Chapter 23: The New Generation Singer—Lin Yi!

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Kugou Music.

After obtaining verbal permission from Lin Yi to play the song the previous night, Yuan Fei immediately began arranging for “Your Answer” to appear in the top-page recommendations.

This was not merely his idea; it was also the board’s.

Even a fool could see the song’s potential.

Who would turn down money?

However, the people on the board were crafty. To avoid offending anyone, they added another slot. In other words, the top-page recommendation changed from four images to five.

The image showed the refined-looking Lin Yi embracing his guitar and singing softly, accompanied by a line of text:

National College Entrance Examination Top Scorer and New-Generation Singer Lin Yi!

Naturally, they had taken the image from the video. They had not asked Lin Yi to pose for it.

National College Entrance Examination Top Scorer!

What a gimmick.

The whole country had recently been discussing the college entrance examination.

There was no reason not to capitalize on the attention.

Hadn’t even real-estate developers gotten in on it? They had built Top Scholar Towers.

Some places had gone even further. When a district produced a top scorer, they advertised themselves as the Hometown of Top Scholars.

Taken literally, Hometown of Top Scholars was perfectly reasonable.

So there was nothing wrong with giving Lin Yi the title of National College Entrance Examination Top Scorer either.

Lin Yi really was the genuine article.

The images on the recommendation page played automatically in rotation.

Kugou Music’s timely boost pushed “Your Answer” to an even higher level, allowing it to break into the Top 500 chart.

Hua Yan International Music.

Lin Youjia was dumbfounded as he listened to his assistant’s report.

Lin Yi—was he even human?

He was practically a beast!

In less than two days, he had knocked Qu Wanting’s new song from the number-one spot and broken into Kugou Music’s Top 500 chart!

Looking at Lin Yi, Lin Youjia seemed to see another person: Jay Chou.

Lin Yi was far too similar to him.

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When Jay Chou released a new song, the impact had been just as fierce and devastating.

Still, Lin Yi and Jay Chou were different.

Jay Chou had deep foundations—decades of accumulated experience.

Lin Yi, on the other hand, was merely a newcomer.

A newcomer had released a song with phenomenon-level popularity right out of the gate. Damn it, was anyone else supposed to survive this?

Lin Youjia almost wanted to die.

He had already planned to officially release his new song within the next few days.

That was right—the new song had also been written by Lin Yi.

But now that it had encountered Lin Yi’s “Your Answer,” he found himself hesitating.

Was he really going to pit a song written by Lin Yi against Lin Yi himself?

It felt strange.

No matter what the outcome was, he felt he would gain nothing.

Lin Yi would be the winner either way.

“Damn it.” At the thought, Lin Youjia felt utterly miserable.

“Well? Have you made up your mind?” Lin Hong asked, barely suppressing his laughter as he looked at Lin Youjia’s bitter expression.

“What else can I do? Push it back, obviously. Do you really expect me to force it through?” Lin Youjia shot him a glare and replied gloomily.

Even a fool could see that “Your Answer” was about to take off.

Choosing to confront it head-on now would undoubtedly be foolish.

“I was honestly afraid you might do something rash.” Hearing Lin Youjia’s decision, Lin Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“I’m not an idiot. Of course I know how to choose. I don’t want other people treating me like a laughingstock.”

“That’s the company’s plan. Once the buzz around Lin Yi’s song dies down, you’ll officially release your new song.”

“You want me to ride his popularity?” Lin Youjia frowned, his displeasure evident. “When did I, Lin Youjia, sink to the point of relying on someone else’s popularity?”

Wasn’t the company simply planning to wait until the attention surrounding Lin Yi’s song was nearly exhausted, then release his own song—also written by Lin Yi—and tie the two together for publicity?

Disgusting!

“Youjia, there’s something I’m not sure I should say. No matter when you release your new song, as long as Lin Yi’s name is attached to it, it will naturally spark discussion and generate attention. Unless...” Lin Hong paused for a moment, staring intently at Lin Youjia. “Unless Lin Yi’s name isn’t on it.”

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Lin Youjia stared blankly at Lin Hong, then finally let out a helpless sigh.

The two songs he had the highest hopes for on his new album were precisely the ones Lin Yi had written for him.

If he removed those two songs, there truly would not be anything remarkable left on his new album.

He had also considered another possibility: taking possession of Lin Yi’s songs and changing the credited lyricist and composer to himself.

But the thought vanished as quickly as it appeared.

Lin Yi still had plenty of excellent songs in his hands, and he did not want to fall out with him.

Besides, who knew whether Lin Yi had other evidence proving that the two songs belonged to him?

If he did, Lin Youjia would be ruined.

And besides, he was unwilling even to ride Lin Yi’s popularity, let alone commit such a despicable and shameless act.

“Youjia, in the entertainment industry, it’s best to follow the rules of the entertainment industry,” Lin Hong consoled him.

The room immediately fell silent.

After a long while, a voice as faint as a mosquito’s whisper finally sounded.

“Mm.”

The train arrived at Changxia Station and stopped. The two female university students got off there.

Just as Lin Yi was about to close his eyes and rest, a male student suddenly came over and said, “Lin Yi, um, could you switch seats with me?”

“Switch seats?” Lin Yi was somewhat puzzled. Why did he want to switch?

Lin Yi remembered that the boy in front of him was a classmate. He was currently sitting with Zhang Siqi and the others.

“Well, I’m not used to sitting with them,” the boy said awkwardly, scratching his head.

“All right.” Seeing that he did not appear to be joking, Lin Yi agreed.

“Thanks.”

“No problem.”

P.S. Tomorrow morning’s six o’clock update has been moved to two in the afternoon. I can’t help it—I’m exhausted today.

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