Honkai Impact 3rd: Join Anti-Entropy at the start and dominate the entertainment industry.

"It's unlikely to be a complete disaster. 'Bloom' has almost reached 12 million downloads, nearly double that of the second place. It will be very difficult to surpass the first place. But even so, the second place is already quite impressive. I have never seen the second place's download growth rate be the same as the first place's."

"Not necessarily. Don't forget that today is only the first day of September, and the competition is already so fierce. If we give them a few more days, they might achieve an unexpected result in second place!"

"Now that you mention it, it does make sense!"

"Moreover, the two major companies, Anti-Entropy and Chasing Fire, haven't even entered the fray yet. What's to come might not just be a battle between two songs, but a contest of resources between the two companies!"

"Hey everyone! They're selling melon seeds, beer, and small stools in the front row! Move your feet in."

At this moment, the singer who was originally ranked second was staring at the leaderboard in disbelief, and even couldn't help but pat his own face.

"What the hell is this?! Where's my second place???"

This singer is a veteran singer who has been famous for a long time, but his strength is limited and he has always been in the second tier. He was originally very happy to get second place this time and even prepared a celebration banquet. But now he suddenly finds that he has been squeezed to third place, and his mentality has exploded.

The composer opposite him remained silent, unable to utter a word.

He has listened to "The Wind Rises" at least twenty times. Although he is somewhat unwilling, to be honest, he can't write this song. He admits defeat.

He was even somewhat relieved that the composer who wrote the song was relatively unknown and a newcomer. If it had been a more famous composer, they probably wouldn't have even made it to second place at first and would have been completely overshadowed.

The composer is already quite satisfied that he was able to wait this long.

Although I lost it, at least I had it.

The composer consoled himself.

He glanced at the number one ranked song, "Blooming," and suddenly had a wicked thought: what if even number one gets overtaken?

The picture is too beautiful to imagine.

Inside the Xin Yan Bar, Wendy was drinking when he suddenly heard a familiar song coming from the bar's speakers. Upon closer listening, he realized it was the song he sang, and he immediately snapped to attention.

He quickly asked the bartender, "Hey buddy, why are you playing this song?"

The bartender, a music enthusiast himself, immediately explained enthusiastically, "This song is number two on the new song chart! You haven't heard of it? Bro, you're so out of touch!"

Chapter 44 Go all out

Wendy's eyes widened upon hearing this, and her voice trembled slightly.

"Second place? How many more downloads?"

The bartender glanced at his phone, somewhat surprised: "It was six million an hour ago, and now it's almost seven million!"

"Seven million?!" Wendy quickly started calculating on her fingers. "One download is one yuan, seven million is seven million yuan. That's a total of 100%, so my 50% is..."

The bartender watched Wendy calculate for a long time and couldn't help but say, "It's three hundred and fifty thousand."

"Oh my god, 350,000?! A song recording takes less than half an hour, and you can earn 350,000?! That's enough to buy so many bottles of apple wine! Hehe, that's incredibly profitable! Old Bai really didn't rip me off!"

The bartender rolled his eyes as he listened to Wendy muttering to herself.

"Why are you worrying about all this? The right thing to do is pay back the money you owe for drinks! Boss Himeko has said that you must settle the 30,000 yuan you owe for drinks this month, or you will never be allowed to set foot in our bar again!"

Wendy smiled confidently: "Thirty thousand yuan? No big deal!"

Once his dividends come in, what's 30,000 yuan? He can just spend 100,000 yuan to have a blast!

Wendy was also discovering for the first time that singing could be so lucrative. Before, when he busked, he would only earn a few dozen or a hundred dollars a day, and sometimes he wouldn't even earn a penny.

This time, I learned a valuable lesson from Xiao Dao's experience.

"Next time we're broke from drinking, we'll just ask Lao Bai to sing us another song, wouldn't that be wonderful!"

Wendy thought to herself with a smug smile.

At this moment, Bai Qianqu, who was sitting in her seat watching videos of young ladies, heard the system's voice in her mind.

Congratulations on completing the task – Songwriter!

[Rewards for professional songwriting knowledge]

In an instant, countless pieces of professional music knowledge flooded Bai Qianqu's mind, and this vast amount of knowledge even gave him a splitting headache.

However, the system didn't care and directly threw all the knowledge into Bai Qianqu's mind, regardless of whether he could understand it or not.

It took Bai Qianqu a full hour to recover.

If the human brain weren't so incredibly powerful, he doubted his own brain would have been burned out.

However, all the pain was worth it. Bai Qianqu could clearly feel that his mind had become full of things he didn't have before. With just a little recollection, many musical inspirations would emerge, as if he were an old musician with many years of experience in songwriting.

However, Bai Qianqu soon discovered that although he could fill his stomach by swallowing things whole, his digestive ability was very poor. Although he knew a lot of knowledge, he could not understand it at all and could only memorize it by rote.

Bai Qianqu sighed, but she wasn't too disappointed. After all, it was a pipe dream to expect to master so much knowledge overnight. It was already quite good that the system had allowed her to remember so much.

Different people will have different insights into the same knowledge, and the system can't help you with that.

It seems I still need to continue learning, and I should find an experienced senior to consult when I have the chance.

Just as he was thinking about his next plan, his phone received a message. He picked it up and saw that it was from Ellie.

