone.

This gossip-loving girl—no, this girl—didn't add special message alerts for her crush, but instead added special alerts for over a dozen gossip-loving groups.

At that moment, her phone kept ringing.

Simultaneously controlling 37 alternate accounts, Tian Jingjing frantically stirred up trouble in the comment section of the opposing team, transforming into an octopus in an instant. She glanced at her phone.

The message in the melon group read:

The gossip group: [It's insane! It's insane! Teacher Chai has gone on a killing spree!!!]

Gossip Group: [OMG! The dance world's 'godfather' has been exposed!! This domestic abuser is disgusting! Sisters! Come with me to this blog! Let's cyberbully this bastard!]

Guagua Group: [Chai Jingqiong has filed a police report. Is she determined to fight to the death?]

……

In less than 10 seconds, more than a dozen groups received 999+ messages.

Tian Jingjing got into a fight with a male fan of KB48, stopped following her favorite gossip, and angrily shut down her phone.

At this point, she was still unaware of the seriousness of the problem.

Until 12 o'clock at night.

The song's download growth has slowed down, and the male fans who were previously fighting to defend their idols in the comments section have all gone to sleep.

The Tianyin Composition Department finally had a chance to catch its breath.

"Let's order some takeout. I feel like I'm going to die if I don't eat or drink something soon."

"We must have a good meal."

Team leader Dong Baoguo said, "Let's order seafood from the seafood restaurant and a bowl of sea cucumber and millet porridge for each person to replenish their energy. The company will pay for it."

"Long live the boss!"

"Long live the Heavenly Sound!"

"Alright, everyone take a break. In the second half of the night, our main task is to prevent our competitors from using overseas fans to artificially inflate download numbers."

Tian Jingjing finally had some free time to turn on her phone, grab a bite of melon, and clear her head.

The group messages had already gone through several thousand, and there wasn't enough time to scroll through the comments while waiting for the takeout, so Tian Jingjing decided to go to the blog instead.

Upon going up to her, she exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

The top trending topic: Chai Jingqiong, a three-time gold medalist in dance, reveals she was a victim of domestic violence.

The second most searched topic: The image of a leading figure in the dance world collapses.

The third most searched topic has been identified; police have opened an investigation.

The fourth trending topic was the National Taiwan University of Dance, which stated that if the allegations are true, they will be dealt with seriously.

……

The eighth trending topic – Chai Jingqiong: Thank you to the creator of "Full Stop," this song gave me the courage to end everything.

Tian Jingjing paused when she saw the 8th item.

"Huh?" Why does this "full stop" look so familiar?

She vaguely felt that "Full Stop" was somewhat familiar, but staying up all night made her forgetful, and she couldn't remember where she had seen it before.

So she clicked on the eighth item, wanting to see where she had seen this "full stop" before.

The page redirects to Chai Jingqiong's latest blog post.

A heartfelt thank you, and a link to a song.

Out of professional instinct, Tian Jingjing immediately became alert. So, she clicked on the link and put on her headphones to listen to the audio.

First, the prelude.

The melody is nice.

Then comes the first line of lyrics.

Hmm? That voice is nice.

The lyrics, this narrative style, are probably popular in foreign countries.

There are plenty of these kinds of "bubblegum pop songs" in China.

Tian Jingjing immediately analyzed the situation from the professional perspective of a staff member in the composition department of Tianyin Music School:

This month, excluding the top three.

From the fourth to the twentieth, Tianyin played quite a few songs by talented composers.

It's hard to make this song stand out from the crowd.

Furthermore, from a market analysis perspective, this type of song does not cater to the mainstream market.

Especially this month, with Star Emperor unleashing his '48 Rogue Fist', it's going to be very difficult for this song to even reach third place.

Given Xinghuang's character, he'll definitely make the 48 girl group promote themselves on their blogs and have their male fans help Xinghuang's other 'junior sisters' on the charts.

Based on Tian Jingjing's one year of work experience in the composition department of Tianyin, this song is guaranteed a minimum of 20th place and a maximum of 15th place.

"The takeout is here~~~~" Xiao Zhao shouted as he went to pick up the takeout at the department door, interrupting Tian Jingjing's train of thought.

Working people are driven by a thirst for food, and Tian Jingjing sprinted ahead to grab some late-night snacks.

Before long, she returned to her workstation, satisfied, with a bowl of sea cucumber and millet porridge, a garlic lobster, and a plate of vermicelli and scallops.

Then, everyone spontaneously started taking photos, posting them on WeChat Moments, and then to the classmate group, especially tagging the other two composition departments, 'politely asking' about their late-night snacks, and casually mentioning that the company paid for this luxurious seafood feast.

After successfully infuriating the other two composition students to the point of frantically scratching the walls, Tian Jingjing slowly sipped her millet and sea cucumber porridge, saying:

"Oh, by the way, boss, there was a trending topic on Weibo that might bring up a song called 'Full Stop'. Keep an eye out for it."

As she spoke, she also brought up the monthly hot song chart in the background.

"Full Stop?? Are you kidding me? Isn't this a newly registered song? What is this? It's been on the charts for five days??"

"Is the singer-songwriter crazy, or is the singer-songwriter crazy?"

The group leader of Group Six pulled up the popularity chart, refreshed it, and didn't see the song on the 86 list. He then quickly browsed the list and frowned.

"Jingjing, are you sure you're not mistaken? Isn't that song on 56?"

"Huh? No way, you must be mistaken, hahaha, how could it be possible to jump 30 places at once?"

Wang Lei patted Xiao Zhao on the shoulder next to him, "You jumped 30 places in total? Wow, that's not from ranking, it's like you're being haunted, hahaha..."

Xiao Zhao, having taken a sip of Red Bull, tilted his head slightly to listen to his brother Lei speak, while simultaneously refreshing the rankings. "Pfft—"

Wang Lei was caught off guard and got sprayed with Red Bull in his face.

"Hey, hey, hey! Tell me a ghost story! The full stop is number 33!!!"

The entire department: "???" What kind of ghost story is this, so late at night?

Everyone immediately pulled up the popularity rankings and refreshed the list.

Refresh the page; it's now at 24.

If you don't believe me, refresh it again; it's 11.

The entire group broke through the defenses and made a final update, with "Full Stop" settling for 5th place.