154: Chapter 154 Will You Dare Again Next Time?

Lin Chuyan left that very night.

Before leaving, his working-class soul was burning, and he even thought about helping to clean up the stage, but the production team persuaded him to leave...

He added WeChat with a few of them and hugged each one. Zhang Yuan hugged him especially hard: "Let's keep in touch on WeChat, Xiao Yan."

"Alright, Brother Yue, I hope the brothers have a smooth shoot as well."

It wasn't easy; he finally had friends in the Singer circle, and he gained six all at once...

Well, that's if you don't count Sun Yiyi.

Once they got in the car, Xia Zhi and Wu Yue both urged him to check Weibo and Douyin.

"What for?"

Wu Yue was a bit speechless: "What else? You kid are trending on the hot search list again."

Lin Chuyan opened both platforms and took a look.

#Lin Chuyan lonely patient#

#Lin Chuyan a little red flower#

#Lin Chuyan new song makes Zhang Yuan cry#

#Lin Chuyan happy re-departure#

Besides the hot searches, videos of him Singing in the livestream were flying everywhere. Especially on Douyin, there were already several videos with hundreds of thousands of likes, and they were still rising—this wasn't limited to just fans anymore; a large number of passersby had heard and liked them.

Besides marketing accounts, Fruit TV's official Douyin and Weibo accounts had also cut the videos. Looking at the comments... Lin Chuyan scrolled through many pages and didn't see a single negative review.

Awesome. Is this the power of a good song?

"I'll put it this way: a little red flower is a shoo-in for the golden song of the year."

"Forget about Zhang Yuan, I was listening to it on my phone screen and I cried too. You guys don't understand; people who have had similar experiences really can't hold it back."

"Seriously, it sang right into my heart. To describe it in one sentence: A single song breaks the heart; where in the world can one find a soulmate?"

"The lonely patient is the same, it fits my mood so well! Damn, Lin Chuyan said the 13 songs aren't love songs. If they're all this quality, I'm going to hype them up like crazy!!!"

"My goodness, is this the gold content of Lin Chuyan's new album?"

"So, can the new album be released sooner? Don't force me to kneel and beg you."

Scrolling further, it felt like the Haters were running out of tricks, repeating the same old nonsense over and over: This is Lin Mo's song, without Lin Mo you're nothing, whoever Lin Mo wants to promote will get famous, Lin Mo is the awesome one...

Lin Chuyan's expression was strange as he read this: Could these Haters, in order to belittle him, turn around and deify Lin Mo? Wouldn't that make them look even worse when it all falls apart?

Back on his own Weibo, sure enough, the Haters were latching onto this point. Some people even noticed that he forgot to thank Lin Mo during his acceptance speech at the Sound of Nature Festival, and they started calling him ungrateful.

Hiss... honestly, this one wasn't really a smear; from someone else's perspective, it was actually true.

However, Lin Chuyan decided to just let it all hang out and typed a reply: "I did indeed forget, and I'll dare to do it again next time."

Anyway, there won't be a person named Lin Mo next time.

Wu Yue wasn't idle either: "Do you know that people are already coming to ask for songs?"

"Which one? a little red flower?"

Wu Yue looked at the messages popping up on his phone, looking a bit pained: "That's right. And it's not just one party that wants this song."

"Just sell it. Is it to be used as a movie soundtrack again?"

"Not just that. There are a few wanting it for movie soundtracks, and some Singing variety shows want to cover it."

Lin Chuyan pondered for a moment: "For covers, let's wait until my new album is released... As for movies, let's try to pick one with better quality this time."

"Alright, I'll pick movie themes that fit the tone of the song. As for the price, it probably won't be as high as the Spring Festival Movie Season, but we can't sell it too cheaply either. Anyway, now we are holding the songs to pick the movies, not the other way around. The initiative is in our hands."

"Mhm, I'm not worried about the price, Brother Yue, you can go handle the discussions. I'm just worried it'll be another bad movie. Mainly, if it's a movie with me in it, I want to take my parents to see it, or buy tickets for them to watch. It's best to let them watch something good..."

"You want to take your parents to see the hovering blade?"

"Ah... let's forget about that one..."

Lin Chuyan thought about his character in the movie raping and killing a girl, and then thought about his parents seeing it, and his expression became pained.

It felt like the same logic as when intimate scenes are broadcast on TV and adults make children cover their eyes or change the channel—it's easy to cause quite a shock to the viewers!

It really was a bit topsy-turvy.

"Alright, got it. I'll pay attention to the director and cast list before picking..."

Lin Chuyan acted like a hands-off boss: "Alright, thanks for the hard work, Brother Yue."

"One more thing." There was a playful smile on Wu Yue's face, "Tencent Music has reached out again. This time they came directly to me, not Tianxing."

Lin Chuyan didn't even think: "Don't sell!"

"Hahahaha!" Wu Yue laughed cheekily, but still explained the situation to him, "I can tell that Tencent Music is really anxious now, and they don't have that pretentious attitude they had before."

Lin Chuyan couldn't help but be sarcastic: "How rare."

"That's where you're wrong. They directly changed the team to talk to us."

Lin Chuyan was definitely the biggest copyright deal Tencent Music had missed since the beginning of the year.

They had wanted Lin Chuyan's songs before, but because they misjudged his value and were used to the mentality of the party in power, they couldn't reach an agreement after talking for a long time, and instead, Lin Chuyan got very angry.

Coupled with NetEase Cloud Music's low-profile stance, taking advantage of the situation, the final result was that now, except for the songs he sang with Ruan Xingyu, all of Lin Chuyan's other songs could only be heard on NetEase Cloud Music.

And then, Lin Chuyan was constantly trending on hot searches—one moment he was scolding people, then winning an award, then a single went viral, then the drama he starred in became popular...

Regardless of whether it was because of Singing, you have to admit that his fans and followers were skyrocketing, right?

As Lin Chuyan's personal brand value continued to rise, the Tencent Music team that had botched the cooperation back then could no longer carry the blame...

After layers of accountability, the final result was that they changed the team to come and talk again. As for that original group of people, their year-end bonuses for this year were probably announced as cancelled in advance.

Anyway, Tencent Music's attitude was very good now, and they didn't feel like they had lost much face. After all, for capital, profit comes first; how much is face worth?

However, Lin Chuyan didn't have the mentality of a capitalist.

He didn't intend to pay attention to them, not because he had a problem with money, but because he felt that working with NetEase Cloud Music's CEO, Boss Zhu (Zhu Cong), was quite good. The other party had always valued him, basically satisfying his requests the first time, and giving him plenty of resources, so, let's not change...

That's the kind of person he was; he valued relationships more than money.

Anyway, he wasn't short of money now, so feeling comfortable in his heart was more important.

But Wu Yue was different; he was much more sly and cunning than Lin Chuyan.

"It's fine not to work with them... However, we must let NetEase Cloud Music know that Tencent Music has come to re-negotiate. Sometimes that's how it is; if you're too indifferent, they won't value you. Tapping them from time to time makes the cooperation smoother and longer-lasting. Also, for the new album, it's time for us to raise the price. But if you bring it up directly, they might have objections. Let's let them know about the Tencent Music situation first, and then everything will follow naturally and with half the effort."

Lin Chuyan gave a thumbs up and flattered him directly: "Nothing to say, Brother Yue, you're still the brilliant one!"