43: Boss, have you finished your work?

Just as he finished speaking, the line 'passing the trial of love' from 'moonlight' came on. 007 was suddenly stunned, having a bad premonition.

Wait, there were several melismas that needed to be handled. 007 picked up a pen and scribbled on the paper according to his habit, using a wave to represent one melisma.

He originally thought only one or two lines needed processing, but the more he drew, the more his heart hammered. Holy crap, he couldn't keep up with the drawing.

He paused the song and listened to the previous line again. After listening to the whole thing twice, 007 was breaking out in a cold sweat.

The netizens below had been waiting for a while and were asking: 'Great Master, how is it? Can you start singing?'

007 wiped the sweat from his forehead: 'Wait a moment, let me listen one more time.'

007 said he would listen again, so the netizens kept waiting. This wait lasted for two hours.

'moonlight' was played on loop twenty times.

In the end, everyone in the live stream room was dog-tired.

Seeing that it had been delayed for so long, 007 tried to sing it once. He was finally going to sing, and the fans perked up.

007 adjusted the accompaniment and started singing. He thought he would hear the same feeling as in Lu Qingyu's song, but after 007 finished, not only were the netizens silent, but 007 himself was also silent.

This was the first time 007 felt a sense of powerlessness toward a song. The pitch was definitely correct, but it felt like a completely different song from the one Lu Qingyu sang.

007 felt guilty himself. The key was that this song was too hard to sing. What kind of decent singer uses 16 melismas for just three words?

'That's all for today. Thank you everyone for joining my live stream. Ending the stream, ending the stream.'

007 bolted instantly. The netizens didn't give up and went to other ancient-style music bloggers' live streams to request 'moonlight', but the results were more or less the same.

In short, can 'moonlight' be covered? If you insist on listening, yes, but it won't sound good. Except for Lu Qingyu's version, none of them sound good.

On the second day after the Music Partner episode aired, there were seven hot search topics related to the show. Lu Jin had one, but Lu Qingyu had three.

What made Lu Jin angriest was that he had spent money on promotion, while Lu Qingyu had trended on his own.

At Black Pearl Entertainment, Lu Qingyu began taking acting classes. Su Jixing intended to find film and television resources for Lu Qingyu to test the waters and was working hard to screen them.

Lu Qingyu took three classes a day. Aside from participating in Music Partner, his time was basically Freedom.

The two songs 'orchid pavilion preface' and 'dispelling sorrow' were also released as resources. Adding the three songs together, Lu Qingyu easily earned 6 million.

Lu Qingyu finished his last class at 2 PM, but he didn't return to his apartment; instead, he stayed at the company.

In his past life, he was used to sitting in an office and had a natural affinity for such places. Chen Ting was at the company while Su Jixing was out doing business, so no one looked after him after class.

Lu Qingyu took his laptop and knocked on Chen Ting's office door.

Chen Ting was resting in his office. Seeing Lu Qingyu arrive, he thought Lu Qingyu had some problem, but to his surprise, Lu Qingyu said:

'Brother Chen, can I borrow your place for a bit?'

Chen Ting's office was the largest and had a great view. Handling business here put one in a good mood.

The office was big, and staying there alone wasn't very interesting, so sharing it with Lu Qingyu was no problem.

'Sure, use it as you like.'

So Lu Qingyu found a very comfortable spot, opened his laptop, and started his own business right under the current boss's nose.

Chen Ting originally thought Lu Qingyu would take the chance to say something to him, but nearly an hour passed, and Lu Qingyu was still fiddling with his laptop.

Instead, it was Chen Ting who couldn't sit still. But he was the boss after all, and slacking off too blatantly wasn't good, so he made a small excuse: 'Qingyu, do you want coffee? I'll go downstairs and buy two cups.'

Lu Qingyu didn't even look up: 'No. Boss, you just played two games; haven't you rested enough?'

Chen Ting's body jolted, faintly feeling like he had been caught slacking off back in high school.

'Work-life balance, work-life balance.'

Lu Qingyu: 'Boss, the assistant mentioned some urgent documents that need signing. Have you approved them?'

Chen Ting felt his back sweating a bit: 'Right... right away.'

Lu Qingyu: 'Also, the email from the Marketing Department—they're waiting for your reply.'

Chen Ting pursed his lips and silently opened the email from the Marketing Department. Wasn't he looking at his own computer? How did he know everything!

For some reason, with Lu Qingyu there, Chen Ting felt like he was letting someone down if he didn't work.

Chen Ting was naturally active; even when busy with work, he was usually running around. He could rarely sit still in an office. Two hours was his limit; after that, he had to go out for a stroll to get some air.

But today, he vaguely didn't dare.

Until 6 o'clock, when it was time to leave the office, Chen Ting let out a long sigh of relief. Finally, work was over. This was the first time in his life he experienced the joy of leaving on time.

Chen Ting's previously suppressed mood visibly brightened.

'Qingyu, work's over. You should go home.'

Hearing Chen Ting speak, Lu Qingyu didn't stand up. Instead, he shifted his posture and hugged his laptop again.

'It's fine, Boss. I'll stay and work overtime with you.'

It was only 6 o'clock. In his previous life, working overtime until 10 PM was a common occurrence.

But Chen Ting wasn't like that. He was on the verge of tears.

'Qingyu, there's no need to work so hard. Today's work is almost done. Once work is over, you should naturally go back and rest well. Deal with tomorrow's matters tomorrow.'

At this moment, Lu Qingyu looked up at Chen Ting.

'Boss, didn't you need to finish reviewing the sales reports today? Have you looked at the proposal for tomorrow morning's meeting? Aren't you supposed to glance over the artists' training logs? And the plan for recruiting trainees was supposed to be finalized today, wasn't it?'

This time, Chen Ting's back was truly drenched in sweat.

'Ah, that, it's not—'

These were indeed tasks that needed to be reviewed today, but in the past, Chen Ting had always been lax about them. After all, no one questioned the boss during meetings.

Lu Qingyu: 'It's fine, Boss. You don't need to look after me. Work the overtime you need to. I quite like staying in the office.'

For the first time, Chen Ting roared inwardly: Help, I don't like it!

Lu Qingyu: 'I've ordered takeout. Boss, work with peace of mind.'

Chen Ting: !!!

This day was the first time in Chen Ting's life that he worked so late in the office. At 10 PM, he had even outlasted the old night watchman.