[Airi: Chikuma, you're second!!! That's amazing!]

Bai Qianqu's lips twitched. If his information was correct, the original second place seemed to also be a singer from Zhu Huo.

What is Ellie up to? Isn't she a high-ranking member of the Fire Chaser organization?

The congratulatory message from a rival company executive seemed ill-intentioned, but Ellie was different; it appeared genuinely happy for her.

This left Bai Qianqu somewhat amused and exasperated, but since someone had come to congratulate him, he naturally had to respond politely.

[Chiku: Thank you.]

[Ellie: How about I throw you a celebration? I can invite everyone!]

Bai Qianqu quickly stopped Ai Li from having this crazy idea.

[Qianqu: Please don't! I still need to come up with the next song; I don't have any free time!]

He was genuinely afraid that Ellie would rush into some kind of celebration, which would be a real disaster.

Besides, I only got second place. If I ran into Eden, wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing?

Despite Bai Qianqu's repeated insistence, Ai Li eventually gave up the idea with some regret.

[Ellie: Okay, in that case, let's have a celebration party next time you get first place!]

Bai Qianqu was speechless. She hadn't even thought of a name for her next song yet, and Ai Li was already thinking about taking first place. How confident was she in herself?

After saying goodbye to Ellie, Bai Qianqu received another text message from Bronya.

[Bronya: Chiku, although you're currently in second place, your growth rate has already caught up with the first place, and is even still rising. So I've discussed with the company's upper management about continuing to increase resource allocation to your songs!]

Bai Qianqu was somewhat pleased. With the company's strong support, she might actually be able to compete with the top player.

However, Bronya also gave him a heads-up.

[Bronya: Although the company has decided to help you compete with No. 1, you also know that the creator of No. 1 is Eden, and it will be very difficult to surpass her. Therefore, don't have too high hopes; the probability of success is very low.]

Bai Qianqu nodded slightly. He naturally understood the reasoning behind it, so he set his expectations very low at the beginning, hoping to at least maintain second place.

Bronya hadn't originally intended to compete for first place, but the song's data was just too good, with excellent download numbers and a rapid increase in download speed. It would be a bit of a shame to give up.

In addition, Bronya is a strong-willed person. Once she has made a decision, she will not give up easily. Besides, it's not like there's no chance to fight for it, so naturally she won't give up.

So, at her insistence, the company approved her proposal. Of course, the company's senior management was thinking more about taking this opportunity to send a signal to the outside world.

They, Entropy, are still the industry leader! Even a random newcomer has the ability to compete for the top spot!

Moreover, doing this also serves to annoy Zhu Huo.

We can not only take down your second place, but we can even threaten your first place, and we've sent out a newcomer.

Just ask if you are angry?

The company's senior management has a wonderful idea: it only takes a little more resources to achieve three goals at once, isn't that wonderful?

There's no way around it; rivals are enemies. The struggle between Anti-Entropy and Fire Chaser has been going on for a long time, and their grudges run deep. They will never give up any opportunity to suppress the other.

Of course, Zhu Huo didn't just sit idly by. They also started to promote their own songs heavily—although the fact that the songs were written by Eden was already their biggest selling point.

But who would complain about having too many resources?

Chapter 45 The Strongest Dark Horse

"By the way, Chiku, you don't seem to have a manager yet, right?"

Bronya suddenly asked.

"Do composers need agents?" Bai Qianqu was a little surprised. In his mind, only artists needed agents. Why would a composer like himself need an agent?

"Generally speaking, no," Bronya laughed. "I was just asking casually. If you're planning to develop your career in the public eye, a good agent can be a lot of help. And with your excellent results this time, many people will definitely notice you. If you want to develop your career in the public eye, now is a good opportunity."

Bai Qianqu shook her head: "Never mind, I have no plans to show myself for the time being."

He didn't want to show his face easily, because fame brings trouble. If he did, he would have to wear a mask and sunglasses every time he went out, which would be too much trouble.

How wonderful it is to be like this now, free and unrestrained.

Bronya also fully understood Bai Qianqu's thoughts, after all, many composers work behind the scenes and rarely appear in public.

"Alright, that's settled then. You should take a good rest this month. I've already spoken to Minister Lei Dian, and he won't be assigning you any tasks this month."

Bai Qianqu was deeply moved; he truly loved Ya Ya for being so understanding.

Doesn't this mean I can slack off for the whole month?

This is a good time to brush up on my music knowledge.

So in the afternoon, Bai Qianqu brought over several books. Li Yang, who was standing next to her, leaned over to take a look and almost thought there was something wrong with his eyes. He couldn't help but rub his eyes.

The books Bai Qianqu took out were titled "Elementary Music Knowledge Explained," "The Basic Qualities of a Composer," "How to Be a Qualified Musician," and "All About Composition."

These seem to be introductory books on music!

The guy next to me is a big shot who just topped the new song charts, how come he's reading these beginner books?

Is it just for fun?

Bai Qianqu didn't care what others thought; he was engrossed in reading these books.

With the systematic knowledge instilled, I have gained a lot of insights by putting the examples from the books into practice.

"The three melodic positions of major and minor chords are actually the melodic positions of the root note."

"Whether the major or minor chords are arranged in a dense or open pattern, there must be no voice crossing."