102: Did this person's house collapse, or was the seal lifted?

Producer Tang Shan scanned the comment section, seeing everyone was agitated, and suddenly felt a lot better herself.

She stood up and walked towards the bathroom, sliding to the lyrics interface and dragging the music progress bar to the beginning, wanting to sing along to a couple of lines.

Suddenly, her steps halted, and she blinked, staring at her phone screen.

Huh? The lyricist and composer are… Chen Fang?! The celebrity who’s going to audition for "legend of fong sai-yuk"?

A hint of confusion flashed in Producer Tang Shan's eyes.

She knew that Chen Fang debuted as a singer and had released two decent songs last month, but Yue Qingzhu always used top-tier composers and was very picky about her taste.

Is this that Chen Fang? Did they just have the same name?

Producer Tang Shan quickly opened a web search.

A moment later, Tianji Entertainment's promotional article popped up on the page; clicking into it, the accompanying picture was indeed that young idol.

Producer Tang Shan was slightly stunned.

Three masterpieces released consecutively in one month?

"one meat and one vegetable," "the brightest star in the night sky," "flammable and explosive."

This was simply a born composer.

Then… why would he audition for EErdo?

Producer Tang Shan's brows furrowed slightly.

With such talent in lyrics and composition, why not focus on that and instead come to act?

What is Tang Chen doing?

Producer Tang Shan let out a questioning hum, collected her thoughts, and walked into the bathroom.

…

As night deepened, the city lights gradually extinguished.

The Dragon Boat Festival kicked off.

The entertainment industries in various cities also ushered in a short peak in revenue.

The film and television industry was no exception.

Many entertainment companies were bustling, busy with short dramas premiering and music being released today.

The sun climbed halfway into the sky, and the time reached just past one in the afternoon.

Tencent Entertainment Program Production Center.

The Director of "The Voice of Nature" returned to his office after lunch.

"The Voice of Nature" would only air in the summer, but he still had another variety show currently broadcasting, and he had to go to the studio hall in the film and television park in the evening.

The Director yawned, just about to rest on the sofa, when a knock sounded at the door.

"Come in."

A young man with a buzz cut entered, holding documents and a bag.

The Director smiled, "Xiao Zhao, you're back at work today? Feeling better?"

This was his former assistant, who had been working on another show but was hospitalized due to illness a month ago. He had just been discharged this week and couldn't keep up with the original show's progress, so he was just transferred to "The Voice of Nature" yesterday.

Judging by this, he must have come to give a gift.

Xiao Zhao bowed slightly and closed the door, "Much better, thank you, Director Qin. Two days ago, Brother Liu asked me to keep an eye on the guest's new song rankings. I just saw you come in and thought, since I haven't greeted you since I came back, I'd follow you to bother you and report on my work at the same time."

Xiao Zhao chuckled as he put down the black plastic bag in his hand and pulled out a package with gold and red intertwined packaging from inside.

The Director glanced at it.

Two bottles of Maotai, two packs of Huazi cigarettes, liquor and cigarettes equal, with 600 sheets (of cash) underneath. Quite sincere.

The Director smiled, "Why be so polite? Sit." He sat on the sofa himself, poured him a cup of tea, and handed it to him, "How are the guests' data?"

Xiao Zhao opened the folder clasp, "At 12 PM, the half-day data statistics from various music platforms were released. From the comprehensive music data rankings, five of our guests made it into the top 20."

"Oh?" The Director's eyes lit up. "The Voice of Nature" has a total of six guests, five participated in the Music Billboard Season, and all of them made it on the first day? "Tell me the rankings."

Xiao Zhao took out materials from the document bag as he spoke, "This doesn't include MV, just the ranking based on data like music play count, download count, and comment count."

"Mm, I know." The Director nodded. Some songs don't have MVs, so the music and MV rankings are listed separately.

Xiao Zhao put the documents on his lap, "Still read them backward?"

"Yes, you still understand me." The Director smiled. He usually read rankings backward on variety shows, and when he wasn't busy, he also liked to announce small rankings for a few people backward, which gave him a gossip-like pleasure.

He guessed that the highest would be Sun Lingyun, probably in the top five.

Xiao Zhao flipped to the document and began to read:

"Teacher Lin's 'Ferry,' ranked 18th."

