I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

There's nothing I can do but accept my fate. It's my own bad luck to draw the worst possible lot twice.

If Chen Liang were here, she probably wouldn't dare to lose her temper and throw the sheet music around. The key is that Chen Liang isn't here, so she can't even find anyone to complain to.

That's right. Chen Liang disappeared yesterday afternoon and didn't return all night. He hasn't shown up today either.

When he left, he only told Jin Lan that he had something to do and asked her to continue practicing, without saying anything more.

Jin Lan suspected that this guy might have gone to Okubo Park to learn Japanese, just like he said on the ship.

So since last night, she has been feeling uneasy. What if Chen Liang is arrested and detained?

For the sake of her group's performance, Jin Lan didn't dare to report it to the production team. If the director asked, she would have to cover for them.

She was now silently praying that Chen Liang would finish his fun and come back soon, and that he wouldn't get caught.

Just then, Jinlan's phone rang.

"Hey?"

The call was from the agent; as soon as the call connected, the person on the other end excitedly said:

"Jin Lan, look at the music charts! You're trending!"

The words "You're famous" were exactly what Jin Lan had been longing to hear. She suddenly perked up and asked:

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Look at the music charts!" the manager exclaimed. "Plum Jam is even more popular than we expected; it's already at number one!"

"Plum Jam?"

Jin Lan's heart pounded as she opened the music charts on her phone. Sure enough, the number one song on the new song chart was "Plum Jam".

Qin Yunshang's song came in second place. Jia Yi and Lu Chujiu's song ranked seventh.

Seeing "Singer - Jin Lan" ranked first, surpassing "Qin Yunshang" in second place, Jin Lan felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

"Nice!" Jin Lan shouted.

“Yes, it’s really nice,” the manager said. “This song is even more popular than we expected. We previously estimated that the monthly revenue would be 300 million, but now it seems that it may be more than that.”

The agent sounded excited, but Jin Lan's expression and tone instantly turned cold.

"You mean, the monthly revenue is more than 300 million?"

The agent sensed that Jin Lan seemed unhappy, paused for a moment, and then said, "Yes."

"So what's the estimated value now?" Jin Lan asked coldly.

The agent said, "It's still developing, and the final level of popularity is unclear, but based on the revenue of other songs with this level of popularity, it's estimated to be between 600 million and 800 million..."

“600 to 800…” Upon hearing this, Jin Lan’s voice even choked up a little.

The agent, oblivious to Jin Lan's unease, continued cheerfully:

"Moreover, if the popularity this time surpasses Qin Yunshang's, the converted score may very well overtake her and become number one, which means that you will have another resurrection privilege."

The reward for the first place winner in the first round is a revival privilege.

If you are eliminated in a later round, you can challenge the second-to-last person in the standings at that time to a one-on-one match. If you win, you can avoid being eliminated.

But Jin Lan sounded disgruntled and simply said, "Oh."

The agent asked, puzzled, "Jin Lan, why do you sound unhappy?"

Jin Lan finally couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "Doesn't earning so much mean that Chen Liang took even more money?!"

The agent was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "But you're earning more too."

Jin Lan said, "If it's eight million in revenue, that means he took more than seven million! Isn't that treating me like a beast of burden?"

The agent also knew Jin Lan's personality; Jin Lan would rather earn less herself than let others earn more than her.

To put it bluntly, it's not scarcity that's the problem, but inequality.

He reassured her, "Jin Lan, this is just the first song we collaborated on. There's nothing we can do about it; the copyright is in their hands. But this will make you famous, which will benefit your future development."

Jin Lan said angrily, "What's the point of future development? I don't even know if he'll still be in the entertainment industry. I just can't swallow this."

Jin Lan added, "Copyright? He's just taking advantage of the current unreasonable copyright protection law to act so arrogantly here. Doesn't he realize that if I didn't sing it, would his song be popular?"

The agent nodded and said, "You're right."

After a pause, the agent added, "No matter what, this is the last time we'll work together. It's really unacceptable to draw the same person three times in a row."

Jin Lan asked, "Was there really no behind-the-scenes manipulation in the show's draw? Was it really not something they did on purpose to create a dramatic effect for the show?"

The agent affirmed, "No, I have some connections within their production team, and they assured me that it's definitely not for the sake of the show; it's all randomly assigned."

Jin Lan gritted her teeth and said, "I hope they can pull some strings and let us use connections in the next round so that I won't be grouped with them again."

The agent laughed and said, "The reason why 'Plum Jam' was so popular might be because you two get along so well. Maybe your next song will be a hit too?"

Jin Lan rolled her eyes: "Then you haven't heard the song he wrote recently, it's absolutely awful."

The agent exclaimed in surprise, "How bad is it?"

Jin Lan said, "Let me put it this way, even the worst song you can imagine is better than this one. I suspect that if this song is performed on stage, the audience will curse it to death."

The agent said, "Is it really that bad? Then, do you want to ask him to rewrite one?"

Jin Lan curled her lip and said, "It would be great if we could find him. He's disappeared somewhere now."

After a pause, she changed the subject, saying, "Forget it, let's not talk about this now. If nothing unexpected happens, 'Plum Jam' will be number one in popularity. I have a revival armor, so I don't need to worry about the next round."

