Chapter 177: Inflated

Time passed, and the fourth episode of King of Love Songs was soon broadcast.

Countless viewers began watching, wanting to enjoy an audiovisual feast.

From the very beginning, everyone felt that the entire flow of this episode was slightly different from before.

"It's leaning towards a live broadcast format; you could consider it a rehearsal before going live." Many people saw this point.

Ke Ming was very bold, and his ambition was also very great.

Since he had gathered a group of big-name Singers together and their schedules couldn't be adjusted, then he would just broadcast live!

And save money while he was at it.

No pitch correction—only that could reflect the true strength of a vocalist!

"I'll set an example for other variety shows!" Ke Ming thought to himself.

In a certain small city, a woman with a Gentle temperament and delicate features sat in her living room, turned on her computer, and began watching this episode of King of Love Songs.

Originally, because of Sun Yi, she had already gained a new life and had intended not to watch this program.

They had been in love for six years; she had accompanied him before Sun Yi had even debuted, and had stayed with him through his four-year slump.

That was a past too painful to look back on; during those four years, she had also been physically and mentally exhausted.

According to the normal progression, Sun Yi should have been Eliminated long ago.

She would not pay attention to this program, nor would she specifically listen to his songs.

Since she had already said Farewell to the past, she had to respect her brand-new life and also be worthy of the person currently by her side.

Having come ashore, one should stop thinking about things in the sea.

Life in the entertainment industry could not bring her a sense of security; she felt that her current stable, simple life was quite good.

However, "Not Settling" became a hit.

She had heard it in the mall, heard it in the supermarket, and heard it in restaurants outside...

As soon as she heard it, she knew it was Sun Yi's voice.

At first, she would avoid it.

By now, she thought it might be better to face it openly.

If Sun Yi was really going to become popular again, then she couldn't hide from it, could she?

At this moment, the previous female Singer had already finished her performance, and Sun Yi began to take the stage.

He was wearing a suit, dressed very appropriately.

This was a scene she had once imagined: he would be successful in his career, then put on a handsome suit and marry her, dressed in a wedding gown, in a hall.

The entire stage was incredibly simple, with no special effects and no stage design.

Sun Yi just sat in front of the microphone stand and began Singing.

This song was called Young and Promising.

Seeing the song title, the woman was slightly stunned.

The Singing began to spread.

"【The TV keeps flashing,

I still haven't deleted your contact info,

The way you treated me well,

I ruined it with my own hands.】"

After only four lines, the woman slammed the computer screen shut with a 'clack'.

She didn't want to keep listening.

But after a while, she still opened the computer again.

The Singing continued; she looked at this man who was both familiar and strange, only feeling that he had indeed "aged" a bit, looked more mature, and his entire temperament was more restrained.

He seemed no longer as Zhang Yang as before, and he lacked that youthful recklessness, having gained more composure.

"【If I had been Young and Promising and not felt inferior,

Understanding what is precious,

Those beautiful dreams,

Not given to you, I am ashamed for a lifetime.】"

As soon as the chorus part came out, the woman's eyes instantly turned red.

Scenes of the past flashed through her mind; those days of being physically and mentally exhausted could never be forgotten.

When the song ended, she was already sobbing uncontrollably.

She looked at Sun Yi on the screen, only to see that he had also been keeping his head down in front of the microphone stand the whole time.

After Sun Yi left the stage, the woman dragged the progress bar directly to the end to see what place Sun Yi had taken.

When his final ranking of second place was announced, a smile appeared on the woman's face, and she officially closed the computer.

At this moment, she remembered the last line in the song Young and Promising: "【Wish me Young and Promising】."

The woman looked at the ceiling and said with tears and a smile: "I don't wish you Young and Promising, I wish you great success after a long wait!"

"Carry the dreams we once shared and keep on being a hit."

I have received your apology.

I forgive you.

But we can't go back.

It's better if we are both well.

The fourth episode of *King of Love Songs*—its ratings and online streaming numbers—exploded!

Compared to the third episode, they were significantly higher!

Many variety shows grow sluggish as they progress, only to have a final burst of popularity by the last episode.

But *King of Love Songs* is different; its overall data is climbing steadily.

In this episode, many people gave extremely outstanding performances.

And the one who stole the spotlight most was naturally Luo Mo, who composed three songs.

"My god, just finished watching the show, I was totally charmed when he played the violin!"

"God Luo is back!"

"I love all three of these songs: *Unfortunately If Not*, *Young and Promising*, and *I Am Not Sad*. I feel like this whole episode is so sorrowful; I think I'm going to suffer from insomnia tonight."

"Too strong, the composition of every song is just too strong!"

"Hahahaha, where is Music Critic Master Zhao Xueqin? Come out and critique!"

Bringing one good song versus releasing three good songs in one go—the level of fan-gathering is completely different.

But at the same time, the attacks that Ke Ming had anticipated were also becoming rampant online.

"Heh, if you didn't know better, you'd think this show was created specifically for Luo Mo. One person bringing three songs, it's hilarious!"