"Hmm? Teacher Lin's is a bit low." The Director frowned. In his opinion, Teacher Lin's strength among the guests could rank second, and he should have entered the top ten. If the data isn't ideal in a couple of days, he'll contact Teacher Lin's team and suggest they boost the data.

Xiao Zhao continued, "Teacher He Jianing's 'Heartbeat,' ranked 15th. Teacher Liang Yuchen's 'Silent Confession,' ranked 12th, and the remaining two are in the top ten."

The Director nodded in satisfaction, "Not bad, continue."

It seems Sun Lingyun and Guo Zixuan had a good start, entering the top ten.

Sun Lingyun was within his expectations.

Guo Zixuan was also good; after Yue Qingzhu left, he invited Guo Zixuan to take her place.

Guo Zixuan and Yue Qingzhu's singing abilities were similar, both ranking in the upper-middle tier among the mentors. Entering the top ten on the first day of the charts was very good.

"Teacher Sun Lingyun's 'Fireworks,' ranked sixth."

The Director was slightly surprised, and also a little pleased.

Guo Zixuan made it into the top five?

He really didn't invite the wrong person!

"What's the last one?"

"Fourth, Teacher Yue Qingzhu's 'flammable and explosive.'"

The Director was about to slap his thigh, but his raised hand paused, the curve of his lips disappeared, and his cheeks were somewhat stiff, "Who did you say?"

"Teacher… Teacher Yue Qingzhu." Xiao Zhao blinked.

The Director took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and forced out a smile, "You just returned from the hospital, and your work handover isn't complete yet, right? We've changed mentors; can you check where Guo Zixuan is ranked?"

"Ah? Sorry, sorry, I just came back to the company and to our production team, I didn't know yet, I'll check immediately!"

Xiao Zhao quickly flipped through the documents. He felt a little sweaty, hoping that Teacher Yue was only replaced due to some matter? If the cooperation was terminated due to conflict, wouldn't he have put his foot in his mouth?

Xiao Zhao shrunk his neck, forcing out an awkward smile, "Teacher Guo's 'You From Afar' is ranked 21st."

The Director felt stifled as if he had been deflated. After a two-second pause, he took a deep breath, "Got it. Keep an eye on it, and report to me again after the Dragon Boat Festival holiday."

"Okay, then I'll let you get back to work." Xiao Zhao stood up, bowed, and placed the gift closer to him, nodding cautiously before turning to leave.

The door closed, and the Director slumped back against the sofa, letting out a long sigh.

How could this be?

When they terminated the cooperation in late April, he had clearly inquired about Yue Qingzhu's situation. At that time, Liu Lu was still looking everywhere for lyricists and composers, trying several but none were satisfactory.

In May, he even heard that she had rejected Qin Lang, who had won a Golden Melody Awards. He thought at the time that she must have completely broken down, become useless and dejected, and should just pack her bags and go home.

How did a song like "flammable and explosive" suddenly pop up now, even soaring to fourth place on the charts?

And the Guo Zixuan he replaced her with was actually relegated to 21st place. Isn't this slapping his face, clearly telling his peers that he, a music variety show director, is a poor judge of character?

The Director's features tightened, and he irritably raised a hand to rub his hair.

Who? Who wrote it for her?

The Director picked up his phone with his right hand, opened Tencent Music, and searched, only to see at the beginning of the lyrics:

[Lyrics: Chen Fang]

[Music: Chen Fang]

Chen Fang?

His mind went blank for a moment. He immediately clicked on a short video platform to search, and seeing the promotional photo, he confirmed that it was indeed the Chen Fang whose news clarification had been everywhere a few days ago.

The Director was a bit bewildered.

Is this person's career collapsing or has he been unsealed?

How come after breaking ties with Jiakang, he's releasing hit songs one after another?

But then again, compared to Jiakang missing out on Chen Fang, his own act of replacing someone doesn't seem like such a big blunder.

Thinking of this, the Director breathed a sigh of relief, tugged on his blanket, and lay down on the sofa, preparing for a nap.

After lying down, he picked up his phone and swiped to the top, only to realize he had just missed an important piece of information.

At the top of the search results page for "flammable and explosive Chen Fang," there was a striking line of text: [Entertainment Chart TOP8: "flammable and explosive" MV is Explosively Beautiful]