I just want to sell products, but you're forcing me to perform talents.

Chapter 333 A benchmark that makes your neck ache just looking up at it.

[Working late into the night: Wow, the Royal Observatory went a bit overboard with their praise this time! They practically made Ye Xian carry them to beat up those fruit vendors and rappers! They're practically pointing fingers and yelling at him. Have some decency!]

[I can shout all night: I feel like the criticism is too mild! Aren't these fruit vendors clamoring to boycott fruit from Haizhou? I'm going to only buy Haizhou fruit this year! Gen Z just doesn't believe in such things. If they can manipulate fruit prices throughout Haizhou, then I dare to call on all Gen Z to only buy Haizhou fruit!]

[Let me tell you something: You don't even need to call on them, Haizhou fruits are already selling like hotcakes! Every blogger from Haizhou is selling Haizhou fruits, and the prices are so much cheaper than elsewhere, I can't believe it!]

[Sniper Between the Crotches: I'm a local from Haizhou, offering free fruit purchasing services! Haizhou fruit is incredibly cheap and plentiful locally. If you trust me, I'll buy it for free. As a Gen Z, I'm representing Haizhou! Cash on delivery is available, and I'll cover any quality issues! We can't let just me be the only one speaking up for Haizhou!]

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The Royal Observer's statement immediately stirred up a huge wave of discussion, and the editor's prediction that Gen Z would take over the fruit market came true.

Many local young people in Haizhou have spontaneously organized themselves to help sell fruit from their hometowns and to help friends online buy local fruit.

Local bloggers in Haizhou immediately realized that this was a huge source of traffic, and they might as well take advantage of it.

Many bloggers immediately started live streaming to sell Haizhou fruits.

Bloggers from surrounding provinces also flocked to the event, and some even flew in from more distant provinces.

In the new era of live-streaming e-commerce, distance is no problem as long as there is a trending topic.

In just a few days, the entire live-streaming e-commerce market was flooded with Haizhou fruits. Before many fruit vendors could even react, the prices of fruits in the market plummeted.

Many fruit vendors who had stockpiled fruit sensed something was wrong and rushed to sell their stock, because they knew very well that this year's market was completely over.

While everyone was cursing Ye Xian, they were also trying to find a way to sell their goods. At this point, the so-called blockade became a joke.

In this era, some traditional methods of containment are simply a joke.

If people are willing, and if someone takes the lead, the price can be driven down in no time.

In contrast to the one-sided sentiment in the fruit market, the rappers were unruly. The more the Royal Observer criticized them, the more they rebelled; the more Ye Xian was praised, the more they dissed him.

However, a very serious problem lies before them: no one dares to actually challenge "The End of War".

As one of the three parts of the Otherworldly Dark Trilogy, Super Rap is themed around anti-war and perfectly demonstrates what it means to rap well without diss tracks or flame wars.

As the editor of the Royal Observer said, stop talking and go write a song if you're so capable.

Ai Lele, Hua Yuyu, Dafei, Xiaosheng, and the others who were stirring things up were also speechless.

"Is this Ye Xian a royal illegitimate son? Or is he truly the sixth prince consort chosen by the sixth princess?"

Ai Lele angrily yelled at her agent, Sister Liu, "The Royal Observer has to speak up for him over such a trivial matter? It was the same last time, and it's happening again this time!"

Sister Liu smiled wryly and said, "Who would have thought! The prestigious Royal Observer has praised Ye Xian six times in a row! Many people are calling Ye Xian the Sixth Prince Consort. I suspect there must be something going on here."

However, the timing might have been unfavorable this time, as it coincided with Ye Xian's conflict with the fruit vendor. These were matters of principle, which Ye Xian cleverly exploited. He then used his fan club's name to spread the word, letting everyone know that this song wasn't just a war against the fruit vendor, but also a war against rappers.

"Sixth Prince Consort!"

A hint of jealousy flashed in Ai Lele's eyes!

Every man in the Tang Dynasty had designs on the Sixth Princess!

The problem is that everyone knows the Sixth Princess's favor towards Ye Xian.

No one would believe that the Royal Observer's statement was not influenced by the Sixth Princess.

However, everything the Royal Observer said made sense, and most importantly, The War to End All Wars was incredibly powerful.

In the words of Ye Chui Wang Zhan's music review: "...Ye Xian uses the style of Shi Lian Province to run through the whole song. The melody is extremely gorgeous. The most prominent piano chord progression is like the mode of the equal temperament classical music. It is both lively and heavy. The drumbeats are like thunder, and the lyrics with divine rhymes have a shocking power to impact people's hearts."

The opening line, in particular, is a stroke of genius: "Light as light as paper, light scattered everywhere, light hurriedly in the fading applause." This demonstrates Ye Xian's excellent writing skills.

Although whether light is matter has been debated for many years, it is generally believed that light has no mass. However, Ye Xian compares it to something with mass, or even a soul, which cleverly enhances the charm of the lyrics.

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In the words of a fan, Ye Xian has been trying different musical styles. "Invisible Wings" can be called the pinnacle of inspirational songs, "A Thousand Songs" can be said to be a classic of sad farewell songs, "Sunny Day" is regarded as a model of youthful nostalgia love songs, "Farewell" can be called the ceiling of graduation season farewell songs, and "Moon Reflected in the Second Spring" can be regarded as a master-level creation of erhu...

But Ye Xian isn't limited to highbrow music; he also has catchy pop songs like "Calorie," trendy hits like "Free Flying" and "Above the Moon," electronic dance music anthems like "Gokuraku Jodo," and girl group hits like "GEE"...

Now, Ye Xian has once again ventured into rap. If "Flying in the Sky" was just an impromptu piece, then "Stop the War" is his masterpiece.

In Ye Xian's own words, this song is indeed enough to suppress the rapper scene!

Capable of being in a grand hall or a humble square.

Ye Xian's arrogance, confidence, and absolute strength set a benchmark that would make even looking up at him ache.

... "

Looking at Wang Zhan's undisguised praise, Ai Lele felt a strange sense of disgust welling up inside her.

In the years since my debut, no one has ever praised me so sincerely. Even when I paid people to write positive reviews, those marketing accounts wrote nothing but empty words.

The reason, as Ai Lele herself knows, is that she has no works that have broken out of the mainstream.

Originally, they didn't belong to the same circle, and Ai Lele had never paid attention to Ye Xian. However, after being compared to Ye Xian by the Royal Observer time and time again, he lost his composure and couldn't help but hire someone to smear Ye Xian.

I thought Ye Xian's recent tacky rap style could be a point of attack, but who would have thought that Ye Xian would counter with such a powerful rap?

Now everyone is in a bind. If they continue to criticize, it will only be pointless. They need to come up with a decent piece to compete with.

Ai Lele thought for a moment, then snorted coldly, "Keep finding people to stir things up, let those self-proclaimed 'great masters' in the rap scene go up against him! I refuse to believe that no one in the Tang Dynasty rap scene can handle him!"

Sister Liu nodded. Her artist had been outshone, and she had to find a way to get back at him.

The best approach would be to shift the blame elsewhere and use a calculated strategy to force the rap master to come out and fight.

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P.S.: Today's Recap

Haizhou aged liquor inventory: 5095 bottles

(End of this chapter)