"Yo, as expected of the era of high traffic. A Top Traffic really has status; the whole show takes such good care of him."

"Why doesn't he just write seven songs by himself and play with himself!"

"I'm honestly laughing, is this Fairness?"

"Is this show invested in by Xinyu? Is Xinyu the biggest title sponsor?"

Although this sparked a wave of verbal abuse online, and some people even started maliciously giving the show bad reviews and frantically stirring up trouble from the outside.

However, this did not affect the explosive popularity of this episode.

Heavenly King Zhao's "upset" ranking of third place further ignited various topics on the internet.

Because Sun Yi really lacks status and has only just started to become popular again, his foundation is insufficient, so he suffered quite a lot of abuse.

On the contrary, Luo Mo achieved a triple crown, and everyone expressed that they were already a bit used to it.

Of course, more people turned their eyes toward the next episode of *King of Love Songs*.

"I wonder if Heavenly King Zhao's team can wash away their shame now that Yuan Hewen has joined?"

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No matter how heavy the hostility on the internet was, the three new songs composed by Luo Mo still triggered a strong market response on the charts of major music platforms.

Heavenly King Zhao's fans mainly concentrated their firepower on Sun Yi and the production team this time.

After all, Luo Mo is like an iron plate now; he's a bit hard to kick, and in the end, it might just hurt themselves instead.

"Sun Yi deserves second place?"

"Heh, the production team must be pulling strings. He hugged Luo Mo's thigh, so he's become the production team's favorite son!"

"Withdraw from the competition! Our dignified Heavenly King won't take this insult!"

Amidst their crazy ramblings, *I Am Not Sad*, which ranked fourth in *King of Love Songs* and narrowly lost to Zhao Xueqin, silently blew past Heavenly King Zhao's song on the new song charts of major music platforms.

All of a sudden, Heavenly King Zhao's fans: "???"

On the current New Song Chart, *Unfortunately If Not* ranks first, *Young and Promising* follows closely behind, and *I Am Not Sad* has just climbed to third.

Fourth place is where Heavenly King Zhao's song is.

"What is going on?"

"When did this song rush up?"

"Are they crazy? Did Luo Mo's fans fake the data for these two songs?"

However, it is common knowledge that the Strangers never fake data and never spend money recklessly to boost charts.

They don't even fake data for Luo Mo himself, so how could they possibly fake data for someone else?

Of course, there is another point that is also common knowledge, which is that the Strangers are particularly snarky.

They kindly cleared up the confusion for this group of people: "What's so strange about this? The major music platforms are just pulling strings!"

"I'll tell you a secret: Xinyu has bought shares in all the music platforms!"

"Don't you know how to act? I'll give you five minutes to hurry up and lift Heavenly King Zhao's throne up from fourth place!"

Ke Ming, the General Director of *King of Love Songs*, watched all of this, smiling so hard he couldn't close his mouth, the corners of his mouth nearly reaching his ears.

For a show, you don't fear controversy, and you don't fear high topic engagement.

What you fear is having no controversy and no topics at all!

"The live broadcast of this fifth episode will definitely be very lively," Ke Ming thought to himself.

He felt that the real-time bullet comments would definitely be particularly interesting.

"Notify these video platforms to prepare early; don't let the live broadcast crash when the show gets too popular," Ke Ming started to get carried away.

He finally felt the same sense of satisfaction that Ning Dan felt when she directed *Creating Idols*.

I am teaching my peers a lesson; I am creating an industry miracle!

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President Wang of Pineapple has been very annoyed lately.

The computer in his office has already been replaced once.

Regarding the fifth episode of the show, everyone has done what they should have done; with the addition of Yuan Hewen, there shouldn't be much of a problem.

However, the preparations for the Semi-finals have encountered obstacles.

The attitude from Xu Chujing Studio seemed a bit firm, indicating they would not cooperate.

Wang Shisong also understood the principle of "visiting the thatched cottage three times."

Pineapple contacted Xu Chujing Studio again and raised all the terms by a significant margin.

He even knew how much Xu Chujing valued "Cat Demon," and every move he made struck at this vital point.

"There's no reason not to be tempted," Wang Shisong thought to himself.

Sure enough, his subordinates came to report that the attitude from Xu Chujing Studio seemed to have wavered.

Thinking he should strike while the iron was hot, Wang Shisong directly stated that he would organize the meeting himself and invite the Heavenly Queen Xu to dinner.

As it turned out, the Heavenly Queen Xu still declined the dinner invitation, claiming she was still busy with the theme song for "Cat Demon."

However, her manager could come to discuss it in person, with the time set for three days later.

Wang Shisong instantly turned from gloomy to cheerful and fell into a state of ecstasy.

On the other side, that woman with a powerful aura sat in the chair of her studio, a faint smile appearing on her face.

She looked at her manager, Li Jie, and said, "Li Jie, then I will trouble you with this matter."

Manager Li Jie smiled and said, "You can rest assured when I handle things."

As she spoke, she also teased Xu Chujing with a glance and said, "However, I am quite curious about the reason you are doing this."

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(PS: First update, requesting monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)