HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 363 [363] "How" - A Famous Scene!

A group of ordinary citizens, attracted by the headline, bought the newspaper, only to find that they had been fooled by that damned clickbait headline again.

So, Qi Yuan's "deadly nine minutes" refers to the combined duration of the two songs "A Little Happiness" and "Just Be Lonely"—a total of nine minutes, right?

These two songs were indeed unbearable for Liu Ruoying.

Fortunately, most media outlets are still quite serious.

[Southern Entertainment News: Qi Yuan makes a powerful comeback; with just a slight move, he helps newcomer Sun Yanzi sweep the Taiwanese music scene!]

[Taiwan's music scene has fallen once again, with Sun Yanzi leading the charge and Qi Yuan pulling the strings behind the scenes.]

[Those behind the scenes still dominate the Chinese music scene; is there no one in the Taiwanese music scene who can rival Qi Yuan?]

What's going on with the Taiwanese music scene?!

……

After many days, Taiwanese music industry colleagues once again reminisced about the years when they were dominated by Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan, that scoundrel, has reduced the frequency of releasing Chinese albums himself, but hasn't reduced the frequency of writing songs for others.

Is he going to keep writing songs for his female juniors so they can attack everyone else?
What an unethical fellow, playing word games to deceive these old-timers.

Following Sun Yanzi's success, Warner Music announced that another junior of Qi Yuan, Dai Peini, will soon release a new album.

Liu Ruoying: "???"

Is she addicted to having her junior sister beat her up? One after another, is it really necessary to go this far?
Didn't she just ride on Qi Yuan's coattails last year? Why are Qi Yuan and Warner so vengeful?

After checking Dai Peini's album information, Liu Ruoying breathed a sigh of relief.

Except for one song whose lyrics were written by a friend, all the other lyrics and music were written by Dai Peini herself. She is a true talented woman.

So what if she's a talented woman? Without Qi Yuan's compositions, Liu Ruoying doesn't think Dai Peini would be her rival.

Zhang Hao thought so too.

Sun Yanzi achieved a meteoric rise in status by dominating Liu Ruoying in both album sales and music charts.

Having tasted success, Zhang Hao plans to have Dai Pei Ni replicate Sun Yanzi's success and scare Liu Ruoying once again.

Unfortunately, Dai Pei-ni insisted on writing her own songs and did not ask Qi Yuan for a song. Zhang Hao believes that Dai Pei-ni's album sales will hardly be able to compete with Liu Ruo-ying's, and her performance on the music charts is not necessarily able to surpass Liu Ruo-ying's.

At this moment, Qi Yuan gave Zhang Hao a suggestion.

Zhang Hao's scalp tingled after hearing this: "A-Yuan, you're a marketing genius!"

Qi Yuan has always had strong marketing skills. When he debuted, he and Tao Ze were known as the two driving forces of Chinese R&B. Later, he and Richie Jen were called the "Big and Little Heavenly Kings". After that, he and Richie Jen challenged the Four Heavenly Kings back-to-back, and finally ended the era of the Four Heavenly Kings. And recently, he criticized "Windtalkers" to promote his new album...

These are classic examples of marketing.

Qi Yuan just helped Zhang Hao devise a textbook marketing campaign.

Zhang Hao quickly flew back to Taiwan to personally take command.

……

January 29th, the Lunar New Year is over, today is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

The entrance to a large audio-visual store in Taiwan.

Dai Pei Ni made a few jokes in front of hundreds of fans, making herself look silly.

Unaware of the seriousness of the situation, she was gathering her emotions and singing her album's title track, "How," in a voice filled with sorrow.

If~

As Dai Pei-ni sang the last part, she squatted at the edge of the stage and handed the microphone to the fans.

This is just a standard practice for singers, allowing fans to feel more involved and increasing interaction.

