Love Variety Show: The despised me exploded in popularity

Chapter 93 The Person Who Cut the Cake Also Received a Gift

"Harmonizing chords just makes the music sound better..."

In the quiet living room of the first floor, the sound of an online class echoed, making people drowsy. Anyone new might have thought they stumbled into a study session.

The barrage of comments burst into laughter, turning the atmosphere.

"Xu hasn't been up to mischief all day, and as soon as he does, it's something big. Way too abstract."

"Inspect Xu closely. I suspect he's not clean either."

"Do we even need to investigate? Pfft, he's a bottom-feeder, a pure scumbag!"

The torrential rain showed no sign of stopping, and Xu Qingyan lay on his side on the couch, his head leaning askew as he watched the class. From the corner of his eye, he could just cover Pei Muchan sitting on the opposite sofa.

Halfway through, the signal suddenly cut out, and the video froze.

He faintly heard singing, raised his head, and perked up his ears to listen for a moment. It felt oddly familiar, but with the storm raging outside, it might have just been his imagination.

A few seconds later, the signal was restored, and the drowsy online class continued.

"Argh! I can't take it anymore!" Shen Jinyue stood up, pointing at Xu Qingyan, "Can't you turn it off? It's making my head explode, I'm so woeful!"

"Nope," Xu Qingyan paused the video and spoke solemnly, "Metaphysics. If you can't handle it, drop out. Shen Jinyue, if you can't keep up, don't hold me back from advancing."

"Who's holding you back? Can't you wear headphones?"

"I have some, I'll lend them to you!" Saying this, Shen Jinyue began to dig through her small bag, "I've got a game console here too. Play this for a bit, bro. I'm really afraid you might actually learn something."

"Don't try that with me. I want to quietly work hard and astonish everyone," Xu Qingyan said.

Shen Jinyue looked at him, speechless. This damn guy's voice and keyboard clicks were almost unbearable. His idea of quietly working hard was deafening and hypnotic.

Before long, Lin Wanzhou came back.

She stole a glance at Xu Qingyan, then settled back on the couch. When she risked another look, her luck failed her and she was caught. Their eyes met, and Lin Wanzhou quickly diverted her gaze.

Xu Qingyan also felt baffled, his thoughts becoming somewhat scattered.

A staff member came in from outside with their chest soaked in a circle, clearly from rainwater that had seeped into their raincoat. With this weather, they couldn't have used an umbrella and probably just dashed over.

Standing there, he took a card from his pocket. He announced that the production team had terminated the shooting contract with male guest Chen Feiyu, retaining the right to pursue losses.

Hearing the word "retain," it was pretty much understood that they were not pursuing it. In other words, if you have any sense, quickly get off the internet and stop yapping to keep the incident's impact to a minimum.

After all, the production team didn't care about the truth, unless someone was slandered with false rumors. But with Chen Feiyu's indisputable evidence piling up, there was no hiding it, so the best move was to cut the Gordian knot.

It was also a wake-up call for the other guests: don't stir up trouble, and if you have any skeletons in your closet, hide them well.

"So what happens to Chen Feiyu?" driven by curiosity, Shen Jinyue scooted next to Xu Qingyan, squatting down to ask, "Does this mean he's just out of the show?"

"Seems like it. What are you so happy about?"

"I'm not... I'm not, don't talk nonsense!" Shen Jinyue's face stiffened, "I'm just curious, that's all. How can they continue shooting without one person?"

"How can they not continue shooting? You do this tomorrow." Xu Qingyan beckoned Shen Jinyue over and whispered a stream of instructions, which left Shen Jinyue with her mouth agape.

"Can we really do it this way?"

"Don't worry about it, just make the choice that way," Xu Qingyan said, "You can't back out now that you've agreed, or you'll have half a year of bad luck."

"Hey! I won't back out!" Shen Jinyue shook her head vigorously.

"Then it's settled."

"Let's go!"

"What for?"

"An agreement has to be sealed with a pinky promise!" Shen Jinyue said with a look of arrogance, as if she knew all too well. "Don't you know that, an agreement needs to be sealed with a pinky promise."

"Eh, forget it, pinky promises are too mushy," he said. "Let's do a high-five instead, that works too."

"That's fine."

With a slap, the two childishly high-fived, both revealing identical smiles ???.

Pei Muchan glanced at Xu Qingyan, who was getting mushy with Shen Jinyue, his eyes lowered without much of a reaction. Lin Wanzhou, on the other hand, seemed somewhat downcast, as if in low spirits.

Soon, another phone call came in.

Lin Wanzhou stood up and left. The moment she answered the call, she heard Wen Yun say straightforwardly,

"Once the final product is out, give him 800,000 to buy the rights outright."

"Ah, he doesn't want that; he only wants 200,000 plus royalties," she pursed her lips, holding back a smile with her phone in hand, as if the person cutting the cake also received a gift.

"Doesn't want 800,000? No idea if he can even finish writing the whole song!" Wen Yun grumbled, "Zhouzhou, tell me the truth, did he propose the deal of 200,000 plus royalties, or was it you?"

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"It was him. I didn't say anything."

"This is odd; how can a newbie dare to ask for royalties, and at that price... even those old-timers at most ask for 500,000 per song."

"But, he's packaging both lyrics and music," Lin Wanzhou said cheerfully.

"So annoying, why is this person so troublesome?" Wen Yun sighed, "But this song is definitely a hit, the kind that might be a classic for decades."

"Are all newbies this terrifying nowadays? They're way better than those old-timers the company nurtures. Give them fifty years, and they still couldn't produce a song like this."

"I give up; the company is hell-bent on forcing us to compromise. We definitely can't sign the contract. With your bright future ahead, you now have to grit your teeth and pay for the album production out of your own pocket."

Wen Yun really didn't want to give praise, especially since this song was written by Xu Qingyan.

If Xu Qingyan were a man in his thirties or forties, she wouldn't hesitate to lavish praise on the song, hyping it to the skies. But Xu Qingyan was so young, yet capable of writing music of such quality, and he knew Lin Wanzhou.

Being good-looking is just a face, after all; talent is truly hard to contend with.

Things could go wrong....

Lin Wanzhou was a talent she had nurtured from scratch; Wen Yun knew better than anyone how much hardship she had endured.

Now, after a hard struggle, she was finally making headway, with only two months left to complete her contract with the company. Even though her popularity might decline, her future still held boundless prospects.

If possible, if given the chance to do it all over again, Wen Yun would definitely not listen to Qi Ting's advice and let Lin Wanzhou go on a dating reality show.

Every mistake, every error, was all Qi Ting's fault!

"Are you sure that this song is his original creation?" Wen Yun asked again, "If it turns out to be plagiarism or theft, we could really take a big loss."

"I'm sure it's his work, absolutely no plagiarism or theft!" Lin Wanzhou said.

Wen Yun: "....."

It's over, the pig hasn't made a move yet, but the cabbage is sprouting legs and running away. There's nothing more sorrowful than a sense of defeat; Wen Yun truly felt defeated now.

"Alright, alright, let's make a verbal agreement with him for now. We'll buy it, credit his name for lyrics and composition, then the copyrights won't be tied to the company anymore, and it'll be easier to take with us later."

"Mhm." Lin Wanzhou's lips curled slightly as she whispered, "Sister Yun, can I offer him a bit more?"

"No, you can't!" Wen Yun flatly rejected!