68: Chapter 68 "Everyday"

Ruan Xingyu also won the Best Female Singer award that night.

With three awards in total, it was a solid harvest, and it was not in vain that she made a special trip to Shancheng—although the biggest reason was to come and see her boyfriend.

After the awards ceremony, there was an interview arranged by the organizers. By the time she was completely finished, it was past 10 PM, and she headed straight to the airport.

Before leaving, she only had time to give Lin Chuyan a call.

"I have things to do tomorrow morning, so I have to go back. I'm already at the airport waiting for my flight, so I can't give you the trophy, eh."

"So busy. I was hoping to see you one more time. Just keep the trophy with you; I'm filming, so it's not convenient to carry it around anyway."

"Mm, come and pick it up at my place when you get back." Ruan Xingyu smiled. "I'm very busy at the end of the year; I still have two Satellite TV Spring Festival Galas to attend."

"Satellite TV Spring Festival Galas? Are you not doing the CCTV Spring Festival Gala?"

Lin Chuyan remembered that she had been on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala before.

"It's too tiring. I'm not doing it, never again."

Lin Chuyan found it funny. How much psychological trauma did she suffer from that?

He changed the subject: "So, did I offend the organizers tonight?"

"I don't know what the judges are thinking, but the organizers couldn't be happier."

"Oh? How so?"

"Look at the indices on the major platforms tomorrow, and you'll know. I'm sure the buzz will be very, very high. Besides, you didn't insult them, so it won't cause them any negative impact. In summary, Huayun Voice clearly profited this time."

"That analysis makes perfect sense. As expected of my girlfriend."

Ruan Xingyu was immediately beaming after being coaxed by him so casually: "What good does it do you to flatter me like this?"

"It's not that I want any benefit; I just want you to kiss me a few more times."

"Mua!"

"One more time."

"Mua! Mua!" Ruan Xingyu laughed sweetly. "Two more times."

Ruan Xingyu boarded the plane, and Lin Chuyan could only amuse himself again.

Fortunately, the system's rewards had arrived just in time.

Ding!

"Congratulations to the Host for unlocking the achievement: Huayun Voice Best Songwriting Award"

"The reward for the long-term quest 'Singer's Path' has been issued"

"Congratulations to the Host for receiving the reward: Treasure Chest (Silver)"

Opening the treasure chest.

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining 10 basic attribute points (can be freely allocated)"

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining 5 special skill points (can be freely allocated)"

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the complete Songwriting for the work 'every day' (duet version)"

He knew "every day", but a duet version?

Never mind, he pushed aside his doubts and decided to register the copyright first.

After registering the copyright, Lin Chuyan scrolled through Weibo for a while. Just as he was about to log off, he saw an acquaintance livestreaming...

Wawa.

Is he not sleeping in the middle of the night? How are there actually 60,000 people in the livestream room?

It was still Wawa's usual way of interacting during livestreams, busy with his own things while answering questions from the bullet comments.

"Wawa, what do you think of Lin Mo's statement tonight... What do I think? I'm looking at it with my eyes! Obviously, it's awesome, that's nonsense! How else would I look at it?"

"Don't you think it's too arrogant... Arrogant? So what if he's arrogant? He's just that arrogant! Let me put it bluntly, Lin Mo has the capital to be arrogant, okay? You guys are still underestimating him."

"Won't he be blacklisted by the industry for doing this... You're joking, brother. It's just an awards ceremony. Besides, the three major awards haven't said anything yet, let alone a blacklist. Didn't you hear the applause at the live broadcast at the time?"

"Wawa, have you not added Lin Mo as a friend yet... Damn, I'm warning you. If you ask similar questions again, I'm kicking you out."

"Stop calling yourself Wawa and change your name to Lin-fanatic... So what if I'm a Lin-fanatic? I'll just say one thing: Lin Mo has more than just one 'Similar to Love'. When Lin Chuyan's EP goes live, you bunch of Haters will all have to line up to apologize to me."