Dai Peini never dreamed that a guy would lean into the microphone and shout at the top of his lungs, "What will happen~~ We'll laugh out loud (his voice gradually became more and more unrestrained)." Dai Peini's smile froze instantly, and her brain's CPU almost burned out.

She, who already has a low threshold for laughter, thought through all the sad things in her life and pinched her thigh until it turned purple.

"What would it be like if we were still together? Would we still love each other as much as we did in the beginning...?"

In just a few dozen seconds, she went through the ordeal of pinching her thigh to suppress laughter, the painful mask of not being able to hold it in, and finally, she couldn't hold it in any longer.

"I regret it so much. Today is the first time I've ever pinched my thigh while singing 'How'."

The signing event was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

The next day.

Dai Pei-ni was featured on the Taiwanese entertainment news front page by her own 'fans' and Warner Music's publicity department.

[Qi Yuan's junior sister, Dai Peini, looked dumbfounded, and finally finished singing while pinching her thigh.]

[Latest 'car crash' moment from 2001: Warner singer Peini Dai hands the microphone to a fan in the front row, who is visibly shocked by her severely off-key singing and maniacal laughter!]

Unlike the real car accident in my previous life, this was a carefully designed marketing campaign.

Of course, in order to achieve the best results, Dai Peini was unaware of the situation beforehand.

That 'fan' was an actor hired by Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao had the video and audio from the scene recorded for later dissemination.

With the help of Warner Music's powerful marketing team, Dai Pei-ni's popularity soared rapidly with the support of her fans, and the song "How" also continued to climb the music charts.

Some people went to the new autograph session just to witness Dai Peini pinching her thigh again.

There are even people online offering a hefty sum to hire that fan to go and torment Dai Pei Ni again.

Riding on this wave of popularity, Dai Peini's "How" soared up the music charts, pushing Sun Yanzi's "I'm Starting to Understand" off the charts.

The latest weekly rankings on the Taiwanese music charts are as follows: first place - Sun Yanzi's "A Little Happiness", second place - Dai Peini's "How", third place - Liu Ruoying's "Accomplishment", and fourth place - Sun Yanzi's "Starting to Understand".

Liu Ruoying, who had just finished a promotional tour, came off the stage and her manager told her, "Your 'Accomplishment' has surpassed Sun Yanzi's 'Starting to Understand' and firmly held onto third place."

Liu Ruoying was quite happy, but she sensed something was amiss and pressed for an answer: "Wasn't I third last week? Why am I still third even after beating 'I'm Starting to Understand'?"

The agent replied weakly, "Qi Yuan's other junior sister, Dai Peini, jumped from seventh to second."

Liu Ruoying's pupils dilated in shock: "..."

Her world collapsed.

Did she waste her whole week? She finally beat Sun Yanzi by one song, and then Dai Peini showed up.

Damn Warner!
Just as she finished cursing Warner and Zhou Jianhui in her heart, her manager received a phone call and reappeared in front of Liu Ruoying, saying with a wry smile: "Warner's latest news is that in twenty days, Qi Yuan's other junior sister, Zhang Shaohan, will release a new album called 'Eyelashes Curved,' which includes three songs written by Qi Yuan."

Liu Ruoying broke down.

Qi Yuan and Warner are truly despicable!
Arranging for three junior female disciples to take turns beating her up within two months—is she a game instance? Are they using her as an experience point farm?

She refused to believe in bad luck; she refused to believe she would lose to Qi Yuan's three junior sisters. She told her agent to take on all the available publicity and maximize her exposure.

……

new week.

Liu Ruoying broke down again when she saw the newly updated music charts.

The top two spots remained unchanged, with "A Little Happiness" and "How" taking third place, while Qi Yuan's "General" became the new winner.

"General" is back! Tencent launched the open beta of "Legend of Mir" last week, and Tencent purchased the license for "General," making it the theme song for "Legend of Mir."

The game's popularity boosted the song's popularity, and "General" returned to the top three.

(End of this chapter)