Chapter 230: Chapter 230 Are You Not Convinced? Chapter 230: Chapter 230 Are You Not Convinced? Ninety-eight points! A whopping ninety-eight points! The highest score ever in the history of Zhonghai Good Songs!
The entire audience was utterly stunned, silent for over twenty seconds, and what followed was deafening applause!
“How should I ‘Exist’!”
“An outcry from the bottom of my heart! A great song!”
“It feels like something is igniting!”
Applause, cheers, and shouts filled the entire venue; in the end, all the people were shouting only one name!
“Jiang Feng!” “Jiang Feng!” “Jiang Feng!” “Jiang Feng!” “Jiang Feng!” “Jiang Feng!”
It was earth-shattering!
“Jiang Feng, you did great! Super great!” a mentor sincerely exclaimed, “Congratulations on your transformation from a chrysalis to a butterfly!”
“Thank you! Thank you, mentors!” Jiang Feng said with tears streaming down his face, desperately expressing his gratitude.
“Of course, actually, what we’re more curious about is,” another mentor asked curiously, “the author of this song is…?”
Jiang Feng looked at the retreating figure of Wang Hao, hesitated, unsure whether to reveal it or not, but after a moment’s pause, he still said, “It’s Teacher Wang Hao who wrote and composed the song! Mr. Ning Weida did the arrangement!”
When the entire crowd heard this name, they all were stunned and then burst into even more frenzied admiration—
“A great song! It’s wonderfully made!”
“No wonder!” the mentor exclaimed, “Is this Wang Hao the same mysterious rising star, the comet-like figure? I know several of his songs are very good, ‘Wind, Rain, Rainbow, Resonant Roses,’ ‘Bubble,’ and so on, all super great! Now he created another superb song, amazing! A true genius!”
Jiang Feng smiled and said, “Yes, he… is so incredible!”
In the stands, Zeng Wenhui looked at the stunned Luo Shiyuan, triumphantly saying, “How about it, Luo? Your trip here wasn’t such a waste, was it?”
“It’s godly, sheer genius!” Luo Shiyuan exclaimed in shock, “A guy who’s failed sixty-four times in a row just turned his life around with this one song overnight! Damn! Damn!”
He was a man of standing, and yet he burst out with curses!
“This is too awesome!” After his astonishment subsided, Luo Shiyuan grabbed Zeng Wenhui’s hand, saying, “Zeng, quick! Take me to him! We’ve been worrying about the theme song and haven’t decided on anything, getting him on board will definitely do the trick!”
“Tsk, now you’re in a rush?” Zeng Wenhui said with a brow raised and a smile, “Who was it that said coming here was a waste of time?”
“I didn’t know, okay,” Luo Shiyuan said anxiously, “Zeng, please don’t give me the runaround right now, okay? I am really in a hurry!”
“Being in a hurry won’t help,” Zeng Wenhui responded helplessly, shrugging his shoulders, “You’ve got to see if he even has the time to do you a favor. Call his agent; if he’s not available, nobody’s words will matter!”
Humph, he criticized coming here as a waste of time, now let’s see him be anxious for a change!
Luo Shiyuan: “What?!”
“I ended up tossing a couple of threes, you took it too seriously and laid down a pair of circles…” Humming the song as he walked backstage, Wang Hao looked at Wei Yuanzhou still dazed in front of the TV and said, “Ah, Jiang Feng got ninety-eight points!”
Wei Yuanzhou: “…” Zhang Hua: “…” Su Hongye: “…”
Wang Hao walked over to the three of them, still humming along, “Jiang Feng got ninety-eight points!”
Wei Yuanzhou: “…” Zhang Hua: “…” Su Hongye: “…”
Wei Yuanzhou’s fists were clenched so tight that veins were popping out…
Wang Hao turned his head to look at the three of them, “What, you guys aren’t convinced? Jiang Feng scored ninety-eight!”
“Enough!” Wei Yuanzhou, furious and jumping up, yelled, “Can’t you say something else?!”
“Say something else?” Wang Hao thought for a moment, “Sure, Wei Yuanzhou scored ninety-four…”
Wei Yuanzhou: “…” Zhang Hua: “…” Su Hongye: “…”
Wei Yuanzhou really wanted to leap up and strangle the incredibly annoying person in front of him, but in the end, he had to hold it back…
“Mr. Wang Hao! Mr. Wang Hao, you are simply divine!” While they were stunned, a middle-aged man rushed over, came up to Wang Hao, and grabbed his hand, “Thank you! I’m Little Feng’s father, I don’t ask for him to be famous; as long as he can regain his confidence and be happy, that’s all that matters!”
