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Monday, 1:30 a.m.

In the dead of night, the entire internet should be in its deepest dormancy.

Just then, Qingqiu Studio's official Weibo account quietly updated with a new post, like a ghost.

They didn't buy trending topics, didn't ask influential figures to repost their content, and the copywriting was extremely simple and direct.

[The song "The Actor" is dedicated to all those forced to act in life. Performed by Xue Zhiqian.]

At first, this Weibo post was like a pebble thrown into stagnant water, not making much of a splash.

After all, most of the night owls who stay up all night to cultivate immortality are still frantically listening to Shen Qingqiu's "Love You" and "Later" on repeat right now.

However, the bizarre combination of the names "Lin Yan" and "Xue Zhiqian" quickly and accurately targeted the first batch of netizens who were going bald due to insomnia.

"Holy crap? Lin Yan, that tentacle monster, has given birth to more babies?"

"Wait, Xue Zhiqian? Wasn't that guy blacklisted and forced to sell hot pot? Is Lin Yan going straight to Haidilao to bail him out?"

"This combination is too magical! I'm going to listen to what kind of nonsense these unknown artists can produce."

Driven by this sense of curiosity, the first group of listeners clicked on the audio.

Three minutes later.

The comment section of NetEase Cloud Music's "The Actor" was like a nuclear bomb being pressed, instantly exploding with thousands of comments!

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! This is absolutely mind-blowing! What kind of divine lyrics are these?!"

"‘You're not an actor, don't devise those plots’... Good heavens, Lin Yan's lyrics are so ruthless! They practically stripped away the very fabric of modern hypocrisy!"

"Xue Zhiqian's voice is absolutely amazing! It's not like he's been buried for three years, it's like he's crawled out of his grave to claim a life!"

"My family is devastated. It reminds me of that ex who cheated me out of money while claiming it was for my own good. I was supposed to play along and pretend I didn't see anything! Lin Yan, did you install surveillance cameras in my house?!"

The contagion of emotions on the internet is always extremely intense, especially at night, when human emotional defenses are as fragile as paper.

The straightforward and poignant lyrics of "The Actor," coupled with Xue Zhiqian's powerful and melancholic vocals, instantly triggered a tsunami of resonance.

Starting at 2 a.m., the song's data experienced a mad dog-like exponential growth.

Countless people, with tears in their eyes, frantically shared the post on their WeChat Moments.

Those relationship bloggers and late-night radio DJs, like sharks that have caught a whiff of something, immediately spotted the terrifying emotional value in this song.

Without a single penny of capital backing, this song relied entirely on word-of-mouth to carve out a bloody path through the darkness.

Eight o'clock in the morning.

When the first rays of sunlight shone into the CBD building in Xinghai City.

The entire Chinese music scene was shaken!

On the new song charts and rising charts of the two major platforms, Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music, a new song with zero promotion and no promotion has appeared below "Love You" and "Later", which originally firmly occupied the top two spots.

Third place: The Actor!

The number of views exceeded 10 million in just seven hours!

All the data is still soaring at an unreasonable speed, clinging tightly to the tail of the second-place "Later".

That morning, all the music companies, top producers, and superstars in the industry were stunned when they saw the charts.

That's terrifying.

This is simply leaving no way out!

The top three spots were completely dominated by the four characters "Lin Yan Lyrics and Music"!

If the first two songs had the added boost of Shen Qingqiu's own popularity, then this song "The Actor" is purely Lin Yan's masterpiece that dug out a washed-up singer who had been buried and died by capital, and kicked him onto the altar!

What kind of devilish operation is this?

This is practically telling the entire internet: Lin Yan doesn't need top celebrities; he himself is a wish-granting machine that can mass-produce them! If he wanted, even a dog tied to a microphone could become a sensation!

In the top-floor conference room of Star Shine Entertainment.

The executives were so angry their faces turned green.

"Investigate! Find out exactly how Xue Zhiqian managed to get on Lin Yan's good side!" The general manager slammed his hand on the conference table.

"How could someone who just scoops out hot pot broth get Lin Yan's song?"