Jin Lan was very open-minded. Anyway, if she got first place in the first round, she would have a revival armor. If "Ah Zhen fell in love with Ah Qiang" was eliminated in the next round, she could still be revived.

Moreover, the rules of the revival round allow contestants to designate their partners, so she directly named Jia Yi, eliminating the need to partner with Chen Liang.

Anyway, Chen Liang definitely wouldn't name him.

If she collaborates with Jia Yi for a round, she might actually benefit from the situation, allowing fans to see who is truly carrying the game and getting Chen Liang's fans banned.

It's a good opportunity to vent my anger.

"Oh ha yo, Aisangwa koukou ni yi maska?"

Jin Lan was on the phone when she suddenly saw three Japanese women peeking in from the doorway.

"Let's stop talking now, a few people are coming."

After hanging up the phone, she walked over and gestured to the three people, saying:

"Sorry, this is our area, the work is reserved for us. Yours cannot come here."

The woman standing at the very front, whether she understood what she meant or not, pressed her hand to her chest and said:

“Science code three, Aisangwa Yongdekale Da Nuodesi.”

Jin Lan gestured wildly: "Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying!"

At this moment, a Japanese woman stepped forward and, in broken Chinese, said to Jin Lan:

"Ah Zhen, you've fallen in love with Ah Qiang?"

Jin Lan was taken aback.

what the hell!

This song hasn't even been sung yet, so how come there are already R&B fans?!

The woman pointed to herself and smiled at Jin Lan, saying:

"I am in harmony."

Jinlan understood what she meant.

"Are you the backup singer that Chen Liang invited?" Jin Lan asked.

The woman nodded and said, "Hi."

She turned her head, pointed to the two people next to her, and said, "Theirs are also harmonies."

Jin Lan suddenly realized.

In this round of the competition, the production team mentioned a new trick: they would give each group 10 yuan to hire people to help them.

Jia Yi and Meng Xing have already spent the money; some have hired people to help with music arrangement, while others have hired vocal coaches to help with singing techniques.

There was no movement from Jin Lan's side, and Chen Liang was nowhere to be seen either.

Upon seeing the three people in front of her, Jin Lan suddenly realized that she had misunderstood Chen Liang before. He had gone to fetch someone.

However... Jin Lan still harbored some resentment towards him. The production team had agreed that the budget would be decided collectively, but Chen Liang quietly took it and used it without asking her opinion at all.

That's one thing, but they even hired three female backup singers. What's the point of all that?

She turned around and looked the three people up and down.

The three Japanese women all appeared to be around thirty years old, and their looks were not particularly outstanding.

In short, it's nothing special.

However... Jin Lan felt that they looked somewhat familiar.

She felt like she'd seen them somewhere before, but couldn't quite put her finger on where.

It's probably because I have such a common face that I feel like I've seen me before.

The woman pointed inside again and asked:

"Ha-I-De-Mo-I-De-Ska?"

Jin Lan couldn't understand what she was saying, but she knew she wanted to come in, so she stepped aside and said:

"Come in, come in, all of you, and close the door behind you."

“Dewa, oh Jiamasimas…”

A few people came in muttering in a language they couldn't understand.

The three female singers arrived, but they didn't see Chen Liang. Jin Lan wanted to ask them where Chen Liang was, but since they couldn't communicate, she knew it would be pointless to ask.

She wanted to complain that since Chen Liang had brought someone over, why didn't he hire a translator? But she didn't know where to find a translator herself, so she had to give up.

For now, we can only take it one step at a time.

She handed the sheet music to the woman, saying:

"Ah Zhen fell in love with Ah Qiang."

As the woman took the sheet music, she repeated, "Ah Zhen has fallen in love with Ah Qiang? Ah Zhen has fallen in love with Ah Qiang..."

“Yes, that’s right. Ah Zhen has fallen in love with Ah Qiang. Sheet music, do you know what sheet music means? How do you say it in Japanese?” Jin Lan said.

It seems that although Chen Liang didn't hire a translator, he made everything clear to these three people over there, and they even knew the Chinese name of the song.

One of the women took the sheet music, glanced at it, and began to sing:

"Ah Zhen fell in love with Ah Qiang, on a starry night..."

Jin Lan was somewhat surprised.

Although the pronunciation wasn't very standard, it actually sounded pretty good overall.

Most importantly, the rhythm was right, and it sounded quite beautiful.

If someone can sing to this level after just glancing at the sheet music, that's truly impressive.

Jin Lan stepped forward to correct him, "Night, not night. Night, the pronunciation is 'wu an wan,' understand? Night..."

Despite the language barrier, all three of them possessed something special.

Aside from her Chinese not being very good and needing Jin Lan to correct her pronunciation, her intonation is impeccable; you can tell how to sing it just by looking at the sheet music.

Moreover, after rehearsing, the three of them were able to take charge of different vocal parts, and their harmonies sounded very ethereal. They actually managed to make such an old-fashioned song sound ethereal.

Jin Lan was already tired of singing herself, so she didn't feel bad about guiding and correcting their singing; it was a good way to relax.

She's like a vocal coach now, teaching with great enthusiasm and a sense of satisfaction.

I just don't know where Chen Liang found these three people.

……

We have arrived. The child is very cute, and the cooperation was quite pleasant. Don't worry.

From: Shiina Apple.