Huayu: From the Era of Ringtones to Becoming a Legend

Lu Jiuge's words sounded arrogant, but considering Qianxing Entertainment's previous record of creating one hit song after another, none of the forty singers had any doubts, and their chests were filled with burning excitement!

After the meeting, the singers, led by Liu Sixi, were first assigned rooms and then immediately began recording their songs.

Zuo Wei also became busy.

Mirror World Media's entertainment portal website, Mirror World Entertainment, has completed testing. According to Lu Jiuge's plan, Mirror World Entertainment is to make a splash with this launch.

Liu Sixi and his colleagues worked around the clock and finally managed to record singles for forty singers within three days.

At Lu Jiuge's command, forty divine songs were simultaneously launched online.

At the same time, Lu Jiuge had Zuo Wei announce on the Mirror World Entertainment website:

All songs released by Qianxing Entertainment are permanently and freely available, allowing for commercial use including recording, distribution, and playback.

All official download sites are exclusively authorized by Mirror World Entertainment's official website!

The moment the announcement was posted, the entire underground audio-visual market went wild.

In the audio-visual processing villages along the southern coast, countless small workshops are brightly lit, with machines humming all night long.

The bosses gripped their phones, staring at the constantly fluctuating red numbers on the ringtone download charts, their eyes filled with nothing but greed.

"Love for Sale" surpassed two million downloads in one hour.

"Damn Tenderness" topped the list of most popular songs on the streets.

Myth of Stars and Moon, Heartache 2009, Making a Mistake, Free Flight...

Forty songs, not one was bad, not one was not amazing.

The vendor rushed into the workshop, banging on the counter and shouting:

"Burn me Qianxing DVDs! I'll take as many as you have! They're the only ones accepted on the market right now!"

"The first thing customers ask me is if I have any songs by Qian Xing. If I don't, I can't do business!"

"Burn! Burn through the night! Burn all the blank discs!"

Without hesitation, the workshop owner tapped the keyboard, and the song files were directly imported into the CD burner.

The discs spun rapidly, continuously outputting discs printed with popular compilations of hit songs and ringtones.

Record stores on every street corner, night market stalls, entrances to farmers' markets, convenience stores at train stations...

Wherever there are crowds, the loudspeakers are playing Qianxing Entertainment songs on a loop.

"Want to buy a CD? The latest hit songs from Qianxing, all forty tracks included!"

"Give me one! I keep one in my car!"

"I want two copies, one for myself and one to give to a relative!"

The demand from fans came like a tsunami, and the cries from the streets and alleys almost overturned the entire audio-visual market.

The first thing this tsunami shattered was the doors of twelve traditional record companies.

That same night, inside a private club on the top floor of a building in Shanghai, the air was so cold it felt frozen, and the oppressive atmosphere was suffocating.

The operators, music directors, and senior executives of twelve record companies, including Yawei, Xinghai, and Tianyin, were all present.

On the long conference table, there was a uniformly printed playlist, as well as links to listen to forty songs from Qianxing Entertainment.

No one spoke.

Only the speakers were playing one new song after another from Qianxing Entertainment.

The melody of "Damn Tenderness" faded away.

"Has Anyone Told You" sings of the meaning of wandering.

"Love for Sale" is so catchy that you'll never forget it after just one listen.

"All About Love", "Temptation of the Man", "Angel's Wings"...

One song after another, with no weaknesses, no filler songs, all top-tier quality capable of dominating the charts.

After the video finished playing, the entire audience fell silent.

Zhao Mingliang of Yawei Records was deathly pale, his fingers gripping the pen so tightly that his knuckles turned blue.

"Forty, forty songs, all of this quality?"

The trader at Tianyin, standing nearby, spoke in a hoarse voice, his voice betraying barely concealed panic:

"It's not just about high quality... it's about hitting every sweet spot in the market! That's what's truly terrifying!"

"He has thoroughly grasped the market for ringback tones, the popularity of street performances, and the general public's aesthetic preferences."

Someone slumped back in their chair, their eyes vacant.

"We're still polishing albums according to industry practice, with only one or two hit songs out of ten tracks on a single disc, and the rest being filler tracks. But Lu Jiuge just threw in forty divine songs."

"This isn't competition...this is a devastating attack!"

"In less than a week, he will sweep the entire ringback tone market."

"Not just the ringtone market, but the entire Chinese music scene will become his domain!"

"The audience will only remember Qianxing Entertainment. All our companies will be trampled on and humiliated."

"The offline CD market is going to be monopolized! I heard that the owners of the top ten record factories in the country have already arrived at Hengdian World Studios, waiting to meet Lu Jiuge!"

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They joined forces to blacklist Lu Jiuge for more than half a year, thinking they could trap this grassroots dark horse to death.

