NOVEL WEB Chapter 9-Everyone was wiped out? No, what is going on!
During the few minutes Zhou Peng had spent listening to the song, the group chat had exploded with thousands of messages, almost freezing his phone.
After some effort, he managed to enter the chat, and a flood of messages appeared.
【Still Spring】: “F*ck! F*ck! F*ck! Three ‘f*cks’ can represent my current mood”.
【Little Princess】: “I always thought a hoarse voice was just moaning without reason until I finished listening to this song today. It instantly overturned my worldview. Now I feel like I’m exploding”.
【Heart】: “Can a singer’s voice be so unique? It’s so breathtaking. To add up, his voice is extremely charming. I declare that I’ve fallen in love with his voice”.
【Cool Clouds and Leaves】: “Has anyone in the music industry ever had such a distinctive voice? This is like an earthquake in the music industry. I can almost imagine how this voice will shake the music scene”.
【Rolling Clouds】: “Distinctive + skilled singing + emotional. I’m sure this song will explode in August”.
However, at this moment, a strange message appeared:
【Leisurely】: “I swear, I recognize this singer. I remember he was the singer with a ruined voice from Yunhai Media, right?”
Instantly, the group chat flooded with replies.
“Ruined voice? Can this voice be considered ruined?”
“Sis, I want to ruin my voice like that too”.
“Being able to sing in such a distinctive way, and you say he’s a person with a ruined voice?”
“Don’t joke around, sis”.
【Leisurely】: “I’m telling the truth! I have a friend at Yunhai Media, and he mentioned this person. I clearly remember the singer being Hao Mingxing as the name is easy to remember, I won’t make such a mistake”.
Many people, seeing Leisurely’s confident reply, were stunned.
Can it be true?
A singer with a ruined voice suddenly singing in such a distinctive way?
Could there be some special circumstances?
Did someone train him?
…
Regardless, everyone could be certain that Hao Mingxing was definitely not a disabled person but a singer with a rare and unique vocal style.
“Just based on Hao Mingxing’s singing voice and skill, his future achievements will definitely be outstanding”.
“Right, ‘It Doesn’t Matter’ is too good”.
“Why hasn’t Hao Mingxing become famous before? Could it be that he was even considered a ruined person by the company just as Leisurely mentioned?”
“Yeah, could it be this song was tailored for him?”
“I also think it’s an especially tailored song. The lyrics and melody of ‘It Doesn’t Matter’ really suit Hao Mingxing’s voice perfecctly”
…
Seeing these discussions, Zhou Peng’s heart stirred. He reopened the detailed information of the song and looked closely.
Singer: Hao Mingxing.
Lyrics: Silent.
Composer: Silent.
Arrangement: Silent.
His pupils slightly contracted. This “Silent” was quite impressive, a single person handled the lyrics, composition, and arrangement alone.
Could it really be that this person trained Hao Mingxing?
Upon second thought, it seemed unlikely. After all, as a music enthusiast, he knew how lowly the position of a composer was. Could a composer have the ability and authority to train a singer? That would have caused a sensation long ago.
…
The first day of August.
Whether in the newcomer or new song charts, the first few hours didn’t reveal any significant results. Major companies were all gearing up with extensive promotions.
So, the situation on the charts was like a game of musical chairs—now you’re up, now I’m up.
Just now it was me surpassing you.
Later, it might be you surpassing me.
It was incredibly lively.
Only after the intense first ten hours or even a day or two, will the rankings on the charts gradually stabilize.
At nine in the morning, Liu Zhengwen, who had spent the entire night on the bridge in the cold wind, returned to the office with two panda eyes.
However, his face was not as pale as last night, it was rather calm.
I’m calm now.
I’m not afraid.
Although he had anticipated the outcome, Liu Zhengwen still took a deep breath, then opened Yun Net and looked at the Newcomer Chart and New Song Chart.
Newcomer Chart:
From first to tenth, not a single familiar name could be found.
The highest-ranked form the company was a female singer promoted by the company named “Li Ziqing”, but she was still far behind on the newcomer chart, currently at 28th place.
New Song Chart:
Similarly, none of Yunhai Media’s artists made it to the top ten.
The only singer on the list from the company was a B-tier singer, “Yang Zhecheng”, at 16th place.
With such rankings, breaking into the top ten seemed very unlikely.
In other words, the 14 singers from Yunhai Media who released songs this time were once again wiped out!
“Heh! All of them are useless… including me”.
Muttering to himself, Liu Zhengwen continued scrolling through the chart.
Actually, he didn’t want to scroll down, but as the manager of the composition department, he still had to write a chart report based on the rankings of all the singers. Then, he had to show it to the higher-ups so they could criticize him.
As he scrolled, suddenly, Liu Zhengwen’s movements stopped, as if time had frozen.
Newcomer Chart.
48th place: “It Doesn’t Matter”, Singer: Hao Mingxing.
Liu Zhengwen thought he had hallucinated due to the cold winds last night. He rubbed his eyes hard and looked again.
He wasn’t mistaken.
It was indeed 48th place.
The next second, his eyes widened, full of disbelief.
How was this possible?
Liu Zhengwen was quite familiar with “It Doesn’t Matter”.
It was a song recorded by double disables.
He hadn’t taken it seriously at all.
However, now it appeared in the 48th position.
Liu Zhengwen was dumbfounded.
Doesn’t this rank look bad?
However, only Liu Zhengwen knew what reaching this rank signified for “It Doesn’t Matter”. Because he knew that the company did not promote this song at all! There was no promotion whatsoever!
In other words, a newcomer’s new song, without any promotion or exposure, had suddenly climbed into the top fifty on the newcomer chart overnight.
What does this represent?
Liu Zhengwen suddenly felt a rush of heat in his body.
“Hehe”.
“Hehehe”.
“Hehehehehe”.
“Hehehehehe, goose, goose, goose, goose~~~”
{TN: supposed to sound like a goose}
In the office, Liu Zhengwen sat on the chair, laughing like a goose.
…
In the Vocal Department, the entire department was turned upside down.
Half an hour ago, the manager of the Vocal Department, Qian Lun, was pale and at a loss.
July was a complete failure.
And now, August was another complete failure.
How could this be resolved?
No, he had to take the initiative and go to the Composition Department to demand an explanation.
However, just as he prepared his speech and was about to go to Liu Zhengwen’s office for accountability, he heard a loud commotion outside the office area.
“Oh my God, isn’t this incredible?”
“How is this possible? Hao Mingxing’s song made it to the top fifty?”
“Have the fans’ preferences changed?”
“I don’t understand!”
“Did he secretly advertise his song?”
“Heh! Making it to the top fifty on the Newcomer Chart isn’t something that can be achieved with just a bit of advertising. After all, the top one hundred are all products of heavy promotion by major entertainment companies. Which song hasn’t been advertised before?”
“But, isn’t this too absurd? Hao Mingxing with his damaged voice managed to get his song to the 48th position. What does that make of us?”
After listening for a while, Qian Lun quickly understood.
It turned out that the song “It Doesn’t Matter”, sung by Hao Mingxing, had fought its way out from thousands of new songs after being released for nine hours and had entered the top fifty on the Newcomer Chart overnight.
???
What’s going on?
What exactly is happening?
What the hell is going on?
He quickly opened the Yun Net Newcomer Chart and scrolled down.
Then, Qian Lun was dumbfounded.
After a few seconds.
“Oh! My! God!”
Qian Lun shouted without any restraint, and rushed out of the office.
From that moment on, the Vocal Department no longer had a door.
{TN: Running with the door is a chinese metaphor meaning leaving in a hurry. It means that Qian Lun ran like his life depended on it}