I am a Big Player
Chapter 257 - 255, Strange Music Charts (Second Update)_1

Chapter 257: 255, Strange Music Charts (Second Update)_1

In his study and daily life, Ren He had also started preparing the second song for Yang Xi’s album. With three more months left before the album’s production was scheduled to start, there was no need for Ren He to rush. However, with 10 songs and 10 tasks, he couldn’t afford to leave them all until the last minute, lest the Divine Punishment System decide to mess with him at the last moment, which would really be terrible...

Just one big tongue had caused him to delay for half a month. When he thought about the previous punishments, such as frequent and urgent urination, he shivered at the memory. If the Divine Punishment System released such a punishment again, he figured he might as well move into the restroom!

The first song he chose for Yang Xi was "Little Luck." Its audience was indeed broad. In his previous life, the song blew up after HEBE released it, mainly because its lyrics were so perfect for a confession.

But that wasn’t the real impact of the song. Anyone of marrying age who had attended a classmates’ wedding knew that out of 10 weddings Ren He attended, 8 used it as the background music, and at 6 of those weddings, the groom would sing it on stage...

It was as if it had become an anthem for weddings, and he guessed the grooms themselves didn’t realize how popular the song had become...

Therefore, when Yang Xi would sing this song, each of these weddings could serve as her invisible advertisement. Being able to perform a song played at 80% of weddings was, in a way, another kind of success...

These past two days, Yang Xi had finally managed to slip away from Su Ruqin’s watchful eye and made her way to Ren He’s Courtyard House. Upon seeing a guest arrive, Uncle Fang immediately turned to the kitchen to prepare dinner. However, once he got to the kitchen, he pondered why the girl looked so familiar...

Watching Ren He and Yang Xi interacting closely, Uncle Fang roughly understood that this girl must be his boss’s girlfriend.

Mrs. Wang nudged Uncle Fang in the side with her elbow: "Old man, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and cook for the boss."

"Why do I find that girl so familiar? It’s as if I’ve seen her somewhere before," Uncle Fang continued to recall, finding her exceedingly familiar.

"Let me take a look," Mrs. Wang peered out from the kitchen to the courtyard: "Isn’t that the female singer our daughter likes?"

"That’s right," Uncle Fang slapped his forehead: "My memory, indeed, it’s that singer."

However, knowing was one thing, they would absolutely not gossip about it, and they wouldn’t even mention it to their daughter. What if it went against the boss’s wishes? But who exactly was their boss, to be dating such a famous star?

"Old man, make sure you prepare the dishes well; we need to make a good impression," Mrs. Wang murmured: "After all, she might move in with us in the future."

"You don’t need to remind me," Uncle Fang replied, slightly annoyed.

The two truly cherished their current job. Sure, cleaning the Courtyard House was tiring, but it was nothing compared to working in the fields, and it was so much more relaxed. Furthermore, Ren He was kind and treated them well, never being harsh.

Their monthly wage was higher than what they would earn toiling in the fields for an entire year. What more could they ask for? Happiness comes from contentment.

Ren He was sitting in the courtyard, holding his guitar, with Yang Xi seated opposite him. Ren He chuckled and said, "This time when you release the songs, just say you wrote them yourself. Otherwise, if your mom finds out we’re still in contact, she’ll definitely not let me off the hook."

Indeed, Yang Xi simply couldn’t explain how she got those ten new songs. If Su Ruqin were to ask her who wrote them, she would be at a loss for words.

It seemed there was only one solution: to claim she wrote them herself unless Ren He was ready to face the wrath of his mother-in-law.

As for the quality of Ren He’s songwriting, it was beyond question. After Liu Erbao and the others had performed those three songs at the music festival, it didn’t take long before people approached them to produce an album. They were on the brink of stardom.

People in the entertainment industry were flabbergasted, wondering how a group that seemed to be playing around suddenly found themselves on the verge of fame...

In the past, Liu Erbao and his crew were a unique presence in the circle, someone everyone else looked up to, but their involvement with the entertainment industry wasn’t particularly extensive. And now... they had started to sing, releasing three high-quality songs that rapidly gained popularity.

Many young rock enthusiasts even began to worship them. The quality of these three songs was truly high.

What was even more irritating to the entertainment circle was that this bunch loved performing; as long as there was an invitation to a grand, high-profile commercial performance, they’d show up, even forgoing appearance fees just for kicks. Everyone knew they weren’t short on cash but, hey, what’s the deal with you video folks suddenly jumping in and taking everyone’s jobs...

The market only had so much room to spare, and people in the entertainment industry were already scrambling for it. Then out of nowhere, a gang of rascals comes along, hyped up and demanding free performances—can you even compete?

However, for Liu Erbao and his team, it was just a passing frenzy, simply about indulging in a dream, something they had longed for since their youth, which Ren He had now helped them fulfill.

So Ren He was also a special figure to Liu Erbao’s team, and many in the group began to idolize Ren He’s creative ability. Those three songs they sang were just too invigorating.

Liu Erbao and his crew would rest for a couple of days when their throats went hoarse from singing and then sing again once they were better, disgusting the stars in the entertainment industry to no end but not daring to say anything publicly because the companies Liu Erbao collaborated with were too prestigious.

They just hoped that these guys would get their kicks and quickly return to their day jobs and prayed that the god who wrote their songs wouldn’t write for them anymore. Seriously, aren’t they disrupting the market order?

When agents negotiated appearance fees with sponsors, they’d hear, "Liu Erbao does it for free. How much do you charge?"

Damn it, am I supposed to pay out of my own pocket? There’s no room for negotiation, okay?! Not even worth discussing!

Who on earth wrote the songs for Liu Erbao? Can you bravely come forward?

Pretty much everyone in the entertainment circle knew Liu Erbao’s level of ability. To suggest these songs were self-composed by them—gods be damned, who would believe that? The lyricists and composers were listed as anonymous.

An interesting phenomenon had emerged on the music charts: In the top 20 songs, 17 were attributed to anonymous...

Anonymous doesn’t mean the person has no name, but rather that the author chose not to sign their work, or due to the passage of time and other reasons, the true identity of the author is untraceable, or it’s simply impossible to know who it is. Sometimes, it can be due to collective creation or because the work has been passed down from long ago by working people, in which case the author is referred to as "anonymous."

The reality is, everyone knows that these 17 anonymous songs aren’t untraceable by name. It’s just that the lyricists and composers don’t want to be revealed to the media.

Out of 14 songs, 10 were by Yang Xi, one by fade, three by Liu Erbao, and three that Ren He sold to Jiang Siyao. This is really annoying—it’s so uncertain in the entertainment industry whether these songs were written by the same person or not. Why bother being anonymous, right?!

Some even reveled in schadenfreude, "How is this year’s Golden Melody Awards going to handle this? Are they going to ignore these 17 anonymous entries and rank other songs instead? But the problem is, you can’t even sidestep them because you can’t ignore fade and Liu Erbao, and with Yang Xi and Jiang Siyao—one a rising star, and the other a current queen of pop—how can you look away?"

"Haha, I’m looking forward to this year’s Golden Melody Awards!"

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Well, as usual, let’s have a meal, this time it’s lunch. Some people get it—today’s gonna be a damn explosion. That’s right, today’s the explosion. Where are the monthly tickets, the applause?