No one expected that the opponent not only survived, but also brought with him forty divine songs, overturning their entire chessboard.

"We can't wait any longer."

Zhao Mingliang of Yawei Records suddenly spoke, his voice icy:

"If this continues, we will all be out of the game."

"We must go all out."

Everyone's eyes turned to look at it.

"Piracy workshops are now frantically burning his songs; this is our only way out."

Zhao Mingliang slammed his hand on the table, his tone fierce:

"Immediately issue a joint statement from the twelve major record labels banning this practice!"

"Any workshop or vendor that dares to burn or sell discs related to Qianxing Entertainment will be held legally responsible for infringing all of our copyrights, and will be severely punished and permanently held accountable!"

"Furthermore, expand the joint inspection team to 20,000 personnel!"

"All vehicles, personnel, and equipment are fully deployed, covering every province, county, and town across the country!"

"Search thoroughly, confiscate any discs belonging to Qianxing, and seize any CD burners you find!"

"I'm going to make sure Lu Jiuge's songs don't sell a single copy offline!"

Ruthless, decisive, and leaving no room for compromise.

No one in the meeting room objected.

This is the strongest measure they can muster, and their last stand.

Half an hour later, the joint ban from twelve major record companies was released across the internet.

The text is in bold, the wording is stern, and it exudes a murderous aura.

A nationwide inspection team of more than 20,000 people was mobilized overnight and rushed to various places.

In the county town.

In the township.

On the edge of the village.

The inspectors, dressed in uniform and carrying documents, searched each establishment one by one.

"Selling Qianxing Entertainment DVDs is prohibited! Remove them from shelves immediately!"

"If you burn any more discs, we'll shut down your workshop!"

"Confiscate them all! Not a single one is allowed!"

The vendor was so frightened he was flustered, and the workshop owner looked panicked.

But no sooner had the inspection team left than people surrounded them.

"Boss, do you have any discs of 'Qianxing'? I've searched three blocks!"

"I want 'Love for Sale,' I'll buy it no matter the price!"

"We need to keep them in the car, the shop, and at home; we can't do without them!"

The demand is too strong, the popularity is too high, and the profits are too great.

The workshop owner gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

check?

Who would be truly afraid when faced with exorbitant profits!

The workshop owners gritted their teeth, outwardly dealing with the inspections while secretly keeping their machines running all night.

Under the light, discs were rapidly formed, piling up into a small mountain.

"Hurry up and start carving! The customer is pressing us hard!"

"When the inspectors come, we hide; when they leave, we keep selling!"

"With a song this popular, I'd be a fool not to make money from it!"

The vendors were even more fearless.

They dared not display their wares openly at their stalls, so they hid them in cardboard boxes, cloth bags, and drawers.

When someone asks, he quietly takes it out and delivers the goods in exchange for money.

Despite the inspection team's repeated patrols, they couldn't stop the trend of sales becoming increasingly brisk.

The stricter the ban, the more curious the fans become; the tighter the investigation, the more frenzied the market becomes.

The twelve major record companies sat at their headquarters, staring at the reports that kept coming back, their expressions growing increasingly grim.

"It's no use... we can't stop them at all."

"The more they investigate, the more aggressively they sell; Qianxing's songs are being sold all over the country!"

"Nobody asks about our discs anymore."

Despair spread silently.

Meanwhile, at the very heart of the storm, Qianxing Entertainment remained calm.

Lu Jiuge sat behind her desk, listening to her subordinates report on the offline piracy frenzy, the city-wide search by the inspection team, and the complete ban by the twelve major record companies, without any change in her expression.

It was as if all of this was within his expectations.

At that moment, the office door was pushed open.

Zheng Lin strode in, his expression excited, his voice filled with barely suppressed elation:

"Mr. Lu! The shipment volume of digital music output terminals has exploded!"

"Sales of brand-name devices that have adapted to our Lingyun audio quality optimization algorithm have tripled in just one day!"

"The counters were packed with customers, all inventory was sold out, and the competitors are green with envy!"

"Manufacturers who previously refused to cooperate, delayed licensing, and made things difficult by lowering prices are now all calling us like crazy, begging us to open up licensing opportunities and willing to pay three or five times the price!"

Zheng Lin spoke at an extremely fast pace, and every word proclaimed yet another victory on the battlefield.

Offline piracy cannot be suppressed.

Online streaming has swept everything.

The terminal equipment has once again become the lifeline of Qianxing Entertainment.

After listening, Lu Jiuge lightly tapped the table with her fingertips, her eyes calm and expressionless, yet exuding an aura of absolute control.

"Inform all manufacturers that Lingyun's audio quality optimization algorithm will be temporarily suspended from all new licensing."