Chapter 565: Chapter 300: Forge Ahead Triumphantly
Xu Qingyan wouldn’t give her the time to “correct” things, once you loose the arrow there’s no getting it back; before you know it, they’ve got a bunch of kids.
Ambiguity during the courtship phase is natural, but once that barrier is crossed, desire is a common human response.
The situation right now is just that, there’s been kissing and touching. Delving in too deep… it’s not that sacred, it doesn’t always happen on a bed bathed in wine.
When the mood strikes, poking through that window paper is but a fleeting thought.
Ambiguity is about gradually placing the other person on a pedestal, then peeling them like an onion layer by layer until you’re left with the creamy white at the core, ready to be stir-fried in raging oil.
Time flies, and it’s early May.
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A major earthquake hits the entertainment industry, a fierce crackdown on tax evasion scares a bunch of veteran artists into closing their companies overnight, and a group of middle-aged folks rush to close off their social media accounts.
The onlookers are dumbfounded; tax evasion isn’t even considered a felony. If you can’t talk your way out or pay up, you’re off to the “dragon’s lair” to come to enlightenment, and when you come out, there’s nothing left.
Meanwhile, a new group called “Rainfall” emerges, claiming to be trainees returning from Korea. With their exquisite singing and dance skills, they trounce the local groups on the mainland.
In short, these foreign monks knock the local fat chickens down the river. The new generation of idols are like chickens and dogs made of clay, who, after some grumbling, choose acceptance.
What can you do if you don’t accept it? They can fight. With their lineage from Xia country and business acumen from the peninsula, plus a special love for fans, as long as they’re patriotic, well, there’s no escape.
In just half a year, no one talks about Ji Chen anymore; even pop-rock is slowly fading from public view.
In variety shows, the love-themed ones have concocted new antics. Choose a boyfriend by his physique – women pick men from behind a curtain, judging by everything from feet to chest, raking in attention.
There’s criticism and praise alike, and the spit-fighting even prompts official intervention. On one hand, the criticizers are inching towards a battle of the sexes, and on the other… well, the state media need to eat too.
In the movie domain, dozens of films are released one after another. The top box office, “The Missing Wife”, barely reaches seventy million, indicating a stable market.
But the entertainment industry has always been a mixed bag, with many posing as artists doing a lot more than that. By comparison, the music scene seems much cleaner.
Many people carry a screen filter for the stars; they seem like a group of highly emotionally intelligent, exceedingly polite, and successful individuals through the camera lens.
In reality, there are no barriers to this circle. Many stars, regardless of gender, have volatile personalities, are prone to rage, crass, vulgar, and stingy.
In the past few months, no geniuses have emerged. There are three categories, the traffic-chasing singers, the creators, and those who scrounge for gold through commercial performances and variety shows.
In terms of making money, creators are not at an advantage, but Pei Muchan and Lin Wanzhou are exceptions.
In comparison, high-quality singers like Pei Muchan and Lin Wanzhou stand out from the crowd. It’s not that they don’t have competition, but their rivals are nothing but straw bags.
Setting aside whether they sing well or not, there are countless hidden mines in these singers’ private lives. Some cross over, some join silver parties, and some create fan drama.
No one is truly competing inward; countless are competing to be the worst. It can’t be helped; the money is just too good. There’s an endless supply of chives to cut, and legions of fawning fans that can’t be driven away, raking in the money until your hands go soft.
That’s why some stars shine bright and then suddenly vanish. After a few quiet days, a giant scandal breaks, and then they disappear into a low-key retirement, which is pretty standard for the industry.
Now when one mentions one artist, they must mention the other. “Pei” and “Lin” have become synonyms for quality new songs recently, with each release assured to be a hit.
The two women have different styles. Pei Muchan doesn’t do commercial gigs at all, relying on a mix of creativity and business through her studio. Even her fans seldom end up at her live events.
Lin Wanzhou’s style is younger, supported by a powerful management team. Apart from major commercial performances in the beginning, the resources she now gets her hands on are somewhat related to the officials.
The reason people must mention Pei and Lin when it comes to new music in the industry is not only because of the two hit albums that were recently popular, but more importantly, both women have remained unblemished.
So to be honest, after years of shenanigans in the music industry—tax evasion, color gatherings, under-the-table dealings with power—suddenly, they were hit hard by the iron fist of tax evasion and left void.
Add to that the sneak attacks by foreign artists and their lack of skills, their territory was being eroded bit by bit, and their fans had left. Those previous idol singers were gone, and the old artists shut up.
After the great filtering, people suddenly realized that honest singers are precious.
They’ve got nothing to prop up, just Pei Muchan and Lin Wanzhou, who actually do their job well as singers, focusing on creation and releasing songs, covering up the scandals in the music industry.
Pei Muchan is busy flirting and has no time to pay attention to all the hype. Lin Wanzhou is busy writing new songs, meeting with Xu Qingyan, and except for fixed activities, she barely shows her face.
For a while, this purposeful hype suddenly died down. It caught everyone off guard as the fever they stirred up didn’t result in the main characters showing up.
In their awkwardness, they had to settle for propping up others.
Jiang Ling seems quite active, Lin Chuan isn’t bad either, Hua Chengnian… despite some guile, he’s not beyond promotion, so let’s call him the master musician of the industry.
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“On May 12, the hype for ‘The Legend of Martial Arts’ had died down, and I hear the game is still in production. But I’m not holding my breath; they’re probably waiting for the summer season when ‘The Legend of Martial Arts’ is at its peak to cash in. It’s just the old foxes, one laughing at the other, none mentioning ‘Strange Tales’; I’m positive they’re headed for a flop.”
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