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Chapter 131 Are you trying to wipe them out completely? Xia Shen [88 chapters]

Soon, the related Weibo poll had already reached hundreds of thousands of votes, and it was still climbing steadily.

The vast majority, almost 99%, of voters cast their votes in favor. There were some who voted against, but their votes were insignificant in the face of the overwhelming number of those in favor.

And so, very soon, Xia Shen did indeed meet with the representatives from Riot Games.

"Congratulations, Professor Xia Shen, we will be partners from now on."

The representative sent by Riot Games was a Chinese national, who was also Riot's main market manager in China and was currently affiliated with Tencent.

Xia Shen was still somewhat dazed as he looked at the contract he had just signed.

He was aware of the recent online poll about Riot Games asking netizens to vote on the season's theme song.

He originally thought that Riot Games was only interested in the song "Legends Never Die" and simply wanted to sign it to use as their theme song.

To his utter surprise, the demands that Quan made after meeting the other person left him speechless.

Because Riot Games wants more than just the song "Legends Never Die," they also want him as a person.

In response, the other party even offered a series of very favorable conditions.

For example, the song "Legends Never Die" was purchased for a five-year copyright at a cost of $500 million per year!
Furthermore, a production contract was signed, establishing a partnership between Xia Shen and Riot Games. Xia Shen will be given priority consideration for music production opportunities in future Riot games.

They also promised that the usage fee would never be lower than the standard of "Legends Never Die".

He can even participate in special revenue sharing for some special types of music.

For example, if he creates a song for a skin, he can enjoy a 1% commission on skin sales!
It has to be said that the allure of this contract was so great that Xia Shen had almost nothing to consider.

Therefore, after a moment's thought, he immediately agreed to the contract without hesitation and signed his name!
From then on, "Legends Never Die" officially became the theme song for the 2026 League of Legends World Championship!

At the same time, the news that Xia Shen had signed a contract with Riot Games was also officially announced, causing a stir.

"Holy crap, I really didn't expect this. I thought Xia Shen was only signing a contract with Riot Games for one song, but I didn't expect them to sign him as a whole!"

"Huh? This won't do, will it? I seem to remember that Xia Shen is signed with a company, right? Isn't he under Visual Effects? How can he sign with Riot Games? Isn't that a breach of contract?"

"It's different, okay? He signed an artist management contract with Visual Effects, which means that within the Visual Effects company, he is positioned as an artist, a singer. But his contract with Riot Games is different. Similarly, his contract with July Records is a producer contract, a collaboration on music creation. So, in reality, Riot Games is still nominally connected with Visual Effects."

"I see, I understand now."

"Congratulations to Xia Shen and Zhou Yumeng."

"So, does that mean I'll be able to see them both at the World Championship Finals this year?"

"Yes, I'm quite looking forward to it. After so many years, finally a Chinese person is in charge of the theme song for the League of Legends World Championship."

"This song deserves it; it truly lives up to its reputation!"

"The 'Singer' program team suffered a huge loss, and Zhang Yuge became the biggest clown, hahahahaha!"

"Comparing the two songs side by side is simply incomparable; the difference is too great."

After saying that, the fans continued to criticize the "Singer" program team.

Time, in this way, passed by little by little.

In the past few days, apart from people making fun of "The Singer" whenever they have a spare moment, there has been very little other discussion.

This gives people the feeling that the show might be doomed starting from the next round. There haven't been many rounds yet, and there's still a while before the final winner is decided.

This is actually the issue that the production team is most concerned about and worried about right now.

This year is truly different from previous years. In the past, the upheavals were still within their control, but this year is completely different; they have escaped their control.

The withdrawal of two strong teams made him feel less confident about the third episode. But did he regret it? Actually, he wouldn't say he regretted it.

Because he was just caught in the middle, he was actually quite helpless about some things, and some things had to be done by someone.

It can only be said that some people are already unhappy because the person they wanted to promote failed to achieve success, and there has been little progress so far, with the backlash from public opinion being quite severe.

If he fails to achieve anything, someone will likely blame him.

It all depends on tonight.

However, there is still something to be thankful for: the show has always been quite popular, so we can only hope that even though people criticize it, they will still continue to watch it.

But this time the theme is electronic music.

Without two of the world's top 100 producers, the level of electronic music production by Chinese producers is questionable.
It's hard to say, really hard to say.

Soon, time passed in agony, and the final judgment arrived.

The final data sent a chill down Zhang Qianglin's spine.

Because the traffic at the start of this event was less than half.

It's important to understand that the initial traffic can determine all subsequent data for the entire live stream; the subsequent traffic increase will only be less than one-third of the initial amount.

Unless something truly explosive happens later.

But clearly, it's impossible.

The following episode was a nightmare for Zhang Qianglin and the entire production team.

A complete nightmare.

This time, there were no surprises or song changes.

However, in the end, everyone's performance was unsatisfactory.

There's nothing we can do about it; after all, the level of electronic music in China is what it is.

Fortunately, international player Miles performed brilliantly and finally showed her full potential.

This can be seen as a shot in the arm for this episode, which was already boring and its popularity was declining, and the number of viewers is starting to come back.

On the contrary, just as Zhang Qianglin regained some comfort and was planning to think of some ways to continue to win back popularity, at least he had stabilized his popularity for the time being.
At the same time, the director hurriedly approached him.

"Director, something terrible has happened!"

"What's all the fuss about? Can't you just stay calm?" Zhang Qianglin said impatiently.

"Xia Xia has started her live stream." The director hesitated for a moment.

"So what if they're going to start broadcasting? What's it to us?" Zhang Qianglin immediately said.

“Our popularity is starting to drop. He’s playing a new song in his live stream, which is the same topic as our show,” the director said. “Oh, right, Alex and Angelina have also started their live streams.”

Zhang Qianglin: "??????"

Damn it, you want to wipe them all out, huh?
At the same time, in the live broadcast room.

Xia Shen stood in front of the DVD player, with Zhou Yumeng beside him.

He said, "So next, a new song, 'Titanium,' will be for you."

(End of this chapter)