You're about to retire from the entertainment industry, yet your concerts are still so popular?

On stage, the applause gradually subsided.

Ye Chen stood up from the piano bench and nodded: "It's for you."

Looking across the entire music scene, this sweet song is best suited to be sung by this unassuming colleague.

This song, "Love You," is an old song from 04 on Earth.

Even if the music industry were more proactive, it wouldn't be to the point where, after 30 years, listeners are still listening to songs from ancient times.

In fact, some listeners are even younger than the song itself.

In the center of the stage.

Hearing Ye Chen confirm his answer again, Wang Xinlin's eyes reddened, and she bit her lip.

The next second, she ran to Ye Chen, hugged him tightly, and burst into tears of joy.

"Teacher Ye Chen...Do you still remember the concert we performed together three years ago?" Wang Xinlin buried her face in Ye Chen's shoulder, her voice trembling with tears.

"You promised me you'd write a song for me! I've been waiting for this song, and today it's finally here!!"

Ye Chen was at a loss for words at her reaction, and could only pat her back gently to comfort her, "It's okay, it's just a song. Don't get upset."

Wang Xinlin let go of his hand, tears streaming down her face, and shook her head, saying, "It's different."

"You're retiring from the entertainment industry, and the company is heavily promoting Kim Hae-gil..."

"I might gradually fade into obscurity."

She took a deep breath and added, "The two songs you gave me today, 'I Love You', can prove my singing skills, and 'Love You' can help me open up the market."

"I no longer have to worry about not being able to release new songs, or about being forgotten by my fans."

"So you deserve it." Ye Chen was deeply moved.

It's really tough for aspiring artists.

He looked at Wang Xinlin with gentle eyes: "You really don't want to do it again?"

"This song is sweet, sweeter than you. I can't ruin it." Wang Xinlin wiped away her tears and smiled through them.

After speaking, he turned to the audience, raised the microphone, and said sweetly:

"I'm sorry everyone, I won't sing this song today. I want to record 'Love You' in its best condition for you."

The audience immediately erupted in applause!

Many fans even chanted in unison, "We'll wait for you! We'll wait no matter how long it takes!"

Wang Xinlin smiled slightly: "Thank you! Thank you everyone for your understanding and support!"

"Thank you, Mr. Ye Chen, for writing this song for me. And thank you for the great encouragement you've given me over the years when I was lost and confused!"

After speaking, she bowed to the audience and Ye Chen respectively to express her gratitude.

"You're welcome." Ye Chen helped her up and said goodbye, "I'm happy to share music with everyone, but this isn't my concert, so I can't stay and have fun with you all any longer."

"However, the next stop of the farewell tour will be held in Hangzhou, a city in the elegant Jiangnan region."

"I hope we can all have another great performance together then!"

"??? Is this my house or your house?!" Wang Xinlin was both angry and amused.

After this guest performance ended, Ye Chen both ruined her performance and got a comeuppance.

This is a move that's both disruptive and disastrous!

Ye Chen is simply a business genius!

It's only because I have a good temper that I'm so good-natured. If it were someone with a short temper, they would have rented a dump truck and run them over!

At this moment.

The audience members, including Wang Xinlin's fans, completely switched sides!

They cried out in anguish one after another:

"Ye Chen, don't go! We don't want the sect leader anymore, you stay!"

"Chen Tang, your next stop is Hangzhou, right? Where's your ticket? I'll crawl there if I have to!"

"I'm sorry, Master, from today onwards I belong to Chen Tang! Just one song, and he's lured me away."

"Ye Chen, didn't you say you were retiring from the entertainment industry? Retiring for what! If you retire, who will we listen to?"

"Master, you practice 'Love You' well. We're going to go catch up with Ye Chen now. We'll come back and listen to it when we've recorded it!"

"Hilarious! At the 'Sweetheart Queen's' concert, fans collectively 'climbed the wall' to sing along with the guest performers. Ye Chen's move is absolutely brilliant!"

"I can't bear to see him go! Ye Chen, please sing one more song! Just one! Master, let him sing!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Boss, please give my Ye Chen back his concert!!!"

The audience burst into laughter. Wang Xinlin stomped her feet in anger on stage, but she couldn't hide the smile in her eyes.

Ye Chen waved and turned to walk towards the backstage passage.

Behind him, shouts of "Ye Chen, don't go!", "See you in Hangzhou!", and "Where are the tickets? Where are the tickets?" rose and fell.

……

The following morning, Shengtang Entertainment.

Ye Chen was in his office, finalizing the setlist for his next concert.

"Knock knock knock~"

A sudden knock on the door interrupted Ye Chen's thoughts: "Come in!"

The door opened, and Xu Hao immediately rushed in, followed closely by his assistant, who was dressed in a business suit.

"Brother Chen! When will you release the song? Fans can't wait!"

"What's wrong?" Ye Chen asked, surprised.

"Here!" Xu Hao took out his phone and showed it to Ye Chen, saying, "You're focused on music, you don't use Weibo or the internet, so you don't know anything about the whole event."

"But look! The comments under our account are flooded with praise!"

Ye Chen tilted his head and looked, and it really was!

His account, the company account, and even Wang Xinlin's account!

Almost everyone was urging Shengtang to release all of Ye Chen's new songs from his concert in Chongqing as soon as possible!

"Brother Chen, it's been three days and you're still trending! Your new song still hasn't been released, and many netizens and even singers suspect that the company is buying traffic and creating hype."

Xu Hao looked distressed.

"They can say whatever they want, who can control what they say?"

The assistant poured a cup of throat-soothing tea, handed it to Ye Chen, and said, "Teacher Ye Chen, the fans are all waiting for our official release of the live performance."

As she spoke, she handed the operations tablet to Ye Chen.

In the undercover group, messages from fans kept pouring in!

The first post was made by the administrator, [Strategist Lao Zhao]:

[It's been three days! Ye Chen, you haven't released a single live performance? I've saved 20 fan-shot videos! I'm afraid to post them for fear of spoilers, but I can't bear to delete them either. Is this how you live? Who understands this feeling of having millions of views but being unable to do anything about it???]

Later in the group, other members started flooding the chat with complaints:

[I've already sent my nephew the fan-shot version of "A Young China's Manifesto," and he memorized the text faster than anyone else after listening to it. Ye Chen, you're a hidden gem in the education field!]

What's the rush? The later he releases it, the more time we have to practice. We'll win back the Hangzhou show!

【!! The group admin is right! He definitely won't sing any new songs in Hangzhou. Let's quickly practice these ten songs from "Mountain City" so we can sing along! Let's turn the tables!】

[That makes sense! He thinks we can't compete with him anymore just because he changed the song? How naive! I've already memorized "Misplaced Time and Space"!]

【It's settled then! Tonight at 8 PM, we'll practice in the group voice chat. Everyone will take one song and practice until you know it by heart! He'll hear us sing at the Hangzhou show!】

[Received! Ye Chen, you wait, we'll give you a massive sing-along during your retirement tour!]

[Practice singing! No more rushing! Let's see who's the best in Hangzhou!]

Just as Ye Chen was watching with great interest...

Jiang Mengting rushed into the room, overjoyed: "Ye Chen! The Ministry of Education wants you to write a song!"