Huayu: From the Era of Ringtones to Becoming a Legend

"Another person?"

"Who is it?"

Lu Jiuge's expression turned gloomy.

Although he doesn't care, and even hopes that more people will smear him, all of that must be based on knowing the other party's background.

Just like when he learned from Liu Sixi that SG Records was targeting him, he acted as if he didn't care at all.

However, Lu Jiuge would never allow such targeting, where the enemy was unknown, to exist, because the uncontrollable crisis factors involved could bring about a crisis at any time!

Zuo Wei did not answer, but instead took out a brown paper document bag from the shoulder bag he was carrying and pushed it in front of Lu Jiuge.

"Luo Zhiqiang?"

Lu Jiuge frowned:

"That guy who sings about love? I have absolutely no connection to him, do I?"

"On the surface, it seems impossible to hit them."

The left image shows a file folder with dots on it.

"But your song 'Walking In The Sun' disrupted his company's carefully planned ringback tone promotion strategy and hindered his efforts to promote his products in mainland China this year!"

"Damn, what's going on here, Lao Zuo? Tell me in detail!"

Even with memories from both lifetimes combined, Lu Jiuge couldn't figure out where she had offended Luo Zhiqiang.

"Luo Zhiqiang became a sensation two years ago with the ending theme song of an idol drama. He followed a sunny idol route, and the company has always wanted to package him as a creative talent, but they have been struggling to produce any truly outstanding original works."

The person on the left speaks at a steady pace, clearly having already figured out the situation:

"At the beginning of this year, their company connected with SG Records, wanting to introduce the mature idol music production and charting model from South Korea, and to make Luo Zhiqiang the number one singer-songwriter in mainland China."

"Their first step is to quickly set a benchmark in the ringback tone market and online popularity!"

After hearing Zuo Wei's explanation, Lu Jiuge suddenly understood and let out a cold laugh:

"So, my song 'Walking In The Sun' popped up and got in his way?"

The left side shows a nod:

"That's right, Luo Zhiqiang's company invested over a million yuan in marketing and promotion for this, but unexpectedly, President Lu came along like a Cheng Yaojin!"

Lu Jiuge laughed teasingly:

"So, it seems I unintentionally ruined his big deal?"

He tapped his fingertips lightly on the table, considered for a moment, and then said:

"Keep the dirt on for now; it's not the time to release it."

The left side is unresolved:

"Mr. Lu, I have dirt on him. If we strike back now, we can catch him completely off guard..."

Lu Jiuge shook her head, interrupting him:

"What's the point of hurting him? I'm using this opportunity to fuel my own fire. The louder he yells now, the more I'll reap!"

"What? Mr. Lu, are you just going to let him set up this mess and smear us like this?"

Zuo Wei thought he had misheard and stared at Lu Jiuge in confusion.

"That's right!"

Lu Jiuge took a sip of tea and smiled as she gave the instructions:

"Not only do you not retaliate, you're also trying to guide and amplify the voices online that are currently criticizing me!"

"I especially want to highlight the contrast between me and Luo Zhiqiang! He's a classically trained, hardworking, and respectable idol, while I'm a shady, vulgar internet hustler!"

"The more clearly this antagonistic sentiment is highlighted, the better!"

Zuo Wei was completely dumbfounded. He had been in this industry for so many years and had seen people desperately trying to clear their names and people making private settlements, but he had never seen anyone like Lu Jiuge who actively asked his opponents to intensify their attacks on him!

"President Lu!"

After thinking for a while, still full of questions, Zuo Wei couldn't help but ask again:

"Can I ask why? This isn't a business strategy; this is putting ourselves in a very dangerous position."

"Moreover, Luo Zhiqiang has gone all out; if we don't retaliate, their offensive will only intensify!"

Lu Jiuge explained with a smile:

"What I want is for them to be even stronger!"

Lu Jiuge leaned forward slightly, staring at Zuo Wei:

"Old Zuo, you've dug up so much dirt, what are you most afraid of? It's not scandals, it's that nobody discusses them, it's that nothing happens."

