Huayu: From the Era of Ringtones to Becoming a Legend

As the exclusive broadcaster and signal producer for this grand event, the CCTV directing team quickly consulted with the station's leadership after a brief assessment.

After receiving approval to "continue the online live broadcast as usual, and make fine edits for the TV recording," the production team immediately adjusted the camera positions and executed the plan efficiently.

Two cameras were firmly fixed on Lu Jiuge and the traditional record companies.

Three cameras captured the changes in the expressions of the guests and audience in real time, with precise and professional camerawork.

The live stream chat was already densely packed with comments, dominating the entire screen and reigning supreme in popularity, firmly holding the top spot on all the trending topics lists across the internet.

"President Lu is so domineering! He immediately re-entered the ball on the spot! No one can pull off any underhanded tactics!"

"Go Qianxing Entertainment! I'm ready to vote!"

"Zhao Mingliang is dumbfounded! If you can't handle the game, don't play it!"

"Where is Mirror World Entertainment's official website? I'm going to vote now!"

"Let your talent speak for itself! That's the fairness that the music industry should have!"

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Ignoring the comments on the live stream, Lu Jiuge stood in front of the microphone, her voice clearly carrying across the entire internet:

"Since everyone agrees, I will now offer my suggestions regarding the rules for this real-time replay."

First, the voting channel is exclusive, only accessible through the official website of Mirror World Entertainment, to prevent vote rigging and cheating.

Second, the voting period is 90 minutes, conducted in rounds according to the awards, and ends immediately when the time is up, with data published in real time.

Third, the voting covers all awards at this grand ceremony, and netizens across the country can participate. Each vote is valid and carries real weight.

Fourth, the final voting results will be the definitive conclusion of this awards ceremony, and no one may question or cause trouble thereafter!

After decisively announcing the four rules, Lu Jiuge turned to the organizer, her tone leaving no room for argument:

"Distinguished leaders of the organizing committee, regarding this resubmission, I have drafted four rules. Do you have any additions?"

When Qianxing Entertainment was deliberately targeted before, the organizing committee remained silent and stood by, acting as if it were nothing.

At this moment, Lu Jiuge asked a question from her superior position, exuding a powerful aura. The person in charge was embarrassed and caught in a dilemma.

After a long while, he finally managed to utter a sentence:

"I think these four suggestions are excellent. The rules are clear, open, and transparent, leaving no room for manipulation or favoritism! The organizing committee has nothing to add!"

Lu Jiuge was satisfied with this answer and added casually:

"Considering everyone's concerns about potential manipulation in the voting process through my Mirror Entertainment website, I will have them switch to a live stream for real-time monitoring!"

After listening to Lu Jiuge's words, the guests at the scene and the netizens in the live broadcast room nodded in agreement, expressing their admiration for his candid and selfless arrangements.

Only the operators and investors of traditional record companies looked extremely grim and distressed.

Zhao Mingliang's face turned pale, his lips trembled, and in the end he didn't dare to raise any objections.

Under the watchful eyes of the entire nation, if he dares to nitpick, he will only solidify his reputation as a sore loser and a malicious troublemaker, becoming a laughingstock in the music industry.

Lu Jiuge's gaze turned slightly cold as she solemnly announced to the live stream camera:

"One minute countdown, real-time voting officially begins!"

"Dear netizens, hurry up and go to the Mirror Entertainment official website voting page to vote for your favorite song!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the staff of Mirror Media immediately took action, with the left person sitting in the back office, closely monitoring the flow of data.

Zheng Lin's technical team worked at full speed to keep the voting page firmly at the top of Mirror World Entertainment's official website homepage.

Millions of fans across the country have been waiting for a long time, their fingers hovering over the screen, just waiting for the moment when voting begins.

The sixty-second countdown passed in the blink of an eye.

"Voting begins!"

As soon as Lu Jiuge finished speaking, millions of viewers across the country flooded into the Mirror World Entertainment website.

The server ran smoothly without any lag, and the voting data skyrocketed at a visible speed, with the giant LED screen updating simultaneously, the bright red numbers both dazzling and awe-inspiring.

In accordance with the order of the awards ceremony, the first round of voting: Top Ten Ringtone Songs of the Year, five-minute countdown begins!

With the voting channel opening, Qianxing Entertainment's song data broke through the competition first.

Led by "Blue and White Porcelain," songs like "Reverse War" and "Ex-Tenant" followed closely behind, surpassing other companies' songs by more than five million votes in just two minutes!

