The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 107 The Welcome Party That Became the Focus

Even CCTV has reported on the scandal involving Liu Feng and He Yueyue, so it's impossible for the school to suppress the matter openly.

If they want to end things quietly, they have no choice but to create another hot topic to divert everyone's attention.

After Cheng Feng uploaded the music video for "The Lone Warrior," the school quietly announced the results of its investigation into the Liu Feng and He Yueyue incident on the campus website.

While it appears to have given everyone an explanation, it actually avoids addressing the deeper issues.

Although the path of illegally changing majors has been blocked, only those currently enrolled have been quietly rejected, as they share the same problem as He Yueyue.

Those who have already graduated have gone uninvestigated, unverified, and have not been held accountable.

If you take things too seriously, you'll lose.

These are Yang Muye's exact words to Cheng Feng over the phone.

Cheng Feng's initial purpose in releasing the video was simply to deal with He Yueyue and to vent his anger.

Now, not only has he achieved his wish, but he has also become famous.

Even the school administration personally intervened, mobilizing the entire school to share "The Lone Warrior," causing the song to spread at an alarming rate to universities throughout Beijing and even across the country.

The music video on Youku garnered over two million views in just two hours.

It actually saved Xingchen Dahai (a company name) a lot of money on hiring online trolls.

The only downside was that Cheng Feng and Wu Di weren't at school, so all the calls to find them went to Yang Muye.

First, Gu Jia asked on behalf of Lin Shaotao if he could sing "The Lone Warrior" at the welcome party, and Yang Muye agreed.

It's all to give Lin Shaotao, the next student union president, face.

Additionally, the business school can use this as a gimmick when promoting its welcome party to new students.

Gu Jia could have figured this out herself without Yang Muyi having to say it.

During the promotion, they only mentioned that the song "The Lone Warrior" was on the program list, without saying who sang it, in order to maximize the attention the gala would receive.

It doesn't matter if everyone finds out at the party that the product doesn't match the description, since the Old Boys will be performing "Little Apple" on stage anyway.

"The Lone Warrior" is catchy, but "Little Apple" is both catchy and visually appealing, so I'm not afraid of disappointing everyone.

I had just finished a call with Gu Jia and hadn't even had time to put my phone down when another call came in.

Yang Muye was quite surprised when he saw the caller's name.

It is Xie Zhiyao.

"Hey, the missing person has returned, and you finally remembered to call me." Yang Muye joked as soon as the call connected.

On the other end of the phone, Xie Zhiyao started complaining: "We haven't been in touch for just a few days, but you're making it sound like you called me first."

Yang Muye laughed: "It's the first week of school, the novelty hasn't worn off yet, why would I be in a hurry to call you?"

"I understand. It seems I made this call at the wrong time."

Xie Zhiyao said in a hurt tone.

Yang Muyi immediately exposed him: "Come on, don't think I don't know why you called me. To be honest, I already admire you for holding it in until now."

If you want to gossip, just gossip; don't pretend.

Xie Zhiyao chuckled: "The incident just happened a couple of days ago, and it wasn't anything good. I was considering your feelings, which is why I didn't call you right away."

So, does that mean I should thank you?

"No need for that. We're such good friends, right? You just need to tell me about Cheng Feng. I checked on the school's intranet, and Cheng Feng is in your class. Don't pretend you don't know him."

"I know you, but I'm afraid you'll be disappointed if I tell you the truth."

"What, you have inside information?"

"It depends on what aspect you want to know. As for his private life, he's currently single. It's not that he doesn't want to find a girlfriend, but rather that he doesn't want to find a steady girlfriend. Do you understand?"

Xie Zhiyao on the other end of the phone stared wide-eyed. Was it really that explosive?
In fact, Yang Muyi has already been very restrained in his remarks. It's just that information exposure isn't as advanced as it used to be. If it were in his previous life, as soon as someone became famous, all their scandals would be exposed immediately.

This is why Yang Muyi would rather push the "Old Boys" (a group of young men) down the path of becoming internet celebrities than let them enter the entertainment industry.

Cheng Feng has a lot of dark history. It would have been better if he hadn't become famous as a celebrity, because once he became famous, his career would have collapsed in no time.

People tend to be more forgiving of online celebrities.

In addition, Cheng Feng's previous video has already created a protective shield for him. As long as he doesn't do anything illegal in the future, his past scandals will not have any impact on him at all.

After Xie Zhiyao finished eating the melon, he remembered to ask, "How do you know so much about this?"

“I share a dorm room with him, and that video was filmed right under my nose, don’t you think?”

