This top-tier academic genius

Kunle Entertainment Co., Ltd., Shanghai.

Kunle Entertainment is a well-known domestic entertainment agency, mainly known for cultivating idols, especially skilled in idol development, and owns multiple idol boy groups and girl groups.

Time Boys is one of the boy groups that the company will focus on promoting next.

In the dance studio, after a long and arduous training session, several members of the boy band collapsed onto the floor, finally able to rest for a while.

They have a performance coming up, and the company doesn't allow any mistakes in their performance, so they are required to undergo intensive training.

There are seven people in the group, all around the same age, seventeen or eighteen years old. Cheng Mo joined the group the latest, replacing Lin Yan.

Actually, Cheng Mo and Lin Yan have a pretty good relationship. They became friends during their trainee days.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yan was terminated due to the collapse of his public image, which allowed him to get away with it.

Cheng Mo picked up his phone from the side and leaned against the wall to watch short videos.

Suddenly, he froze, then exclaimed, "Isn't that Lin Yan?"

On the screen, Lin Yan is playing and singing with a guitar, "Will you remember tomorrow what you wrote in your diary yesterday...?"

It's a song I've never heard before, but it's really nice.

Cheng Mo's exclamation immediately attracted the attention of the others, who all looked over.

Just then, the agent, Sister Hong, arrived at the door of the dance studio and overheard the conversation.

Cheng Mo instantly realized he had made a mistake.

The company has an unwritten rule that it is forbidden to discuss artists who have terminated their contracts, especially artists like Lin Yan, whose contract termination was primarily the company's fault.

Actually, there have been rumors circulating that Lin Yan's image collapsed because Sister Hong forced him to replicate the academic genius route. Lin Yan himself was unwilling, but after the image collapsed, he was quickly cut off from her, which many people felt was unfair to him.

But no one dared to say anything.

For this reason, Sister Hong forbids anyone in the group from mentioning Lin Yan or discussing Lin Yan, and even his name cannot be mentioned.

As it turned out, Hong Jie happened to hear Cheng Mo's shout.

Sister Hong, whose real name is Xie Nianhong, is 39 years old this year. She is a senior agent at Kunle Entertainment and has managed several popular idols. She is especially good at training boy groups and girl groups.

She created and personally mentored the Time Boys group.

Upon hearing Lin Yan's name, Xie Nianhong, dressed in a business suit, walked in with a dark expression and high heels.

Click click~

The high heels slammed against the floor.

The boy band members all stood up immediately, calling out "Sister Hong," and none of them were unafraid of her.

With an aura of authority, Sister Hong stopped in front of Cheng Mo, stretched out her hand, and said, "Give it to me."

Cheng Mo didn't dare to speak, and handed over the phone like a child who had done something wrong.

Xie Nianhong looked at the video playing on her phone. The handsome face and slightly aloof voice—who else could it be but Lin Yan?

Most importantly, the video has garnered 387 million views, over 120,000 likes, over 70,000 comments, and over 10,000 favorites and shares.

This video is destined to go viral because it was released the night before last, and it has already garnered such a high number of views in less than two days. This is the prelude to its popularity.

Looking at the comments section, it's all positive reviews, praising his good looks and singing skills, and some people are even asking who he is.

With a stern face, she returned the phone to the group and said, "The performance is coming up soon, so focus on training and don't worry about anything else."

Everyone nodded silently, not daring to raise any questions.

After saying that, Xie Nianhong hurriedly left the training room.

The people inside immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere eased. Cheng Mo even sat down on the floor, his back covered in cold sweat.

Back in her office, Xie Nianhong immediately closed the door, took out her phone, and searched for the video she had just seen on a short video platform.

A few minutes later, she frowned and thought to herself, "This Lin Yan actually has an original song hidden away, and this song, 'My Deskmate,' is of very high quality; it's a rare gem."

Next, she opened Huibo, found Lin Yan's account, and discovered that he had recently updated his status, and it was about live-streaming his studies.

"Is he still maintaining his 'academic genius' persona?"

But soon she realized something was wrong.

The comments under the account are no longer all negative; most of the latest comments are praising the person.

Some say he's handsome and sings well; others say he's amazing at math and a true academic genius; still others defend him, saying his former management company was blind to his talent.

Xie Nianhong was surprised that Lin Yan's reputation had improved and his public image had turned around. What exactly did he do?

Confused, she continued scrolling through the comments and surprisingly found clips of the live stream in them.

She specifically requested to open it.

The video shows Lin Yan solving a math problem in a flash, slapping "Half a Peach" in the face.

Watching Lin Yan solve the math problem easily and quickly, Xie Nianhong still found it hard to believe, thinking it must be a self-directed and self-acted drama, especially since the difficult netizens were revealed to be Lu Ze's fans.

In her opinion, this was a deliberate attempt to ride on Lu Ze's popularity.

After that, I saw a video clip of Lin Yan providing four solutions to the problem.

After reading it, Xie Nianhong put down her phone and muttered to herself, "A pretty clever and effective method. Which company used this technique?"

Then, she picked up her phone and made a call.

"Could you help me find out which company Lin Yan has signed with now?"

A dozen minutes later, the call came back. The answer was that they had not heard of Lin Yan signing with a management company; he had returned to his hometown and was studying at school.

This result was beyond Xie Nianhong's expectations. The fact that she hadn't signed with a management company meant that what was shown in the video wasn't a pre-arranged scene, but rather real.

[You went back to school and your grades improved so much?]

[It seems I misjudged Lin Yan; he's a true academic genius, and also possesses considerable creative talent.]

Thinking of this, Xie Nianhong's mind started to wander again.

Now that the controversy surrounding the fake academic genius has been resolved, why not re-sign him? He might still have a lot of good songs hidden away.

She completely forgot that it was her idea to have Lin Yan replicate the "academic genius" persona, and it was also her suggestion to terminate Lin Yan's contract and kick him out of the Time Boys group after the failure.

She pulled out her phone's contacts and found Lin Yan's number.

The call connected quickly.

"Lin Yan, I am..."

beep...

The phone went dead; the other party had hung up.

Meanwhile, having just enjoyed a free lunch with Director Wang and Teacher Qin, I was walking back to the classroom.

The phone in my pocket rang again, and the caller ID was still "Sister Hong".

He answered the phone and said casually, "Sorry, I pressed the wrong button just now."

A fake laugh came from the other end of the phone: "I knew it! Why did you hang up? The company is planning to bring you back..."

"No, what I meant was that I answered the phone by mistake just now. I answered this call to let you know so you wouldn't misunderstand. Okay, don't call again!"

After saying that, Lin Yan hung up the phone and blocked the other party's number.

Hearing the dial tone again, Xie Nianhong was clearly stunned.

Then, the office erupted in a banging of the table and shouts of "This is outrageous!"

The sound was loud, but it seemed somewhat powerless.