When the voting period ended and the results were tallied, the Qianxing Entertainment camp erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

Zhao Mingliang of Yawei Records looked extremely grim.

Because of this vote, in addition to the seven songs that won awards before, Qianxing Entertainment also gained Li Yuchun's "Just Like You", which directly squeezed out Luo Zhiqiang's "The Road to Kingship" from Yawei Records.

In the subsequent voting for the seven awards, the outcome was as expected: Qianxing Entertainment's song overwhelmingly won.

Even more outrageous, several award-winning songs that originally belonged to traditional record companies were defeated in the live online voting and were replaced by songs from Qianxing Entertainment.

Everyone present stared in disbelief at the data on the big screen.

The traditional record label fell into complete silence; everyone hung their heads in disbelief, utterly humiliated.

Zhao Mingliang leaned against the edge of the stage, his body limp, his eyes vacant, the last glimmer of hope in his heart completely shattered.

He knew very well that this huge disparity in votes was the most honest answer from the audience across the country, and the market's most direct recognition of Qianxing Entertainment. They had lost completely and had no chance of a comeback.

The cheers in the live stream grew louder and louder as netizens voted wildly, showing their support for Lu Jiuge and Qianxing Entertainment.

Countless passersby became fans of this fair competition and were impressed by Lu Jiuge's courage, joining the voting and causing Qianxing Entertainment's song to gain even more votes!

In almost every round of award voting, Qianxing Entertainment has new songs on the charts, constantly taking away seats from traditional record companies.

Time passed by, second by second.

With the voting process more than halfway through, traditional record companies have already lost four awards. If they don't stop now, the losses will only be more severe.

The traditional record companies could no longer remain silent. A capital investor, with a gloomy face, beckoned Zhao Mingliang to his side and coldly rebuked him:

"You started this, go and stop the vote immediately!"

The netizens' emotions are now completely ignited. If this continues, we will only lose more awards!

We can't afford to lose face like this!

Other investors and business owners nearby chimed in, and with everyone chiming in, they had unwittingly shifted all the blame onto Yawei Records and Zhao Mingliang.

Zhao Mingliang also realized this, and disregarding his pride, hurriedly signaled the organizing committee to stop the voting.

Faced with this request, the organizing committee dared not make a decision on its own, and all eyes turned to Lu Jiuge.

Zhao Mingliang's suggestion to stop the discussion was not only rejected by Lu Jiuge, but also by music experts, independent musicians, and media reporters present.

In the eyes of many, this is no longer a simple awards ceremony and voting, but a final declaration of war by several emerging musical talents against the old order of traditional monopoly!

With things having come to this point, Zhao Mingliang and the traditional record companies had no choice but to grit their teeth and persevere until the very last moment.

At the seats of Qianxing Entertainment, Zuo Wei, Zheng Lin, Chen Bin and others were so excited that they trembled and their eyes were red.

Singers Zhang Jie, Zhang Liangying, and Li Huizhen clenched their fists tightly, their eyes filled with tears and pride.

From being suppressed, ostracized, and questioned by the entire internet, to now strongly proving himself through a nationwide vote, all the grievances and hardships have vanished at this moment.

Once the 90 minutes were up, voting for all awards ended.

The traditional record label, having suffered a crushing defeat, were too ashamed to remain on stage. One by one, they left in despair.

Lu Jiuge slowly closed her eyes, her consciousness sinking into the system panel to check the data showing a surge in faith value.

[The host leads Qianxing Entertainment to crush the competition in real-time voting, resulting in a surge in public approval!]

[Positive Faith Value +3280000!]

[The traditional record industry has completely collapsed, negative faith value +10080000!]

[Lingyun terminals have achieved maximum national brand awareness, their industry position is completely solidified, and their positive brand loyalty has increased by 4700000!]

Lu Jiuge's eyes lit up slightly, and she secretly decided: This gamble has paid off.

A single public reinvestment directly reaped tens of millions of negative faith points, resulting in a huge profit.

Just as he was about to leave with his singers, Liu Feng, the vice president of the Central Conservatory of Music, rushed over from the crowd with an anxious expression.

"Xiao Lu, we just received an urgent notification!"

Lu Jiuge looked up.

Liu Feng lowered his voice, speaking solemnly, and said, word by word:

"The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) requires you to report to the Kyoto Television SARFT headquarters by tomorrow!"