Chapter 47: The Collapse of Wu Tian

Seeing this comment, Yi Yunxue's eyes turned slightly red, and she silently gave him a like.

She checked the back-end data.

Currently, the album sales had already broken through the 200,000 mark. Being able to achieve this sales figure in such a short time was largely credited to the support of her own fans.

"Chen Jiang, why do you think some people are clearly fated to meet, yet what remains in the end is only regret?"

She suddenly asked.

Seeing Yi Yunxue's dead-serious expression, Chen Jiang couldn't help but chuckle.

Sometimes, he really couldn't fathom the train of thought of this silly girl.

Women truly were made of water and were emotional creatures, easily influenced in their moods.

"That can only mean their affinity wasn't deep enough; it only lasted long enough for them to meet, but failed to sustain them until they grew old together." Chen Jiang thought for a moment and replied.

Hearing this, Yi Yunxue nodded, slurping her noodles in a daze, wondering what was on her mind.

...

Kyoto.

Tonight, Wu Tian also suffered from insomnia.

Tossing and turning in bed, he finally couldn't help but sit up.

He kept having an ominous premonition.

"The top three should be pretty safe, right?" He comforted himself.

It had now been forty minutes since the songs were released.

Wu Tian couldn't help but open Penguin Music and search for his own song.

After listening to it once, he nodded with satisfaction: "With this standard, there's definitely no problem!"

Just as he was about to exit and go to sleep, a thought suddenly popped into his mind—to listen to Yi Yunxue's album.

Because of Yi Yunxue's sudden entry into the fray, several of his originally formidable competitors had backed out of this chart ranking.

The one he needed to guard against now was Yi Yunxue, seeing as she had dropped four new songs all at once.

Searching for Yi Yunxue's name, Wu Tian was about to click on the button to purchase the album when he suddenly stopped.

"Buy my competitor's album? Am I sleep-deprived or something?" he muttered, mocking himself.

After watching an advertisement, Wu Tian was finally able to listen to Yi Yunxue's new songs smoothly.

First was that song, "Courage".

After listening to it, Wu Tian couldn't help but sigh that this song was truly awesome!

He couldn't beat it! The standard was simply too high!

Moreover, Yi Yunxue's vocal delivery and integration were also superb.

He could only say that he still needed to keep practicing and elevate his own standards.

The second song was... "The Wind Rises"?

Wu Tian felt somewhat puzzled. What genre of song was this?

Clicking play, the moment the melody rang out, Wu Tian suddenly sensed a trace of something ominous.

The ominous feeling in his heart gradually magnified.

As the lyricist and composer's pseudonym appeared, he froze.

It was this Chen Jiang again!

Just what kind of sacred being was he anyway? Did he really not have a single creative bottleneck?

The moment Yi Yunxue's singing voice rang out, Wu Tian had a premonition that his second place on the new song chart might not be safe...

"Walking and stopping all along this road, following the traces of a wandering youth."

"The moment before stepping out of the station, I actually felt a bit hesitant..."

"I cannot help but smile at this timidity of returning home, yet it remains unavoidable."

"And the sky over Nagano is still as warm, the wind stirs up the past..."

The chorus kicked in.

Wu Tian fell into complete despair, comforting himself internally: "I guess I can only secure third place. It's fine, third place still counts as completing the goal!"

When the song ended, he looked at the third song—"Green Light".

Clicking play, the last shred of wishful thinking in Wu Tian's heart completely vanished.

The heart that had been hanging in suspense finally shattered.

With a blank expression, Wu Tian clicked on the fourth song:

"What the hell, Liu Jialiang! You call this having only one hit? Aren't all four songs at the level of golden hits?!"

He cursed out loud.

In his mind, he greeted the ancestors of the company's General Manager Liu down to the eighteenth generation.

"And you told me to rest easy and just aim for third place—aim for your grandmother's hammer!"

At that moment, the new song chart finally refreshed.

As expected, the top four positions all belonged to Yi Yunxue's songs.

Wu Tian's new song ranked fifth.

Behind him were all unknown singers.

...