"Really? I'll come over to your dorm sometime, and you can introduce me to your place."

"Want to learn how to be a playboy? Xie Zhiyao, you've really fallen."

"Get lost! I do like the song 'The Lone Warrior.' My three roommates and I have listened to it on repeat countless times. It's a pity that the karaoke bar doesn't have this song, otherwise we would have just sung it."

After all, we're college students now, so we can't sing whenever and wherever we want like elementary school students.

And you have to sing it loudly.

Fortunately, Xie Zhiyao's interest was only focused on the song, and he didn't ask who wrote it.

Even after watching the music video so many times, Xie Zhiyao didn't notice that the names of the lyricist and composer, Manman and Yang Muye, both contained the character "Ye".

It's dark under the lamp.

However, some people immediately recognized Yang Muye as soon as they saw the name "Barbarian".

For example, Xu Hongdou and her classmates in dormitory 302.

Before receiving the school's group text message, Xia Qing had already watched the music video for "The Lone Warrior" through a link sent by Cheng Feng himself in the high school group chat.

After watching it, I recommended it to the other people in my dorm.

Chen Nanxing and Yang Zixi watched the music video together around Xu Hongdou's computer before receiving a text message from the school on their phones.

Of course, even if they didn't receive it, they all planned to share the music video.

Look at the Buddha's face without looking at the monk's face.

Others might have to guess, but Xu Hongdou and her three friends knew without even guessing who the barbarian who wrote this song was.

When everyone in the dormitory started discussing it, Xia Qing said in a helpless tone, "It's such a waste to give this song to Cheng Feng to sing."

Yang Zixi immediately added, "But Cheng Feng's singing was indeed very immersive."

In comparison, Wu Di's singing was just so-so.

Of course, Yang Zixi did not say this explicitly.

Xia Qing analyzed, "That's because of Cheng Feng's video before, which made you have a preconceived notion and a sense of identification."

Yang Zixi still insisted on her opinion: "So you also admit that Cheng Feng is the most suitable person to sing this song right now. I can only say that he is really lucky."

Xia Qing shrugged and didn't continue arguing with Yang Zixi.

Xia Qing felt that Cheng Fengde was unworthy of his position, while Yang Zixi always judged heroes by their success or failure.

Continuing to argue will not lead to anything. Xu Hongdou stepped in to mediate: "You've all heard Qian Zhongshu's saying, 'If you eat an egg and find it delicious, why bother knowing the hen that laid it?' Similarly, if you like the song 'The Lone Warrior,' why care who sings it?"

Both Xia Qing and Yang Zixi nodded politely.

Just then, a discordant voice emerged from the side.

"Singers may not care who they are, but songwriters do need to care."

The speaker was Chen Nanxing.

Xia Qing and Yang Zixi exchanged knowing glances and both cast ambiguous looks at Xu Hongdou.

Enraged, Xu Hongdou raised her hand to punish Chen Nanxing.

Just as Chen Nanxing was about to dodge, Xu Hongdou's phone, which was on the desk, started buzzing.

Upon seeing that the call was from Xu Hongdou's older sister, Xu Hongmi, Chen Nanxing immediately grasped at the phone like a lifeline and handed it to Xu Hongdou as if it were a precious treasure.

Xu Hongdou originally intended to deal with Chen Nanxing first before answering the phone.

But when she thought about how she had just proactively pushed the "Lone Warrior" MV to Xu Hongmi, and that the other party was probably calling to talk about this, she could only let Chen Nanxing go for now, and took her phone to the balcony.

As soon as the call connected, Xu Hongmi's voice rang out loudly.

"I watched the music video for the song you sent me. It was sung quite well, but of course, the song itself was well-written."

Xu Hongdou was quite surprised.

Based on her understanding of Xu Hongmi, she would probably start by finding fault.

"Have you seen the announcement on your school's official website? This crisis management is pretty impressive. Right now, everyone is just focused on listening to music, and nobody is paying attention to or investigating the truth anymore. Of course, it doesn't matter anymore."

Xu Hongmi continued.

Xu Hongdou said, "It's already very good that we've come this far. Justice may not be completely thorough, but at least it wasn't too late."

Xu Hongmi's tone remained as disdainful as ever: "You sent me the MV just to say this?"

Xu Hongdou was indignant: "I not only sent it to you, but also to Mom and Dad and the family group chat. Who told you to say in the first place that I shouldn't have come to Yanjing?"

"I admit that I underestimated some people in Yanjingmao, but I will not take back what I said before. I still think that the overall atmosphere in the South, including the future employment environment, is better than that in the North."