Just then, a public relations intern timidly raised his hand.

"General Manager... I just bought some inside information from a paparazzi for a high price, but I'm not sure if I should share it."

"explain!"

"I heard... Xue Zhiqian went to Lin Yan's villa on the hillside last night. Lin Yan didn't mention any conditions, he just asked him to wash the leftover barbecue skewers and greasy plates from yesterday. After Xue Zhiqian finished washing the dishes, Lin Yan took out the sheet music for 'The Actor' from his pocket and threw it to him."

The intern's voice grew softer and softer as he spoke, until he felt like he was talking about a science fiction movie.

The meeting room was completely silent.

Everyone stared at him with eyes as big as a bull's, as if he were an alien.

"Wash the dishes? Or switch to a chart-topping hit song?" The general manager laughed angrily.

"Did you forget your brain when you went out? A hit song of this caliber is worth at least several million on the market! Did Lin Yan's family carve their bowls with oracle bone script?"

"But...it seems to be true." The intern quickly projected his phone screen onto the big screen.

It was a slightly blurry photo, obviously taken by a paparazzi using a telephoto lens from 800 meters away.

In the photo, in front of a dimly lit rooftop sink, a tall man wearing a pink Hello Kitty apron is washing dishes with his head down.

Beside him, Lin Yan was leisurely munching on a skewer of large kidneys.

Although he's not widely known, anyone in the industry with eyes can recognize him at a glance. That poor pink apron-wearing man is none other than Xue Zhiqian, who became an overnight sensation last night!

The entire Chinese music industry's top brass had their worldviews shattered after seeing this irrefutable photo.

They poured money and connections into it, even planning to send a girl group, but it turns out the company was just looking for a cleaner!

Meanwhile, in the villa on the hillside.

Lin Yan was sprawled out on the sofa, fast asleep, drooling almost dripping from his mouth.

He had no idea that the huge uproar he had caused by a song he casually sent out had already been stirred up by the outside world.

Shen Qingqiu had just finished showering and came out of the bathroom, her hair slightly damp, wearing loose silk pajamas.

She glanced at the neatly arranged "Lin Yan Lyrics and Music" on the chart with her tablet, and couldn't help but smile.

She walked to the sofa, looked at Lin Yan sleeping without any guard, and couldn't help but reach out and poke his face.

"What kind of unpredictable monster are you?" Shen Qingqiu muttered softly.

"Ring ring!"

The villa's doorbell suddenly rang urgently, as if it had sprung from the dead.

Shen Qingqiu frowned, walked over and pressed the video doorbell.

Outside the gate, in front of the security booth, there were five or six luxury vans worth millions of yuan parked side by side.

A group of men and women wearing sunglasses and masks, dressed like terrorists, were frantically pushing forward and violently tugging at the security guards.

"Captain Zhang, are they going to demolish our house outside?" Shen Qingqiu pressed the call button.

On the screen, the security captain was covered in sweat, looking more exhausted than if he had worked a hundred consecutive night shifts.

"President Shen! Help! Several big stars have arrived outside! There's pop diva Zhang Liang, rock veteran Black Panther, and a rising star..."

The security captain's eyes were brimming with tears.

Shen Qingqiu's heart sank, thinking that a rival company had come to cause trouble and force their way in: "They've come to sabotage our business?"

"No..." The security captain swallowed hard and zoomed in on the camera.

In the scene, Zhang Liang, the usually aloof and powerful diva, is seen clutching three steel wool balls and a large bottle of Mr. Muscle tightly, desperately clawing at an iron gate like a zombie.

"Let me in! Tell Teacher Lin I don't want any money! Not a single penny! I'm a professional dishwasher! I can even make the toilet reflect light with a brush! Just give me one song!"

Zhang Liang shouted at the top of her lungs without any regard for her image.

The hot-tempered rock veteran next to him was even more outrageous, carrying his own industrial-grade high-pressure water gun on his shoulder.

"Get the hell out of my way! I brought my own food and equipment! I'm taking over the cleaning job from Director Lin's house today! Anyone who tries to take my cleaning job will be my enemy!"