Zuo Wei caught the key point in Lu Jiuge's words and his eyes lit up:

"You mean, use his gunpowder to set off our firecrackers?"

"right!"

Lu Jiuge smiled:

"Since he's willing to spend money to increase his media attention, I have no reason to refuse. Why not take advantage of this traffic?"

Lu Jiuge could not reveal the truth that she was trying to obtain negative faith points, so she carefully packaged all her motives under the logic of business and marketing.

Zuo opened his mouth, wanting to say that this was too risky, purely the act of a madman.

Once public opinion gets completely out of control, it can really ruin a person; many celebrities have been dragged down by scandals.

But looking into Lu Jiuge's calm yet resolute eyes, he swallowed his words and muttered to himself:

"This new boss seems to always do things unconventionally; he might have some schemes I'm unaware of!"

Thinking about Lu Jiuge's purpose in doing this, Zuo Wei didn't say anything more.

He remained silent for a few seconds, suppressing all his doubts, and looked up at Lu Jiuge:

"Okay, I know this routine well, I promise I'll do it your way!"

Seeing that Zuo Wei understood what she meant, Lu Jiuge didn't say anything more. She called Liu Sixi and the others into the office and reassigned tasks.

After handing over the battleground of public opinion to Zuo Wei and instructing Chen Bin to complete the business license registration for Jingjie Media as soon as possible, Lu Jiuge had Wang Guangjun and Ban Kaiwen learn from Zuo Wei, while he pulled Chen Bin and Liu Sixi into the recording studio.

"Old Liu, Old Chen, you guys help me check out this theme song for Wu Ziming's 'Song of Zhenguan'!"

"In addition, the download of the ringtone for the song 'Walking In The Sun' has reached a bottleneck, and it will be difficult to make any major breakthroughs in the future!"

Record "Liang Liang" today. If there are no problems, Lao Chen, release it immediately and have Zuo Wei, Wang Guangjun, and Ban Kaiwen promote it!

Neither of them objected to the suggestion, and they set up the recording studio equipment and began recording.

After working overtime for two consecutive days, the recording of "The Song of Zhenguan" and "Cooling Down" was completed.

After listening to the finished product of the song "Liang Liang", Liu Sixi and Chen Bin were very excited.

Chen Bin repeatedly confirmed, unwilling to give up:

"Xiao Lu, 'Liang Liang' is such a high-level song, are you really still going to use the free licensing method?"

Lu Jiuge nodded:

"That's right. Based on previous verification, we've confirmed that the free licensing and promotion model, which supports ringtone downloads, is the right approach. Let's continue implementing it!"

"Okay! I'll do as you say!"

Driven by results, with the success of the song "Walking In The Sun," Liu Sixi and Chen Bin were both convinced of Lu Jiuge's abilities. After listening to him, they had no objections and immediately went their separate ways to carry it out.

The company team was basically in place, and everyone was capable, which made Lu Jiuge much more relaxed. She no longer had to keep an eye on things every day, and she could spend her time visiting the set of "The Song of Zhenguan" to deepen her friendship with Wu Ziming.

The calm lasted for a week, then trouble came knocking on our door.

One week later, Monday afternoon.

Lu Jiuge was recording the song "There is a kind of love called letting go" at the company when a loud, ear-piercing car engine roar suddenly came from outside.

A piercing sports car engine roared from afar, then abruptly stopped at the company's main entrance, blocking most of the passageway.

Two cars followed behind, and five or six reporters got out of them.

Once the reporters were ready, Luo Zhiqiang got out of the car and stormed into the company, shouting:

Where is Lu Jiuge?

"Tell him to come out here! A country bumpkin who makes ringtones dares to block my way?"

"If you don't give me an explanation today, I guarantee you'll have no place in this industry from now on!"

Luo Zhiqiang's voice clearly reached the ears of Liu Sixi and Chen Bin in the office.