"Say what you will, I won't regret it."

Xu Hongmi was about to say, "I hope you'll still be this stubborn after you graduate," when she suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Xu Hongdou, tell us the truth, have you been secretly dating someone behind our backs?"

"What?" Xu Hongdou was speechless at the sudden question.

"That shouldn't be the case. School has been in session for several days now. Aren't any boys pursuing you at school?" Xu Hongmi continued to probe for information.

Xu Hongdou's solution was very simple: to play dumb.

"Don't worry, my dorm is full of beautiful girls, it won't be my turn so soon."

"That's right. If you don't cut off those ugly bangs, I'd rather chase someone else than you."

"I like my current hairstyle, and I'm not going to cut it no matter what."

The two sisters continued to bicker for a few more minutes.

Just as Xu Hongdou hung up the phone, she saw Xia Qing walk onto the balcony with her phone.

"Okay, I'll let you know in the class group to see if any other students want to sign up."

Upon hearing Xia Qing's tone, Xu Hongdou immediately guessed that the call was from Xu Huanshan.

Because of the incident where Xu Huanshan took it upon himself to ask them to lead the way in deleting and forwarding Cheng Feng's video, the girls in dormitory 302 all developed a very bad impression of Xu Huanshan.

Aside from class matters, the two sides basically have no contact now.

After finishing the phone call, Xia Qing returned to her dormitory to announce some news.

"In the afternoon, the college announced that in order to welcome the new campus singing competition, the college would organize each class from freshman to junior to register for the preliminary round. But now they have announced that the preliminary round has been canceled. Students who want to participate should register for the welcome party first. Students who perform well at the party will be directly admitted to the campus singing competition."

Chen Nanxing was the first to raise an objection: "Does the welcome party need that many programs?"

Xu Hongdou glanced at Xia Qing: "The college should focus its energy on the welcome party. The programs submitted will definitely have to go through a selection process, especially the singing programs, which is essentially a preliminary round."

Xia Qing nodded; that was exactly how Xu Huanshan had explained it to her on the phone.

In addition, Xu Huanshan also revealed that the song "The Lone Warrior" will be on the program list for this year's welcome party.

Yang Zixi reacted the most strongly to this.

"If Cheng Feng and the others sing 'The Lone Warrior,' what about 'Little Apple'?"

Yang Zixi has always been the most enthusiastic about dancing to girl group songs.

Chen Nanxing immediately chimed in, "Wouldn't that solve the problem if we just had them sing two songs in a row?"

Xia Qing said, "There doesn't seem to be any precedent for this before, and it's unfair to the other performers."

Chen Nanxing shrugged: "But who made them famous?"

Xu Hongdou looked at the two of them and said, "Instead of arguing like this, you might as well just call Cheng Feng and ask him what's going on."

Xia Qing looked at Yang Zixi, her expression as if asking:
Are you going to call Wu Di, or am I going to call Cheng Feng?

Chen Nanxing suddenly said, "Cheng Feng and Wu Di aren't at school, so they might not even know about this. Let Hongdou call Yang Muye; he definitely knows."

Xia Qing didn't want to hear Cheng Feng's smug expression, and Yang Zixi didn't want to call Wu Di and cause any unnecessary misunderstandings, so they both nodded in agreement.

With Chen Nanxing's vote added, the score is three to one, and the minority submits to the majority.

Xu Hongdou had no choice but to take out her phone and dial Yang Muye's number on the spot.

"What's up with today? People who never contact me usually are calling me one after another. Am I that popular now?"

Upon hearing Yang Muyi's teasing yet dismissive tone, Xu Hongdou wanted to hang up the phone on the spot.

Unfortunately, Chen Nanxing snatched the phone away first.

She didn't say anything, she just helped Xu Hongdou hold it.

"Stop being so vain, okay? We just heard something and we'd like to ask you to confirm it."

"Welcome party?"

"Yes, we heard that 'The Lone Warrior' is on the program list for the gala. Does that mean we don't need to rehearse 'Little Apple' as we agreed?"

"Of course not. 'The Lone Warrior' is a cover for a third-year student, while the original plan for 'Little Apple' remains unchanged."

Xu Hongdou immediately realized that this was a tacitly planned scam.

"It's just a welcome party, is it really necessary to make such a fuss?"

Yang Muye's answer was straightforward: "Why not take advantage of the hype? Shanye Technology paid for this welcome party, we can't let that money go to waste, can we?"

Xu Hongdou had only one reaction after hearing this.

snort!
Profiteer!

(End of this chapter)