At some small company.

One guy said enviously to another boy in a blue shirt sitting at a computer desk: "Damn, what kind of sorcery is this? You actually made it to number 10!"

"This traffic is about to take off!"

"Just good luck, I suppose. I owe this entirely to Yi Yunxue, who scared away so many heavenly kings, heavenly queens, and tier-one singers."

"I'll buy five hundred copies of her album first. It's only fifteen yuan per copy anyway, not expensive, consider it thanking her for helping me break into the top ten."

Said the blue-shirted boy.

"Rich brother, awesome!" The other boy gave him a thumbs-up.

...

Ah Cheng Music Reviews conducted an album review at the very first opportunity.

After listening to all four songs, he felt as though he had completely been molded into Chen Jiang's shape.

The adoration in his heart was completely uncontrollable!

Too damn awesome!

He swore that if he ever got to meet Chen Jiang in person, he would definitely drop to his knees as an apprentice and beg the other party to take him in!

"Too insane! All four songs are at the level of golden hits, and their styles are completely different!"

"That song 'Met' is also included. All five songs on this album are golden hits!"

He exclaimed with emotion.

Any single song from this album could be pulled out to serve as the title track for those blockbuster albums!

Calming his emotions, Ah Cheng adjusted his lighting and began recording a video. The very first sentence of the video was:

"Master Chen Jiang, please accept my knees!"

...

The next day, early morning.

Far away in Changsha, Hunan province, Wang Dafaf was supporting his lower back as he got out of bed, feeling somewhat weak.

After brushing his teeth, washing his face, and drinking a cup of wolfberry water brewed by his wife, Wang Dafu felt rather helpless.

When a man reaches middle age, he has no choice!

Not only did he suffer from blocked inspiration during his daytime work, but his nighttime work also left him feeling somewhat unequal to the task.

"Sigh, tomorrow I'll have to go find Old Yu and get a traditional Chinese medicine decoction to try."

Sipping his wolfberry water, he picked up his phone and saw several unread WeChat messages.

[Yi Yunxue has released a new album, and the lyricist and composer for all four new songs is Chen Jiang!]

This message had been sent by the other party past midnight last night.

Half an hour later:

[It's miraculous, Old Wang! You better go listen to that album right now. This Chen Jiang is simply a freak!]

"Yi Yunxue's new album? I was so busy last night I almost forgot!" Old Wang rubbed his lower back.

He opened Penguin Music, and as soon as he entered, a recommendation page popped up.

[Yi Yunxue's New Album - The Starting Point of Dreams, Shocking Debut!]

"Honey, come eat breakfast!" At that moment, a woman's voice came from outside.

"Coming, wife!" Wang Dafu purchased the album, then walked out of the room, preparing to eat while listening.

At the dining table, Wang Dafu ate the breakfast carefully prepared by his wife. Next to him, his daughter, wearing junior high school uniform, was already packing her schoolbag to go to school.

Wang Dafu clicked play on the song.

The prelude to "Courage" began to play.

"Finally made this decision, I don't care what others say~"

"As long as you have the same conviction, I'm willing to follow you to the ends of the earth..."

"Dad, is this Yi Yunxue's new song?" The daughter beside him asked.

"Right." Wang Dafu nodded.

"Dad, all the kids in my class love Yi Yunxue, and I love her too. Can you help me get her autograph?" Wang Yue'er asked with anticipation.

Wang Dafu desperately wanted to express that he had no connections with the other party, but seeing his daughter's expectant eyes, his heart instantly softened:

"Alright, in a little while, Dad will bring you a few autographed copies from Yi Yunxue."

Coincidentally, he had written a few songs recently; although their quality hadn't quite reached the level of golden hits, they were still top-tier.

"Dream Initiation Studio should be lacking songs right now, shouldn't they?" Wang Dafu thought to himself.

Just so happened that he needed to go to Shenzhen this month to attend a composition exchange meeting.

He decided to make a trip to Dream Initiation Studio in person.

Even if they didn't want his songs by then, he could still ask Yi Yunxue for a few autographs for his daughter.