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Lu Ming, a top-rated creator, walked into the office and glanced at everyone's faces.

They all looked ashen-faced, as if something terrible had happened to someone's family.

He was nominally affiliated with Shengda, and he was free to come and go as he pleased. He was also quite familiar with these senior executives.

He asked it casually.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

The executive looked up, his face grim.

He remained silent for a few seconds before finally managing to squeeze out a sentence through gritted teeth.

"The song you wrote."

"We lost."

Lu Ming was taken aback at first.

Immediately, his face was filled with disbelief.

"You lost?"

He almost thought he had misheard.

You should know that he has been in this industry for decades.

His original creative skills are recognized as top-notch in the industry.

Many popular singers are lining up to ask him to write a song for them.

Every work he creates becomes a hit.

How could his song lose?

Moreover, they lost on the stage of originality.

Is it possible that a young man can actually beat the songs he wrote in the original music competition?

How is that possible?

……

After his initial surprise subsided, he became quite interested.

"What's that kid's name?"

The executive replied with two words, clearly annoyed.

Jiang Che.

Jiang Che.

He had only heard of this name sporadically a few times recently.

He's said to be an ordinary person who emerged from a variety show, with incredibly strong original content, and he's even achieved legendary status.

He hadn't really taken it to heart at first.

He's just a variety show contestant; how amazing can he be?

These days, he's seen far too many so-called geniuses who've been hyped up to the skies.

Most of them don't stand up to close listening.

But now, this person has outshone his song.

He couldn't sit still any longer.

"Pull out that song."

"I'd like to hear it."

The executives followed the instructions and pulled up the recording of Jiang Che's song "Anhe Bridge".

Lu Ming sat down on the sofa, closed his eyes, and listened attentively.

He wanted to hear for himself what this ordinary person was capable of.

……

The intro begins.

He raised an eyebrow slightly.

A guitar, clean and tidy, without any unnecessary embellishments.

His movements from the very beginning exuded a sense of experience.

This level of restraint is unlike that of a newcomer.

The song flowed out.

Simple, restrained, and told in a gentle, conversational style.

There wasn't a single note that showed off technical skill, nor a single instance of deliberate emotional manipulation.

But it is this quiet, unassuming nature that allows it to seep into people's hearts little by little.

The slight disdain on the face of the award-winning creator began to fade away little by little.

The longer he listened, the more solemn his expression became.

As someone who has written songs for decades, he knows all too well the significance of this song.

The lyrics of this folk song are clean and concise; every word falls where it should.

The melody is simple, yet it's just the right amount of simple—any more would be too much, any less would be too little.

The artistic conception is absolutely stunning.

Old streets and alleys, departed friends, and regrets buried in time.

Everything unfolds within this short song.

What moved him most was the sincerity that flowed from the very core of his being.

This sincerity is what he sought most but could never obtain in his entire life of songwriting.

……

The song ended.

The office was quiet for a while.

Lu Ming opened his eyes and let out a long breath.

The disdain on his face had completely vanished.

Instead, there was undisguised admiration.

After a long pause, he slowly uttered three words.

"The loss was not unjust."

The moment those three words were uttered, everyone in the room was stunned.

The executives couldn't believe their ears.

"What did you say?"

The award-winning creator shook his head and repeated it.

"I said, the loss was not unjust."

"The sincerity in this song cannot be bought with money."

"It's something that can't be achieved by simply piling on skills."

"In terms of sophistication and arrangement, I can write a song that is more beautiful than this."

"But I can't write with that kind of sincerity."

"This kind of thing has to grow from the heart."

"You can't force it."

When he said this, there was even a rare hint of emotion in his tone.

……

The executives were utterly shocked.

He has been dealing with this award-winning creator for so many years.

I know the other person's temperament all too well.

Arrogant and haughty, with a disdain for others.

In this industry, the number of singers who catch his eye can be counted on one hand.

He'd launch into a tirade against any ordinary popular singer.

This person actually gave the evaluation that "they didn't lose unjustly" to a non-celebrity on a variety show.

