After offending capital, my songs became more and more popular.

Chapter 52 Blind Fortune Telling
With his song "Wanjiang," Shen Ming'en once again triumphed on the "Chinese Music Awards" program. Despite being a nobody in the entertainment industry wielding two watermelon knives, he managed to fight his way from Nantianmen to Penglai East Road. This kind of story is just too exciting! Even Boruto next door would be envious...

Because of his excessive enthusiasm, not long after his performance, trending topics related to him appeared on various platforms such as Douyin, Weibo, Xiaohongshu, and Zhihu.

"#Shen Ming'en's 'Ten Thousand Frontiers'!"

"#The red sun rises in the east, its path is filled with rosy light!#"

"#Opera and revolutionary songs, is that it? Hajime, you bastard...#"

"#Shen Ming'en: So what if the theme changes? So what if the musical style changes? Nothing can stop my sincere love for my motherland!"

"#Our nation, with its vast borders, is guided by benevolence; a belief that has remained unchanged for millennia!#"

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Such trending topics flooded major social media platforms almost the night Shen Mingen's "Wanjiang" was released. That night, no matter who you were, if you opened your phone and scrolled through ten videos, at least three or four of them would be related to Shen Mingen!

As a popular style of traditional Chinese opera that is currently favored by young people, and also a national treasure, Shen Ming'en's live performance of "Wanjiang" quickly topped the new song charts and hot song charts on various platforms as soon as it was released, and related videos received an average of hundreds of thousands of likes!
While the topic remains incredibly popular, there's also a lot of discussion about it!
[Hilarious! The production team wanted to put on a difficult challenge to contain my Emperor, but in the end, it was the other singers who looked ridiculous...]

The significance of the phrase "Emperor Ming'en's absolute rule throughout eternity" continues to rise!

[Shen Ming'en: Do you even know how valuable the Thunder Yatalia is?!]

[Haha, I was there! When Shen Ming'en sang the first half of the song, everyone thought he had gone off-topic and started writing in a traditional Chinese style. But when he started singing in the opera style, everyone was proven wrong!]

To be honest, this kid is really versatile; he can sing both bel canto and Peking opera. His Peking opera singing gives me goosebumps!

[More than that! My family still hasn't finished the chicken skin soup we made!]

Let's see what tricks their production team has up their sleeve now, hahaha...

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As the most popular and action-packed anime of 2025, Shen Ming'en has received a lot of attention. Many people are discussing and speculating about what kind of challenge the "Chinese Music Awards" program will give Shen Ming'en in the next episode...

When this topic came up, many people commented below:
[I don't think the show's producers will actually eliminate Shen Ming'en. After all, Shen Ming'en is so popular; how much benefit does he bring to their show's sponsorship?]

[It seems that now is the time for cooperation and mutual benefit, like with sparrows.]

Capitalism is the most spineless thing, dddd...

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Many people believe that Shen Ming'en will have to compromise with the capital this time...

But is this really the case?
Looking at the online discussions, Director Niu, who had gone to attend the roundtable meeting, held a peeled, pure white egg, rubbed his eye which was slightly bruised from being hit by Wei Zihan yesterday, and sighed silently.

"I don't want to eliminate this 'living father' either..." Director Niu thought helplessly, "Unfortunately, he won't bow down and help the weak!"

Today's episode was the same as every previous one: a roundtable discussion within the production team regarding Shen Ming'en after filming. However, unlike previous episodes, this time the one taking the lead wasn't Director Niu, but rather…

Shen Ming'en's agent, Ma Ling.

Pushing open the meeting room door, the main creative team of the program was basically there. The central position facing the door was empty, naturally reserved for Director Niu. Next to Director Niu's seat, there was an extra seat, where Ma Ling, a professional woman in a suit, sat.

"Director Niu."

"Ha, you're here." The two greeted each other, but Director Niu's expression was not very pleasant.

Their show, "Chinese Music Center," was actually co-invested and produced by Ruixing Entertainment, the company behind Ma Ling. It's not a problem for Ma Ling, as the producer, to participate in internal meetings; she wouldn't offer any opinions. But the problem is…

Just like during yesterday's competition, whenever she arrives, she serves as a warning to the production team.

They absolutely mustn't eat alone...

"Let's discuss it," Director Niu said helplessly after taking his seat and glancing at everyone. "What about the next episode?"

"..."

Everyone was speechless for a while.

Niu Hulu Xu Qian, who was previously considered by Director Niu to be the new Phoenix Chick, also huddled in a corner, not saying a word.

On the contrary, Zhou Yang of Biyang looked at Xu Qian from afar with a hint of mockery in his eyes, as if to say, "Now you know how I feel, right?"

To be honest, at the roundtable meeting, everyone in the directing team initially disliked Shen Ming'en and wanted to help Director Niu get rid of this troublemaker...

But now, with Shen Ming'en joining the show "Creative Flight" one season after another, it seems that some special trait has emerged, and people like Zhou Yang and Director Niu have started to like Shen Ming'en instead.

I even kind of don't want him to be eliminated.

Everyone knows how successful their show was in attracting sponsors because of Shen Ming'en, and everyone also knows that Director Niu doesn't really want to eliminate Shen Ming'en anymore. Therefore, even if they have ideas, they remain silent.

Upon seeing this, Director Niu couldn't help but secretly curl the corners of his mouth upwards...

Sitting to the side, Ma Ling watched the silent crew members, her face twitching and her lips twitching uncontrollably...

As a seasoned agent with many years of experience, Ma Ling could easily see that the people in the meeting room were playing a game of cat and mouse with her!

Nobody wanted to eliminate Shen Ming'en, so nobody had any ideas, nobody spoke, they all sat there silently, acting like idiots with their mouths sewn shut...

They don't want to eliminate Shen Ming'en, but she can't afford not to!
If Shen Ming'en isn't eliminated this season, he'll definitely become even more arrogant and outrageous, thinking that the company and investors can't do anything to him. This will make it even harder for him to bow down and submit to the company and investors...

As Shen Mingen's manager, what is Ma Ling supposed to do after agreeing to so many gigs for him?!

The person will become useless!
Therefore, she was determined to have Shen Ming'en eliminated from the "Chinese Music Awards" program no matter what!

"Ahem..." Although as the production team, they shouldn't be involved in the details of the recording, Ma Ling finally couldn't help but cough lightly when she saw everyone in the meeting room giving her the runaround. She said, "Everyone, please express your opinions. We're doing this for the good of the program."

The entire production team burst into laughter upon hearing this...

For the good of the program?

You have such a ridiculous asshole that you could say something like that!

Blind fortune teller, you're just spouting nonsense with your blind eyes open!
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P.S.: Monthly tickets, guys! Monthly tickets! Brothers with monthly tickets on their phones, don't be stingy with them!

The plot will only get more and more intense from here on out, you're in for a treat!

(End of this chapter)