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"Second place?"

Zhou Yang was quite surprised by the ranking in the first round. It wasn't that he lacked confidence, but the first two rounds of the rock music festival were decided by a 50/50 split between in-person and out-of-person voting.

Leaving aside the situation outside the venue, the remaining fan base is far more powerful than those veteran rockers, but inside the venue...

He recalled that when he went on stage that day, the audience was almost completely bewildered and showed no enthusiasm whatsoever.

Wang Man waved the note in her hand and explained excitedly, "You got first place in the online vote, second place in the on-site vote, and second place overall."

Zhou Yang then asked, "So who came in first place?"

"The Cheetah Band"

"Reasonable."

Zhou Yang nodded

"Well... then you guys continue rehearsing, I won't bother you any longer."

Seeing that Zhou Yang wasn't as excited as she had imagined, Wang Man didn't dare waste too much time.

As soon as she left, the remaining people immediately surrounded Zhou Yang. Li Xiang clenched his fists excitedly and said, "Brother Yang, we...we really got second place?"

The latter glanced at him and said calmly, "Are you surprised?"

"this……"

Li Xiang was immediately baffled by his expression.

"Alright everyone, get ready, let's continue rehearsing."

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In the hallway outside, Lei Mingkai was anxiously waiting, rubbing his hands together. As soon as Wang Man came out, he took the initiative to step forward and asked, "How is it? Was Yangyang very happy when he heard the news?"

"Well... I'm not really happy."

"what?"

Lei Mingkai looked surprised. After all, in his opinion, being able to get second place amidst the onslaught of a group of veteran rockers was already a remarkable achievement. Wasn't that something to be happy about?

So he asked, "Does he have too high expectations of himself?"

Wang Man said with a hint of embarrassment, "I really don't know. After all, since what happened last year, Yangyang seems like a completely different person. Sometimes I can't figure out what he's thinking."

Although Zhou Yang's private life was almost entirely dissolute, she was always obedient to him. Since the incident of learning foreign languages, although he still maintained close relationships with Lin Youyou and Xu Yingfei, and even hooked up with the second princess of CTS, he never touched any other random women again.

Undeterred, Lei Mingkai asked again, "Director Wang, tell me the truth, am I sometimes really that narrow-minded?"

Thinking of Zhou Yang's repeated evaluations of him, and how he had stormed off during the last inspection, Lei Mingkai still felt somewhat embarrassed, even though he had developed a thick skin.

"this……"

Wang Man didn't know how to start the conversation, since the other party was, after all, her direct superior.

"To tell you the truth!"

"Yangyang's perspective on things is very different from before. Sometimes even I can't keep up with his thinking. But I think we should still respect him more."

After a few seconds of deliberation, Wang Man finally decided to act as a peacemaker.

Lei Mingkai nodded, then said in a gentle tone, "Director Wang, I am, after all, the nominal general manager of Xingchen Entertainment, and Yangyang is the company's pillar. You wouldn't want to see us in a long-term antagonistic relationship, would you?"

Wang Man immediately understood and said, "President Lei, don't worry, I will definitely try my best to persuade Yangyang to change his opinion of you."

"Uh-huh."

Lei Mingkai finally smiled. The company's top executive and the company's CEO were at odds? If this got back to the boss, he'd most likely be the one to get a beating.

Thinking of this, he praised again: "No wonder, besides me, Director Wang is the most reliable person at Star Entertainment."

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A week later, the second round of the rock music festival kicked off.

It's worth mentioning that Zhou Yang had incredible luck again during the draw, drawing the first day's performance and even being the headliner, while the favorites to win, the Cheetah Band, were assigned to the third day.

In the evening, although it was still early before the performance started, the venue was already packed and filled with lively discussions.

"Zhou Yang, you piece of shit, bring it on! I brought all the amulets I got from the temple tonight, I'm not afraid of you, you rock-and-roll evil cultivator."

"Haha, I have to say, that song 'Fairy' is really addictive. Sometimes I can listen to it on repeat dozens of times by myself, and the more I listen to it, the more I get hooked."

"Zhou Yang, if you don't attend the funeral tonight, don't even think about leaving the park alive."

"No problem, we've already made all the preparations for the banquet, Zhou Yang has to take on the free work."

"We must attend funerals."

"..."

Listening to the audience behind him talking about "funerals" in every other sentence, Hua Rongcheng felt both gratified and helpless. He was gratified that this year's rock music festival was a complete success. After the first round, both the popularity of the works and the overall revenue almost reached the highest level in the history of the festival.

But to his dismay, the song "Fairy" and Zhou Yang's secondhand roses have become the spokesperson for folk funeral bands.

Laymen watch the spectacle, experts see the details. Since the song was released, most mainstream musicians have given it mostly positive reviews.

The most common thing they said was: "Although 'Fairy's' style is a bit strange, it is definitely a successful attempt that has greatly inspired the future development of rock music. Incidentally, Zhou Yang's personal reputation in the industry has also improved a lot."

Even so, it couldn't stop these lawless netizens from making so many memes.

Take tonight for example. From the moment he entered the park, what he heard most wasn't "How will XX band perform tonight?", but rather "funerals" and "feasts." Some even directly called tonight the "seventh day after death" for the rock music festival. (It's been exactly seven days since the end of the first round.)

A gentle evening breeze blew by, causing Hua Rongcheng to shiver slightly. He then nudged Ding Dasheng beside him, asking curiously, "You're usually the most talkative, why are you pretending to be mute tonight?"

The latter sat up straight, looking very serious. He immediately shook his head and said, "To be honest, Zhou Yang's style is too unconventional. I don't understand what kind of work he can produce tonight."

Feeling bored, Hua Rongcheng turned his head away and ignored him.

The competition began quickly, and the bands that took the stage seemed to be infected by the enthusiasm of the audience, giving their all. In terms of skill, they were even better than in the previous round.

After all, after eliminating the ten lower-ranked bands, the remaining ones were already a cut above the rest.

But no matter how exciting the match was, both the organizers and the audience knew that the man was the biggest star of the night.

Finally, after much anticipation, it has finally arrived.

After the first nine bands finished their performances, the final act, Secondhand Rose, finally took the stage.

Zhou Yang picked up his guitar and shouted into the microphone, "Secondhand Roses, Rock Music Festival..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the entire audience of 100,000 people chanted in unison, "Welcome the guests!"

This wasn't a tacit agreement at all; it was clearly something that all the viewers had planned for a long time.

Ding Dasheng seemed to remember something, and looked at Hua Rongcheng beside him with suspicion, asking, "To be honest, did you rig this round of rankings?"

After the first round of the competition, the most popular contestant was undoubtedly Zhou Yang's Secondhand Rose, followed by Lao Liang and his Cheetah Band.

As a result, in the second round of the competition, one will be the finale on the first day, and the other will be the finale tomorrow.

This arrangement is something that can't be done by drawing lots.

The latter immediately declared righteously, "The lottery for rock music festivals has always been fair, just, and transparent. Even I cannot tamper with it."

After saying that, Hua Rongcheng gave him another enigmatic smile.

"You old rascal, I don't believe you for a second."

As a result, he was still met with the other party's "mighty iron kick," "Stop hyping it up, the title of the work has been revealed."

At this moment, the large screen behind the stage displayed the performance piece for tonight's Secondhand Roses: "Going to Heaven".