He then stuffed a check into Wang Hao’s hand, “Mr. Wang Hao, here is three million, just a token of my gratitude! Please, you must accept it no matter what!”
Wang Hao: “Oh my, how could I possibly accept this…”
Though he said that, his body was honest—he never intended to refuse!
“Ha ha, no problem at all,” Wang Hao laughed heartily as he pocketed the check—now he was a millionaire too! Ha ha ha ha!
While Wang Hao was happy, Wei Yuanzhou and the other two were completely dumbstruck!
The young man in front of them, he was Mr. Wang Hao?!
The one who produced “Rainbow After Wind and Rain, Firm and Resolute Rose”, “Bubble”?
Wei Yuanzhou harshly slapped himself!
Damn it, if I had known this guy was Wang Hao, why the hell would I have bothered? I should have knelt down and clung to his leg immediately! Now I’ve completely offended him!
When you’re happy, you feel more spirited, so Wang Hao continued to hum, “Wei Yuanzhou scored ninety-four…”
Wei Yuanzhou: “…” Zhang Hua: “…” Su Hongye: “…”
This time, Wei Yuanzhou was truly kneeling. He dashed over and said, “Mr. Wang Hao, I’m really sorry. I didn’t realize it was you. I was offensive before, please forgive me!”
What a joke, this Wang Hao is incredibly influential. He only produced three songs and all of them hits!
“Oh, now you know?” Wang Hao curled his lip, “You’re not a good person, don’t apologize to me, I won’t accept it, hmph.”
“Mr. Wang Hao, you must forgive me!” Wei Yuanzhou was desperate, “I really didn’t know it was you before…”
“Young man, it’s clear you don’t understand where you went wrong,” Wang Hao hummed, “First, I know you’re rich, and being rich isn’t wrong, but you shouldn’t have been disrespectful. I gave you a slot earlier, and by all rights, you should have offered the next slot to me. That’s called reciprocity, which you didn’t do. Second, you mocked Jiang Feng despite your abilities; it shows you are narrow-minded and have a problem with your character. Third, you should be apologizing to Jiang Feng, not to me. No matter how you mock me is fine, but you shouldn’t have crushed Jiang Feng’s confidence.”
After saying all that, Wang Hao smiled breezily and said, “Actually, I’m not that vindictive, but the condition is that you understand your mistakes. Alright, I’m leaving now, come find me once you’ve figured it out. Otherwise, whatever you say is useless.”
Leaving Wei Yuanzhou speechless, Wang Hao wandered off leisurely.
That afternoon, almost all of the contestants following suffered tragedy; after all, with Jiang Feng setting the standard, the performances of the remaining contestants hardly garnered any attention. Zhang Hua, who was number ninety-six, barely made it through with a score of seventy.
At six o’clock, the audience began to get restless, their calls for Jiang Feng to sing again grew louder, and some even shouted that the whole audience was willing to buy tickets again just to hear him perform one more time.
By ten o’clock at night, Jiang Feng’s performance of “Existence” was uploaded to the internet, with people fervently sharing it, and his popularity began to skyrocket!
The next morning, this season’s “Zhonghai Good Songs” was pushed to the top of the Weibo hot search by enthusiastic fans, with a total of 8.2 million clicks and 300,000 shares. The second place was the video clip of Jiang Feng’s performance, totaling 780,000 clicks and 680,000 likes.
It’s worth mentioning that the third-ranked news had 2.2 million views.
By noon the next day, the high-quality download of “Existence” opened by Cool Song Music, charging an authorization fee of 500,000. In just two hours, it was downloaded 160,000 times, setting a record for the debut of a newcomer.
In the afternoon, the live video of Jiang Feng’s performance reached 4.6 million views, taking first place on the video website in terms of view count.
By evening, Jiang Feng became the top trending search term on the internet, overshadowing the second place by more than double the searches. Overnight, Jiang Feng, who had failed sixty-four times and made a magnificent turn on his sixty-fifth attempt, had become a household name, unrivaled in his moment of fame.
It’s worth mentioning that the story “Fighting Back After Numerous Defeats, The Magnificent Turn on the Sixty-Fifth Try” became the headline news in the entertainment section, with 5.8 million views—presumably, someone from another timeline fainted in the bathroom.
By noon on the third day, the download count of “Existence” on Cool Song Music reached 460,000, and the live video reached 12.2 million views, maintaining first place on the video site, with three times the views of the second-ranked video.