This is like the sun rising in the west!

The executives couldn't help but press for more information.

"Old Lu, even you think highly of this kid?"

Lu Ming did not answer directly.

Instead, he smiled and asked a question.

This question left everyone in the room speechless.

"That kind of person."

"You're not thinking of signing him to the company?"

"Instead, they're deliberately targeting him?"

"What's the point?"

The office was deathly silent.

Yes.

Such a promising talent, the normal approach would be to try every means to sign him.

Promote them well and make good use of them; they will become the company's cash cow in the future.

How could it be the other way around, targeting and suppressing them?

The whole thing is absurd.

……

The executives were rendered speechless by the questions.

He had no choice but to recount the whole story in detail.

Lin Wei and Jiang Che were originally a couple.

Shengda originally intended to take the opportunity to sign Jiang Che as well.

Then Lin Wei used Shengda to threaten Jiang Che, thus creating a grudge.

Finally, in the show, Jiang Che defeated two Shengda contestants.

Lu Ming shook his head after hearing this.

He looked utterly helpless.

He uttered a harsh remark.

"You capitalists are just heartless."

"They're ignoring such a promising talent and instead thinking about how to mess with him."

"I'm laying my cards on the table."

"You really want to keep harping on him."

"From now on, don't ask me to write for you anymore."

After saying that, he waved his hand, turned around and left.

The group of people left in the office looked at each other in bewilderment.

Even their own star creators have sided with Jiang Che.

In this battle, Shengda lost everything, both its reputation and its reputation were ruined.

……

The executive was speechless, but the fire in his chest burned even brighter.

But this fire couldn't reach the gold medal creators.

They're right, the company brought this upon itself.

So all that anger was directed at Lin Wei.

He got angrier the more he thought about it.

The company and Jiang Che had no prior conflict.

Well water does not interfere with river water.

It was all Lin Wei's fault, that stupid woman with long hair and short brains.

She insisted on breaking up with Jiang Che.

He personally cut off the company's easy path to signing people.

Jiang Che was such a genius; if the two of them hadn't broken up back then...

Shengda could have easily brought them under its wing.

Using his girlfriend as a connection, he kept Jiang Che firmly tied to the company.

That's a huge fortune.

As a result, Lin Wei ruined everything herself.

It's not just that it's ruined.

She even complained that the pit wasn't big enough.

Then he used Shengda to threaten Jiang Che.

They turned a "no enmity" into a "deadly enmity."

They turned a genius who should have been the company's cash cow into its adversary.

The more the executives thought about it, the angrier they became.

This is more than just bringing back an artist.

This is like bringing back a harbinger of doom for the company.

……

Another phone call went to Lin Wei.

This time, she was thoroughly scolded.

Not a single kind word was spoken from beginning to end.

And this is just the beginning.

After this incident, Lin Wei became the target of everyone's anger and criticism within Shengda.

From top management to agents.

Everyone who mentions her shakes their head.

Everyone says that she alone dragged the company into such a huge mess.

The resources that were originally supporting her are gradually being withdrawn.

Her colleagues, who had initially been all smiles, now looked at her differently.

She was completely disliked by everyone at Shengda.

That choice she made back then—to break ties with Jiang Che in order to get ashore—was so painful.

Now the backlash has come back on her.

……

Aside.

It's Jiang Che.

Four phases, four titles, achieving godhood, step by step reaching the top.

Even Shengda's own star creators have switched sides and are praising him.

the other side.

It's Lin Wei.

Betrayed by everyone, he became a hot potato that everyone wanted to avoid.

The two people's circumstances were worlds apart.

Shengda's encirclement and suppression of Jiang Che has now become a mere formality.

The money and resources poured in yielded no results; instead, they became stepping stones for others.

Continuing to fight will only result in an even more humiliating defeat.

But Jiang Che's journey will not stop here.

This small variety show stage presents Shengda with a dilemma.

For him, it was just an appetizer.

A truly greater opponent, a bigger stage.

It's still to come.

And waiting for him on that stage was someone even Shengda had to look up to.