"Wawa, don't be too outrageous. Praising Lin Mo is one thing, but you're even praising Lin Chuyan... Don't say that, seriously, don't. Let me give you five words: Watch out for the boomerang. The harder you curse Lin Chuyan now, the more you'll have to listen to his songs on your knees later."

Originally, people didn't say anything when he praised Lin Mo, after all, the guy really won an award. But now that he started praising Lin Chuyan, which buddy in the livestream room could be convinced?

After he finished saying this, the bullet comments were immediately flooded again, all scolding that Lin guy.

Lin Chuyan only watched for a little while, and goosebumps immediately covered his skin.

This Wawa is a bit outrageous, has he really become a Lin-fanatic? And 'listen to his songs on his knees'... Damn, is this the legendary 'one fan equals ten Haters'? This is bringing him so much hate!

I suggest you keep it up.

While he was complaining, he suddenly received a message from Zheng Hai on WeChat: "Xiao Yan, can we chat?"

Lin Chuyan called him directly.

"What's up? Brother Zheng Hai."

"It's still about the 'rebirth' EP. Shall we finalize the last few tasks?"

The recording for 'rebirth' was already completely finished, and Lin Chuyan had long ago listened to and finalized the final version.

"Can't you just talk to my manager?"

"I came to find you precisely because we finished talking. Teacher Wu Yue and I share the same thoughts. First of all, the release time should be as soon as possible, just in time to catch the traffic from Lin Mo... which is you tonight at Huayun Voice. Speaking of which, you are really awesome... Young people are just different, unlike us old folks, tsk tsk."

"Hahaha, I have no problem with that. You two just decide; you are more professional than me in this area."

"Mm, as for physical albums, we'll make as many as there are pre-orders. You need to be mentally prepared for this; there probably won't be many."

Lin Chuyan understood. Who buys physical albums nowadays? They are just sold to fans anyway.

Besides, there are no physical stores to stock offline; they are basically only sold in online shops.

"Finally, the digital album... We were actually thinking of making it free, after all, it's a newcomer's first one; there's no reason to charge for it."

Speaking of this, Zheng Hai started chuckling: "Who knew so many things would happen later? Xingxing suddenly filmed an MV for you, and you pulled off such a stunt at the awards ceremony... We can't charge for it, but we can try making them VIP songs."

"Can we make more money?"

"Yes, the revenue share ratio is higher."

"Will it affect more people hearing my songs..."

Lin Chuyan felt this point was also very important.

"It definitely will, but there's a benefit to doing this." Zheng Hai said, feeling a bit embarrassed, "There are many people hating on you. Making them VIP songs can also make your album rating look better. Album ratings are still very important for a Singer."

The music streaming platforms on Blue Planet had one more feature compared to the previous life—album rating.

First, users can actively click into the album to rate it. At the same time, the platform will check the user's "rating eligibility"—only users who have actually finished listening to all the songs in the album have the "rating eligibility."

Secondly, the platform will calculate the user's listening duration.

For those users who keep replaying the album after listening to the whole thing, the platform will also proactively invite them to rate it—this "repeated playback" user behavior is considered by the platform as you really liking this album, so even if a small pop-up window inviting you to rate appears, it's not too excessive.

And the weight of these users in the rating will be higher.

Finally, through the platform's own algorithm filtering, malicious low ratings and mindless fan-boosting are removed, and based on a sufficient number of raters, a final album score is obtained.

The entertainment industry on Blue Planet really recognizes this album score; it is also one of the symbols of a Singer's strength.

Zheng Hai was very confident in Lin Chuyan's 'rebirth', so naturally, he didn't want the album score ruined because of the Haters. Although the platform has its own algorithm, they still had to make some preparations on their end. Using the VIP song format is very useful—

This is the experience accumulated over many years by professional big companies like Tianxing.

For a high-quality album...

The more free it is, the more people curse it.

Going VIP, the effect is immediate; the number of people cursing will be at least halved.

Charging? That's the fans' stronghold. Unless the quality is really trash, you basically won't see any cursing.